Christmas shopping at tropical temperatures: “Collectors sometimes pay 350 euros for a Christmas bauble. A special one, admittedly” | Antwerp

ANTWERPAnyone who thinks that at temperatures up to forty degrees they only think of Christmas in Australia, has not yet been to the Antwerp Kloosterstraat. Christel Dauwe’s (55) Christmas shop is open all year round, including during this summer heat wave. “Passers, regulars and collectors: it can get very busy here even in the summer.”