The term "Grands Boulevards" describes the long, broad thoroughfare that stretches from the Madeleine to République then down to the Bastille. The area is home to grandiose financial, cultural and state institutions and is associated with established commerce such as the rag trade and newspapers, plus well-heeled shopping. Many of the area's chic boutiques are to be found in the attractive nineteenth-century shopping arcades or passages , just off the boulevards. Characteristic of a later generation of indoor shopping, major department stores such as Galeries Lafayette congregate nearby in the 9e arrondissement, just north of the Palais Garnier opera house. Catering to the seriously rich, the boutiques at the western end of the 1er, around the church of the Madeleine , and the streets to either side of the Champs-Élysées display the wares of every top couturier, jeweller, art dealer and furnisher. More run-of-the-mill high-street shops can be found around Les Halles , once the site of the city's food market, now an underground RER/métro station and shopping centre.