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Tickets are now on sale for two exhibitions on Pompeii staged in the Belgian capital from this autumn.
The Joseph Cuvelier Depot, one of the most visited buildings in Belgium's National Archives, has been inaccessible since mid-July because of a broken lift.
Following a long and complex legal procedure, two artefacts including a wooden sarcophagus found in Brussels a decade ago have been returned to Egypt.
While 8 May - Victory in Europe day - is regarded as a public holiday in many other European countries, Belgium places greater significance on 11 November instead, which is the day the 1918 Armist
The former Nazi prison camp Fort Breendonk near Mechelen is appealing to the public to donate miniature versions of its symbolic statue De Weerstander
How do people see the past and how can history and historical events help us to do so?
From the Manneken Pis to Maria Callas, Brussels is full of history – and Phantoms in Brussels brings t
For the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the Braine L’Alleud domain is organising a large-scale reenactment of the event on 28 and 29 June.
Belgian railway operator SNCB is being advised by an official panel set up as part of a historical study to apologise for its role in facilitating deportations to death camps during the second wor
