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After years of sold-out theatres, bestsellers and storytelling evenings, Belgian historian Bart Van Loo rounds off his Burgundian Offensive with an enlightening podwalk.
The Toy Museum in Brussels is selling off its collection in order to clear out the building it was housed in, which is owned by the French Community Commission, Cocof.
A rare copy of the Napoleonic Code, the basis for civil law in Belgium, France and other countries, has been sold by Brussels auction house Arenberg Auctions for €51,000.
The formidable figure of Mary of Hungary, the sister of Charles V and governor of the Low Countries, is finally honoured in Belgium in a major exhibition at the Royal Museum of Mariemont.
Dating back to Brussels’ 1958 World Fair, one of the capital’s most famous sights, the Mont des Arts’ musical clock, is ringing once more.
Initially announced for early September this year, the long-awaited refurbishment to the iconic Lion’s Mound, a centrepiece of the Waterloo battlefield, has still not got off the ground.
A lot containing two satirical fake versions of Le Soir newspaper has been sold for €1,280 at Arenberg Auctions in Brussels.
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.
