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Lotto Brussels Jazz Weekend

What’s on this week: 23 to 29 May

Lotto Brussels Jazz Weekend transforms the capital into a live musical festival with more than 120 artists performing in free concerts across the city. If the main outdoor hubs are the Grand Place, Place Sainte-Catherine and Place de la Bourse, there’s plenty of action in bars and music venues. The...

Arrests made over suspected electoral fraud in Ninove

An eighth person has been arrested as part of an investigation into electoral fraud in Ninove, according to the East Flanders public prosecutor's office. “The public prosecutor's office will decide later what will happen to these people, but we cannot give any more information at this stage,” a...

Fire partly destroys municipal greenhouse in Josaphat Park

One of the four municipal greenhouses in Josaphat Park in Schaerbeek has been destroyed in a fire. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out in the greenhouse at around 19.00 on Monday and burned for a little over half an hour before being brought under control. The greenhouses and the...

Horta Museum: Spotlight on stunning Art Deco textiles and overlooked artists

Brussels’ 2025 Art Deco centenary rolls on with a new exhibition at the Horta Museum showcasing the movement’s stylistically distinctive and perennially popular colourful patterns and decoration. All Over recounts the fascinating history of textile design between 1910 and 1945 – a final era of...

Demand drops for private swimming pools in Belgium

Fewer people in Belgium are buying into the luxury of a private swimming pool at their property, according to new figures from the Belgian Federation of Swimming Pool and Wellness Professionals (FBP). In 2024, companies built 3,475 pools, 25% fewer than in 2023 (4,625). Since the boom year of 2021...

SNCB steps up fraud checks after 700,000 passengers caught without tickets

Belgian railway operator SNCB is stepping up ticket inspections after seeing a spike in the number of people riding the train without a ticket. Some 700,000 people did not pay for one or more train journeys last year, RTBF reports, which is 40% more than in 2023. The figure can be explained by more...

Tiger mosquito continues to spread in Belgium

The presence of the tiger mosquito in Belgium is expanding rapidly and the species is establishing itself here, according to reports from public health institute Sciensano and the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (IMT). Mosquito season has officially begun and residents are once again...

Happy U KULeuven! Belgium’s oldest university celebrates its 600th anniversary in style

The city of Leuven is in festive mode this year as the ancient university KU Leuven celebrates its 600th anniversary.

Founded in 1425, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe and one of the top-ranking academic institutions in the world. Today, KU Leuven is not only the largest university in Belgium, it remains a global beacon for knowledge and science.

Knokke introduces measures to stop overcrowding

The Belgian coastal resort of Knokke-Heist has introduced measures to improve the flow of tourists, focusing on traffic reduction, after recent problems with overcrowding. Visitors and day-trippers will be encouraged to leave their vehicles in a car park on the outskirts of the town. The centre of...

Green light to green up Brussels' European quarter

Brussels’ agency urban.brussels, which implements the region’s policy on urbanism and cultural heritage, has granted planning permission to completely redevelop Rue Guimard in the city's EU quarter. The aim is to transform the grey concrete street currently dominated by 85 parking spaces into a...

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