If your dream is a house or flat by the Belgian coast, now is perhaps the time to look, according to new statistics from property website Immoweb. Seaside property prices are still much higher than in the rest of the country, but between July 2023 and July 2024 they rose more moderately than at the...

Terre has been collecting second-hand clothing for more than 60 years, but the non-profit is facing financial difficulties due to the amount of waste that it is forced to process and dispose of because people abuse their collection sites. Terre has 2,500 drop-off points across Wallonia and Brussels...

The Brussels public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into e-bike manufacturer and seller Cowboy, and specifically a new racing game added to the company’s app for bike users. The app incites cyclists to race against each other in 500-metre sprints, which the prosecutor's office...

Les Cœurs de Bois welcomes families to its annual summer season of theatrical adventures. Guignolet dans le parc stages a variety of shows (in French) in the open air with shelter in case of rain. Free entrance and suitable for ages 3+. Until 25 August, Wednesday-Sunday 15.00 (gate opens at 14.45...

Belgian train operator SNCB has announced that a location for the long-promised police station at Brussels-Midi station, which should be ready “by the end of the summer”. The confirmation comes almost a year since Belgium’s outgoing prime minister Alexander De Croo promised that the troubled...

The famous Hotel Astoria on Rue Royale is set to reopen in November 2024, after extensive renovations aimed at making it Brussels' most luxurious five-star hotel. The complex will boast 126 rooms and suites, a bar, a spa, two restaurants and a private club, Bruzz reports. Hotel Astoria was first...

Blood reserves built up in May and June are already exhausted, Belgium's Red Cross has announced. Poor blood collection in July was the main reason cited by the organisation, which is calling on the public to donate at blood drives as quickly as possible. July and August are traditionally very...

A new guinguette pops up in Brussels this summer, dishing up fine cuisine to theatre audiences at Boitsfort Hippodrome from 1 to 24 August. Gembloux restaurant Hors-Champs will be serving up a special menu and drinks at the site’s ‘Village des Paris’. It accompanies the show Le Facteur Cheval ou Le...

From photo retrospectives and fashion, to immersive experiences for all the family, cities around the country are packed with dazzling art, history and culture shows. BRUSSELS “The best photos are the ones I have not yet taken,” said Paris-born American Elliott Erwitt, who died in 2023. A major...

The European Commission is taking Belgium to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the grounds that Flanders is not doing enough to combat agricultural nitrate pollution. “In recent years, groundwater and surface water pollution has worsened considerably in the Flemish region, and these...