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New guide to Brussels’ best bread and pastries

Where can you find the tastiest artisanal and local bread in Brussels? That is the question answered perfectly by ASBL Tartine et Boterham - meaning sandwich in French and Dutch - in its 2024 guide to the best bakeries in the capital. This third edition – following one published for 2022 and the...

Change to Brussels child benefit top-ups for families in larger homes

Brussels families living in a property whose total cadastral income is more than €2,000 will no longer be eligible to receive top-ups to their child benefit payments, it has been announced. Family allowance payments are made per child per household every month. While a fixed rate is paid out to all...

Colonial past: Petition to rename Pétillon metro station

Brussels residents have launched a petition on change.org to change the name of Pétillon metro station in Etterbeek commune. This demand has been made as the metro is currently named after Major Arthur Pétillon (1855-1909), a key player in King Leopold II’s colonisation of the Congo, “a tragic...

Start as a Freelancer in Belgium Day 2023

Submitted by freelancersinbelgium on Sat, 11/11/2023 - 06:29

Start as a Freelancer in Belgium Day 2022 is a one-day conference in Brussels where aspiring freelancers can network and learn about starting a business as independent professionals. The event will be in English.


  • When: Thursday, Dec 14 2023 from 9-17

  • Where: BluePoint in Brussels (Bd Auguste Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels)

Brussels’ Warehouse Theatre: Play Your Part campaign reaches fundraising €100,000 goal

Community theatre campaign Play Your Part has reached its ambitious target of raising €100,000 to save the Warehouse Theatre from closure. After 13 months of fundraising events, donations and a charity gala, the volunteer-run initiative now has the funds to carry out urgent repairs and...

SEQUENCE 024

Submitted by Xavier Huysmans on Fri, 11/10/2023 - 16:41

In  “SEQUENCE 024”, contemporary art gallery Le Neuf Gallery presents extraordinary works by 3 artists.

  • Urse (oil on canvas, until 23/12/23)

  • Hugowels (oil on canvas, until 23/12/23)

  • Guillaume Thunis (ink on paper, until 03/12/23)

Oscar Wilde’s in town!

Submitted by yttap on Fri, 11/10/2023 - 15:09

Join us for a talk on the life and times of Oscar Wilde.

Free for TASB members; guests welcome and can pay at the door.

complimentary drinks from 19h30; talk begins at 20h00

Driving habits survey finds bad parking on the rise in Belgium

More drivers in Belgium are parking badly, particularly on cycle paths, according to the country’s traffic safety institute Vias. One Belgian driver in four admits to occasionally parking in a cycle lane, making Belgium the worst performer in Europe in this respect. The data comes from a European...

Belgians among top 10 best non-native English speakers in world

Belgians on average have a very high proficiency in speaking English, according to the 2023 English Proficiency Index from Education First (EF). While the country as a whole fell 12 points and one place in the rankings, it still maintains its spot in the top 10 at number seven out of 113 countries...

Police send reinforcements to Jewish sites in Brussels and Antwerp

Federal police have been called in to help secure Jewish sites in Antwerp and Brussels at the request of Belgium’s interior minister, Annelies Verlinden. Verlinden has requested that police step up patrols around these sites and Jewish communities, Le Soir reports, in light of the ongoing violence...

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