Monday, 30 January 2023
The Brussels Times Magazine

Art & Culture

First batch of international Tomorrowland tickets sold out in no time

This year's theme, ‘Adscendo’, will bring more than 600 of the world’s best electronic music artists.

Sunday, 29 January 2023
Hidden Belgium: The Brussels lane that no one knows

It’s just off the Sablon square in Brussels. But almost no one ever walks down the narrow cobbled lane called Rue des Six Jeunes Hommes, The Street of the Six Young Boys.

Sunday, 29 January 2023
'Mother and son' - French film tells the story of a black immigrant family

With ‘Mother and son,’ in cinemas on Wednesday, French filmmaker Léonor Serraille directs an often marginalised story, that of the intimacy of a family with an immigrant background.

Saturday, 28 January 2023
Tomorrowland sold out for Belgian public

The international pre-sale will start in the evening and the full festival line-up will be unveiled later.

Saturday, 28 January 2023
Access to nature is linked to improved mental health, study says

The real importance of the study was in "showing how large these effects were relative to other things we also know are important to mental health such as income, family relationships, and long-standing illness."

Saturday, 28 January 2023
Cinema: 'Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom,' a star-studded gamble

Asterix sets sail for China in ‘The Middle Kingdom,’ with a star-studded crew, including singer Angèle and football sensation Zlatan Ibrahimovich.

Saturday, 28 January 2023
An introduction to 'rallyes', Belgium's most selective soirées

Belgium's old aristocracy and wealthy bourgeoisie throw parties for their children to create networks and meet romantic partners from the same social sphere.

Saturday, 28 January 2023
Hidden Belgium: Librebook

Head to Librebook in Brussels’ Matonge district to discover the exceptional richness of European fiction, art and political thought.

Saturday, 28 January 2023
UK shipwreck identified as 17th-century Dutch warship

The sinking of this particular warship contributed to the start of the third Anglo-Dutch war.

Saturday, 28 January 2023
Belgium's Rosa Marchant wins Best Actress at Sundance Film Festival

Young Belgian actress Rosa Marchant (17) wins the Special Jury Award for Best Performance at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States.

Friday, 27 January 2023
Flemish charter from 12th century finally returns to Belgium from US

Dating back to 1176, the document had been held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the past one hundred years after having been looted by German soldiers.

Friday, 27 January 2023
Hidden Belgium: Elzenwalle

It might be the strangest castle in Belgium.

Friday, 27 January 2023
PhotoBrussels Festival returns to the capital for a month

The Seventh PhotoBrussels Festival features more than 200 artists exhibited in over 30 locations in the Belgian capital from Thursday to 26 February.

Thursday, 26 January 2023
Bond exhibition in Brussels has welcomed 30,000 visitors since opening

The exhibition features fifty iconic vehicles used in the filming of the James Bond franchise movies, including the Aston Martin DB5 from "No Time to Die".

Thursday, 26 January 2023
Cinematek to celebrate Belgian Oscar nominees

With the Belgian film "Close" being nominated for the Oscars, a series of previous Belgian nominations will be screened at the cinema in Flagey.

Thursday, 26 January 2023
Hidden Belgium: The Modest Home of a Communist Composer

First sung in a Lille café in 1888, the song was called L’internationale. De Geyter’s composition was eventually adopted as the official hymn of the international working class.

Thursday, 26 January 2023
Film Fest Gent: Jubilee year gets under way with screening of very first film

The festival's essence "remains unchanged" and still offers a "unique platform for the most challenging, surprising and haunting films of the moment."

Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Rock Werchter announces 30 new names for 2023 edition

The Rock Werchter announced 30 additional artists on Wednesday for 29 June to 3 July. Among the released names is Lil Nas X, Liam Gallagher and more.

Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Hidden Belgium: The Schaerbeek street named after the fastest man alive

Born in Schaerbeek in 1868, Camille Jenatzy (Le diable rouge) was a man who loved danger.

Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Belgian movie 'Close' nominated for Oscars

Lukas Dhont could become the first Belgian director to win an Oscar for a feature film at the age of 31.

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

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