Saturday, May 28, 2022
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Art & Culture

CORE Festival kicks off the summer season this weekend

Belgium's biggest festival organisers Rock Werchter and Tomorrowland are bringing together a mix of electronic beats and alternative indie ...

Friday, May 27, 2022
Belgian film ‘Close’ gets standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival

The second feature film of Belgian director Lukas Dhont, "Close," received a ten-minute standing ovation from the audience after its ...

Friday, May 27, 2022
Hidden Belgium: Tram 3

Lizzie opened her quirky bar Tram 3 in 2019 on the upper floors of a historic house in Antwerp city centre. She decorated the 18th-century ...

Friday, May 27, 2022
Ommegang of Brussels returns to Grand Place on 29 June

The Ommegang show is a UNESCO world heritage event, which takes place annually in Brussels. Now, after a two year hiatus due to the ...

Thursday, May 26, 2022
Singles at disadvantage: Solo travelling still much more expensive

On top of the bad news that no person in Belgium pays more taxes than single people, enjoying fun activities, like going on holiday, is ...

Thursday, May 26, 2022
Hidden Belgium: The most dangerous man in Tudor England

William Tyndale was an English priest who was executed in Vilvoorde, near Brussels. He might have enjoyed a quiet life if he had not ...

Thursday, May 26, 2022
Tomorrowland launches sustainability conference with Yuval Noah Harari

The world-renowned Belgian EDM festival Tomorrowland is usually known for music and parties, but this year the festival will launch its ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Hidden Belgium: Antwerp’s Jewish Quarter

It looks drab and underwhelming, but Antwerp’s Jewish Quarter is home to a fascinating hidden community. Located close to the ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Belgian cartoonist joins fight against plastic production

Belgian cartoon artist Pieter de Poortere is putting his best known comic book character, Dickie, to use in the fight against plastic. ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Hidden Belgium: One of the most attractive hiking trails in the Ardennes

The steep climb up the narrow valley of the Hoëgne is one of the most attractive hiking trails in the Ardennes. The route begins in a ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
‘Ostend at Anchor’: 185,000 people visited maritime festival this year

The 21st annual Ostend at Anchor event drew around 185,000 people between 19-22 May, according to the event’s organisers. This massive ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Belgium’s Stéphanie Huang selected for Queen Elisabeth Competition finals

Stéphanie Huang, the only Belgian selected for the Queen Elisabeth Competition, is one of the 12 finalists who will perform at the Henry Le ...

Monday, May 23, 2022
Michelin Guide 2022: 16 restaurants get their first star

A total of 16 restaurants in Belgium and Luxembourg will be awarded their first star in the Michelin Guide for 2022, the dining guide ...

Monday, May 23, 2022
In Photos: Over 120,000 people in Brussels to celebrate Belgian Pride 2022

After a two-year absence, Belgian Pride made its long-awaited comeback to Brussels this year, with over 120,000 people flocking to the ...

Monday, May 23, 2022
Hidden Belgium: The most beautiful cinema in Belgium

It was the most beautiful cinema in Belgium when it opened in 1928. Twenty years ago, a group of Antwerp locals launched an inspired ...

Monday, May 23, 2022
Brussels commune invites residents to decorate pavements

For a small price, residents of Schaerbeek in Brussels can can choose to decorate the pavement outside their houses with a mosaic paving ...

Sunday, May 22, 2022
Belgian co-production “Fumer fait tousser” presented in Cannes

The crew of Quentin Dupieux’s "Fumer fait tousser" (‘Smoking makes you cough’) had their turn on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival ...

Sunday, May 22, 2022
Brussels Food & Drink

What are the most delicious foods, refreshing drinks, coolest cafés and swankiest restaurants in Brussels at the moment? Wandering food and ...

Sunday, May 22, 2022
Hidden Belgium: Cycle in the trees

Limburg province is one of the most bike-friendly regions in Europe. Some years ago, it launched the knooppunten system of numbered ...

Sunday, May 22, 2022
Cannes film festival: Bouli Lanners in Cannes for the projection of the “Night of the 12th”

The actors of Dominik Moll’s “La Nuit du 12” (The Night of the 12th) including Belgium’s Bouli Lanners and Frenchman Bastien Bouillon were ...

Saturday, May 21, 2022

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