Regional tourism office visit.brussels has launched a one-stop shop for cultural or tourist activities, ticketing.brussels . The online site enables individuals to buy tickets for a concert, theatre performance, exhibition, show, family activity or museum trip in Brussels. The range of events will...

Relax with our roundup of pampering places to unwind or revitalise while waiting for spring to return. From swanky member-only clubs to private, neighbourhood, Oriental and luxury out-of-town spas, there’s no shortage of spots specialised in providing intense heat or some well-earned pampering...

The Filigranes bookstore in Brussels will undergo a second restructuring following a collective complaint signed by 48 employees and filed with social insurance fund Securex. An initial restructuring plan launched at the end of 2022 led to the departure of about 15 staff members, but the plan...

One person has died after a series of shootings near Porte de Hal in Brussels in recent days. Mayor Jean Spinette (PS) of Saint-Gilles, where the shootings took place, said the gun violence was related to the drug trade. Shots fired on Tuesday afternoon near Square Jacques Franck were done as “a...

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bloodiest battle for US forces in World War Two, the Belgian town of Bastogne has opened a new museum honouring the iconic moment when the Allies refused to surrender to the German army. Holed up in the Ardennes town and encircled by the enemy, the 101st...

Annual light show Bright Festival spotlights Europe in a nod to Belgium’s current presidency of the EU council. So the city’s royal quarter and EU neighbourhood host the installations and the fun. Alongside the immersive and multisensory installations, a fringe programme in local museums and stores...

Banks in Belgium have done very well last year, according to recently published financial results. BNP Paribas Fortis and ING Belgium – two of the four biggest banks in the country along with KBC and Belfius – have seen both revenues and profits increase. This is especially true for ING, which...

The launch of subsidies for Flemish residents who purchase an electric car has been a successful one, with some 1,400 applications submitted just three hours after the opening of the online portal. Most of the requests were from private individuals and concerned new cars, according to the mobility...

The population in Flanders is predicted to grow by 17% between 2023 and 2070, while Brussels and Wallonia will likely see much lower growth rates of 4% and 2% respectively, according to the latest data from Belgian statistics agency Statbel. “Some 110,400 births were recorded in Belgium in 2023,...

One of the capital’s emblematic buildings, the modernist headquarters of the D’Ieteren Group in Ixelles, has been placed on the city’s conservation list The decision by Brussels’ secretary of state for urban planning and heritage Ans Persoons follows a move to safeguard modernist and brutalist...