The Royal Shakespeare Society in Birmingham will soon be receiving an unusual gift, a hand-delivered manuscript by Belgian poetry translator and dramaturg Claude Lammens. The original present is just one example of Lammens’ labour of love to perpetuate the Brusseleir dialect beyond the Belgian...

The final session of Bozar All Over the P(a)lace will be a night to remember. In a collaboration with AB, rock, fashion, and screen icon Kim Gordon makes some noise in the magnificent Henry Le Bouef Hall, where there’s seating and standing room available. Meanwhile, artist duo Eve Stainton and...

The Audi factory in Brussels will close at the end of February next year, according to an announcement following an extraordinary works council meeting this week. The closure has seemed inevitable for some time now – especially in the wake of an announcement earlier this year that Audi was planning...

Brussels public transport operator Stib has begun its yearly battle to keep autumn leaves off tram tracks. “Of the 150 kilometres of the tram network, almost half are near trees,” Ronny Haemers, tram network manager at Stib, told Bruzz. “Those places are specially monitored during autumn. Depending...

Some 100 original plates from the comic strip Boule & Bill by Belgian illustrator Jean Roba are going on show to the public for the first time at the Huberty & Breyne gallery in Ixelles from 29 November to 25 January. The unprecedented retrospective marks the 65th anniversary of the birth...

Brussels' Bois de la Cambre will see an increase in security patrols after a series of rapes and an overall increasing level of assaults. A total of 30 assaults, including four rapes, have been recorded in the wood since the start of the year – four times more than last year. The assaults take...

Brussels public transport operator Stib is increasing its bus service to cemeteries on 1 November for All Saints Day. “Stib is strengthening several bus routes on 1 November so that Brussels residents can easily and smoothly reach cemeteries on All Saints Day using public transport,” the company...

Dreaming of adventure and travel as the dark season sets in? Seek inspiration or simply indulge in thrilling escapism at the European Outdoor Film Tour , which is rolling into Belgium from 17 to 22 November. Visiting six cities across the country, the programme features six new films that enable...

Brussels is set to become an international hub of cello virtuosity thanks to the fourth edition of the Brussels Cello Festival from 15 to 17 November. The programme brings together world renowned artists, including Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman, Frans Helmerson and Marie Hallynck. They will be...

Belgium saw a record-breaking warm end of October, recording the hottest 25 October in the country since observations began in Uccle in 1892. Temperatures hovered around 20°C in the Brussels region on Friday, reaching 20.4°C at the Uccle measuring station at 15.00, beating the previous daily record...