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Bestselling author Derek Blyth picks out one of his favourite hidden secrets of Belgium every day
Why is the far right so much stronger in Flanders than in Wallonia?
When entering Wallonia, you are met by a board proclaiming “Wallonie terre d’accueil”, whereas an even bigger board may warn you, as you leave Brussels, that you are entering a commune “Where Flemings are at home”.

The lawmaker feels we are in a "combat or military zone" due to the way blocks are currently placed.

One of the perks of being a Belgian academic dealing with defence is that I am regularly invited to change-of-command ceremonies of units ...
If Rome is the open-air museum of ancient times, Paris the open-air museum of the 19th century and New York the open-air museum of the 20th ...
Brussels is famously full of foreigners, yet the city still denies this big chunk of its population a say in how it is run. A group of ...
Simon Gronowski was just 11 years old in April 1943 when his mother pushed him out of a cattle car that was headed for the Auschwitz death ...
The Brussels Times selects some of the best exhibitions currently on show in museums and galleries. (UN)COMMON VALUES Discover the ...
Any list of the greatest Belgians should include singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, the romantic post-war chanteur whose phenomenal passions ...
Brussels-born filmmaker Marc-Henri Wajnberg has just completed, I am Chance, his third documentary movie about children living on the ...
What are the most delicious foods, refreshing drinks, coolest cafés and swankiest restaurants in Brussels at the moment? Wandering food and ...