It’s Easter this weekend and with a public holiday on Monday, you've got extra time to spend out and about enjoying all the great family activities Brussels has to offer. It also gives you the perfect excuse to indulge your sweet tooth and tuck into some Belgian chocolate eggs – or bells (the local tradition involves bells flying from Rome to bring treats to children).
Better yet, go hunting for them at one of the many organised Easter egg events across town. Do book ahead as capacity is often limited. If you have very small children, aim for an event with just their age group. It’s really not fun to watch your confused toddler cry while all the big kids nab the eggs (speaking from bitter experience).
Whether you're looking an educational egg hunt or one that allows you to enjoy a beer while the little ones are entertained, there's an option to suit every taste.
The big one
Tour & Taxis – Sunday, 11:00 to 17:00
The Tour & Taxis park is styling its event as a day-long of Easter Sunday fun that respects the environment. The chocolate is organic, the ecology-related crafts involve painting eggs and planting seeds. There will be live music and an Easter Bunny meet-and-greet. But the main affair is three hunts at 12:00, 14:00 and 16:00, each for 30 minutes with two groups, one for children aged 3 to 6 years and another for 7 to 12-year-olds.
Credit: Tour & Taxis
One adult can join the child and any others should be cheering from the sidelines. The cost of entry is €6 per child. You could also combine this with the Easter brunch and Easter egg hunt at the nearby La Fabbrica restaurant inside the Tour & Taxis complex.
Find more information here.
The one with 16 Easter egg hunts
Nostalgie Easter egg hunt – Garcet Park, Jette on Saturday at 15:00 and Parc du Viaduc, Ixelles on Monday at 15:00
Radio station Nostalgie has a side gig as Belgium’s biggest organiser of Easter egg hunts, focusing on Wallonia and Brussels. It’s got a busy weekend ahead with six hunts – two a day. Only two of those are in Brussels: at Garcet Park in Jette on Saturday and in Viaduc Park in Ixelles on Monday.
Credit: Nostalgie
The format is for three separate hunts: one for children aged up to 4; one for the 4 to 8 crowd; and a final one for children aged 8 to 12. They pick up as many plastic eggs as they can and exchange them for chocolate. This is a free event.
Find more information here.
The educational one
BELvue Museum, Sunday and Monday
The Royal Palace in Brussels city centre houses the lovely BELvue Museum which tells the history of Belgium and the Belgian state. It runs a very didactic Easter egg hunt where children need to fill out a booklet with information from the exhibits in order to be let loose in the small outdoor garden to collect Easter eggs.
Credit: Brussels Museums
The egg hunt will be moved indoors if the weather is bad. The hunt is open to children from 3 to 12. Entry to the museum is €10 for an adult and free for children. At the time of writing, there were very few entries available for Easter Sunday, but there are some for Monday.
An alternative museum option is the medicine museum in Anderlecht which is also running Easter egg hunts on Saturday and Sunday.
Find more information here and here.
The one with beer
Brasserie de Waterloo, Ferme de Mont-Saint-Jean. Sunday from 10:30.
Drinking beer on a battlefield becomes a day and a night of Easter egg hunting when the Brasserie de Waterloo brewery takes over the Ferme de Mont-Saint-Jean, which served as a military hospital for British soldiers fighting in 1815. Easter Sunday in 2026 should be more peaceful, with bouncy castles, face painting, scooters, live music and more.
Credit: Brasserie de Waterloo
There are separate Easter egg hunts by age, starting with 2 to 6 year-olds at 11:30 and 15:30 and 7 to 12 year-olds at 14:30. There is also a hunt for adults at 16:30, who will chase after plastic eggs that can be swapped for local beers. At night, there’s another hunt for adults who should bring a torch. Entry for children costs €8 and adults are charged €10.50.
Should you prefer your Easter eggs with wine, we recommend Château de Bioul, near Namur.
Find more information here.
The suburban ones
Jourdain Park, Kraainem, Monday from 9:00 to 12:00
Several of the leafy communes in the city and just outside organise smaller scale Easter egg hunts, many of which are sold out. The Kraainem hunt is unusual in that you just turn up on Easter Monday morning without reservation. It’s open to children from 2 and a half to 12 and will also have a bouncy castle and face-painting on offer. It is free of charge to enter.
Find more information here.
Wolvendael Park, Uccle, 11 April, from 11:00
Uccle is so exclusive that its Easter egg hunt will come a week later than everyone else's. This large-scale event in Wolvendael Park is capable of welcoming 3,000 children. There will be six separate hunts on the hour from 11:00 until 16:00.
Children aged between 3 and 12 will be separated by age. They will hunt for plastic coupons which they will then hand in for a chocolate sachet, just one per child. There’s no fee but do register in advance.
Find more information here.
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