The Belgium Cello Society hosts the second concert in its recital series at ULB’s Solbosch campus in Brussels on 1 November. For the occasion, principal cellist of the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Sébastien Walnier, joins forces with duo partner Alexander Gurning, to serenade the audience with an...

Anyone living, working or just visiting Ixelles can now take advantage of a new staircase allowing quick access between the Rue du Sceptre and Rue Gray near Place Flagey. Inaugurated last week, as part of the Brussels government’s construction, renovation and restoration company Beliris’s 30-year...

Belgium’s postal service Bpost has announced new price rises for parcels in the peak pre-Christmas period - and for stamps from the new year. Customers will have to pay a surcharge of €1 per package sent between the very busy time of Black Friday (24 November) to Christmas, when there are...

Animals will soon be legally recognised as "sentient beings" in Belgium – giving them de facto more protection – following the Belgian Senate’s unanimous approval of a proposal enshrining animal wellbeing in the Belgian constitution, the text first created on 7 February 1831, when Belgium became a...

Fewer deer can be seen in Belgium’s Sonian Forest, according to the most recent deer monitoring survey from the Flemish government’s Research Institute for Nature and Forests (INBO). Since 2008, survey volunteers have walked 473km per year and counted deer on a fixed route in the forest near...

Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the intrepid Belgian steamship’s departure from the port of Antwerp is the free exhibition In search of... The end of the world! A climate expedition aboard the ‘Belgica’ . The commemorative show at BELvue Museum until 4 February, boasts a double mission. As...

A climate march will be held on 3 December in Brussels, organised by the non-profit organisation Climate Coalition. “We still do not have an agreement on the distribution of efforts between the Belgian governments,” said the NGO’s vice president Zanna Vanrenterghem. “This has implications for our...

Almost 400 people from a number of Brussels civil society associations are raising concerns about Brussels’ move to digitalise its regional and municipal administrative services, saying the switch will cause not only less tech-savvy residents to be left behind, but also discrimination. Brussels...

Presenting the best outdoor and adventure films of the year, the European Outdoor Film Tour EOFT is the largest film festival dedicated to the great outdoors in Europe. The tour is visiting six cities in Belgium with a two-hour programme that promises to take viewers on an unforgettable journey of...

Clothes make the man, they say, although this phenomenon began to apply much more to women when they entered the workforce. The exhibition Dressing looks at our relationship to clothing – and to other people’s clothing – while mixing contemporary works by 15 artists with historical garments from...