A new museum dedicated to Belgian fries opened near the Grand Place in Brussels this week, boasting 900m² of exhibits centred around the famous staple. The Frietmuseum comes from museum magnate Eddy Van Belle, who operates 15 commercial museums worldwide - including a frites museum in Bruges and a...

Undeclared solar panels, charging stations or storage batteries in the Belgian capital may be subject to penalties as of 1 May. Brussels residents are legally required to declare these types of installations within a maximum of 30 days. The penalties would be levied by Sibelga, the Brussels...

The City of Brussels has placed 40 boulders along the roads running through the Bois de la Cambre, intended to encourage cyclists to slow down and avoid collisions with pedestrians. Boulders were placed on Avenue de Saint-Job, Avenue du Brésil and Avenue de la Sapinière, Bruzz reports, with built-...

Liège’s new tram made its maiden journey between Sclessin and Coronmeuse in the early hours of Monday morning, marking the end of a 60-year period in which no tram has served the city. The debut came after numerous delays and setbacks, along with changes to strategy and planned stops along the...

The Brussels region celebrates its 36th anniversary with a packed weekend of free activities for the 2025 Iris Festival . On Saturday, there are festivities in individual municipalities, followed by the Iris Tipik Electro Night, which transforms the Place des Palais into a mega dance floor with DJ...

The Art & History Museum in Brussels’ Cinquantenaire Park is busy preparing to open two new spaces to the public on 13 June. One of the rooms is dedicated to Belgian Art Nouveau and Art Deco, the other to 19th-century decorative arts. The 1,200m² space will house exceptional works of art, many...

Brussels’ open-air cafes are being set up in city parks for the summer season, but due to delays and administrative problems, they are not yet authorised to open, reports RTBF. With the sunny weather and a long weekend beckoning, city folk are impatient for the annual guinguette season to get...

The Belgian state has been ordered to pay the water and electricity bills on behalf of 66 asylum seekers who lived in an abandoned building on Rue de la Loi two years ago, a court has ruled. A justice of the peace first ruled this to be the case in August 2023 but the Belgian state and Fedasil, the...

A pilot project from the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police zone involving mobile cameras on drones during interventions has come under fire for being "not much different from what China is doing in terms of government surveillance". The League of Human Rights expressed concerns about the experiment...