Greetings, I’ll be touring in Europe next month and was wondering if there are any good model shops I should check out in Amsterdam, Cologne, Luxembourg City or Brussels. Any help?
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this query...

Hi Ralph;

Well, you mite try and make it to DerSockle Shop they are one of the best.

CHEERS; MIKE.

Ralph, There USED to be a nice figure shop off the Grand Place Square in Brussels. Autoworld & the Military museum in the Cinquataire area worth a visit. Don't forget the chocolate & the awesome beers.
Luxembourg, the old battlements are fun to hike around. A side trip up to Clervaux to see Armorama's own, Claude Joachim's massive BOB diorama. Haven't been yet but it's on the agenda.
Amsterdam, a side trip to Madurodam, in Den Haag. The world's biggest diorama !
Sorry, not much help on hobby shops. I've just kinda stumbled upon the ones I visited. Ask at the Tourist information centers. Couldn't hurt.
Have a great trip and lots of fun !

Hi,

I don't know how up to date is Scalemates map but it's surely a good place to start your research.

Thanks folks. I’ll see what I can find, while eating Chocolate and drinking liters of beer.

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Harald
the Netherlands

Hi Ralph,

if you in the Köln area or coming/going to Luxemburg you might want to stop by in Koblenz ... more or less on the way .... and check out this shop I can recommend very highly.

http://www.mako-modellbau.de

Cheers
Christopher

Really close to Amsterdam Schipol airport is Aviationmegastore. I know they're not an armour modelling shop as they only do aircraft models but they also have a giant range of supplies and paints...well worth a visit and their scale modelling dept manager Erwin is a really nice helpful guy too.

Dersockleshop is in northern Germany...great source of model kits and supplies for dioramas.I'm not sure if they have a 'bricks and mortar' store or if they are purely online.

If you're going to the london area then Hannants is amazing. Their london shop is a few minutes walk from Hendon RAF museum (well worth the visit!) and is well stocked.

Hi Christopher, I will be in Köln, then driving down through Koblenz to the Mosel valley. I was thinking of stopping in the military museum in Koblenz, if I can convince my wife...
Thanks

Check out Sjaaks Hobbyshop in the ancient city of Leiden (40mins by car, south of Amsterdam) http://www.sjaakshobbyshop.nl/
Sockelshop is internet sales only since a few years. Aviation mega store is a stone's throw away from Amsterdam Airport...

I would certainly recommend De Houtloods in The Hague (within 1 hour of Amsterdam) http://www.houtloods.nl/ I would gladly have recommended Wapstad in Rijswijk but they closed recently and all their stock has gone to de Houtloods.

And in Rotterdam you have to visit Meijer & Blessing http://www.meijerenblessing.nl/Shop/Home.html