Services

In the Visitor Centre, a specialist gift and bookshop offers a wide range of historical books on Napoleon and his Empire, on the start of the 19th century and the Napoleonic Wars.
                        
You will also find a wide range of books, postcards, DVDs, household ornaments, jewellery, T-shirts and fashion items inspired by the Napoleonic Empire and the Napoleonic Wars.
                         

Here you will find a wide range of souvenirs and original gifts inspired by the Emperor: artwork and ornaments, jewellery, T-shirts and fashion items.
                
A range of personalised items will enable you to keep an original souvenir of your visit to the Waterloo Battlefield.
           
These shops also sell a selection of figurines, games and toys for children so that they can recreate the great moments of the battle.
                
The gift and bookshops are open every day in line with the site’s opening times.

With the aid of a booklet provided at the entrance to the castle, children can take part in the treasure hunt !
A free booklet is provided to children between 6 and 12 years of age: they have to piece together a riddle with the help of clues scattered along the course of the tour which will enable them to answer set questions.
Each answer corresponds to a letter which they can use to form the mystery word.

The visitor guide

The new Battlefield Tour Guide gives you a better understanding of the course of the Battle of Waterloo and its consequences and of the various centres of interest on the site.

Every weekend and on public holidays, on afternoons from 1 April to 30 September, explanations of the battle are given free of charge by guides from the Association of 1815 Guides, the official Battlefield guides.