Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Brussels

Former Aquarium of Brussels may become Pentecostal church

The space that formerly held the Aquarium of Brussels in Koekelberg is seeking a new tenant, and a Pentecostal church is looking to move ...

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Police raid Limburg cockfighting ring

Spurred by an anonymous tip, Belgian police broke up a Limburg cockfighting ring in Wellen on Sunday, confiscating six roosters. Belgian ...

Monday, January 24, 2022
Uber drivers disrupt traffic with rush hour protest

Uber drivers caused traffic disruptions during the Monday morning rush hour by forming a vehicle procession and driving to the offices of ...

Monday, January 24, 2022
‘Abuse’ and ‘anti-social policy’: 14-year waiting time for social housing in Molenbeek

People looking for social housing in the Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) have an average wait time of ...

Friday, January 21, 2022
Docks Bruxsel received record number of 5.7 million visitors

The Brussels shopping centre Docks Bruxsel welcomed a record 5.7 million shoppers in 2021, according to director Mathias Blot. While the ...

Friday, January 21, 2022
Second-hand sports clothing shop to open in Brussels

The Flemish Community Commission (FCC) and Brussels running club Les Gazelles de Bruxelles are co-launching a shop for second-hand ...

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Brussels increases support for solar panels

Residents of Brussels with solar panels installed can expect to receive around 10% more green certificates for the electricity generated in ...

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Thursday taxi protest plays havoc with rush hour traffic

People entering Brussels via car on Thursday morning should expect the journey to take longer than usual, as around 20 taxis block the ...

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Brussels metro attacker ‘doesn’t remember anything’: lawyer

The man who pushed a woman off a Brussels metro platform "has no recollection of what happened," his lawyer told an inconclusive court ...

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Taxi sector plans to block major Brussels roads in protest

The taxi sector is planning to hold another protest in Brussels on Thursday, blocking two important entrances into the city while demanding ...

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Brussels to get own bicycling network

Brussels will get its own cycling node network, which will allow bicyclists to easily plot (recreational) routes throughout the Capital ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Brussels yet to reach the peak of Omicron wave

Coronavirus infections for Brussels residents aged between 20 and 40 have already up sharply and now cases among the rest of the under-60s ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Animal abuse: 83 complaints in Brussels last year

Brussels Environment received 83 complaints about animal abuse in the Brussels region in 2021, and dozens of animals were confiscated. ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Auderghem residents guard their own streets after series of burglaries

Three burglaries in a single week on Avenue des Meuniers in the Brussels neighbourhood of Auderghem have left residents on edge. They’ve ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Flemish civil servants work in Brussels, but rarely live there

Only 4.8% of Flemish civil servants who work in Brussels also live there, according to Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) demographer Patrick ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
New cycling link improves Brussels connection to European bicycle network

On Monday, Brussels finished a new connection in its 'Canal Cyclostrade' infrastructure near the canal zone, which will serve to better ...

Monday, January 17, 2022
Renting in Brussels and Flanders has never been so expensive

The average rent for a house on the Brussels and Flemish rental market in 2021 rose to €846 in 2021, an increase that took prices to an ...

Monday, January 17, 2022
Recurring problem: another cyclist shoved off bike on Brussels cycling path

Another cyclist was shoved off their bicycle on a Brussels cycle path in Anderlecht - the same path that has seen a number of similar ...

Monday, January 17, 2022
Brussels lags behind in vaccination of healthcare providers

More than nine in ten healthcare workers in Belgium have been vaccinated, but in Brussels, that figure drops to 75%. Despite the many ...

Monday, January 17, 2022
Gas leak near Brussels North station sealed, traffic resumed

The Brussels North train station has fully reopened to commuters after the police had evacuated the area and closed down the Simon Bolivar ...

Monday, January 17, 2022

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