There will be twice as many intercity trains running between Brussels and Amsterdam from the end of 2024, which should in part make up for the suspension of Eurostar’s service between the Belgian and Dutch capitals next year. Instead of 16 trains running daily between Brussels and the Netherlands...

While the sub continent’s delicious and authentic cuisine is the big draw of the annual Indian Food Festival , visitors can also enjoy a colourful programme of entertainment. Ranging from workshops and live music – including the Brussels Bollywood Choir – to Indian dances, visitors will be inspired...

Brussels The Parcours Street Art is a great art activity for sunny days you’d rather spend outside. The city tour lets you discover tons of spray-paint frescos under the open sky, and there’s a handy map for planning your own itinerary. Among the brilliant works on display is the mural Haunted...

Bad weather this summer has resulted in a poor yield when it comes to the barley harvest. This is unwelcome news for small Belgian brewers, RTBF reports, with the industry calling it "catastrophic". “This could pose a problem in terms of finding enough barley,” said Sébastien Verleyen, head of...

Belgium was among the top five ice cream producers and exporters in Europe last year, producing almost 200 million litres of ice cream. An estimated 23 million kilos were shipped outside the European Union, according to figures published from Eurostat, the European statistics office. Those figures...

Two Brussels mayors are urgently looking for alternatives to the last two "deadly" railway crossings in the Belgian capital. Both level crossings were supposed to have disappeared years ago, Bruzz reports, and yet they remain. Last year a pedestrian died after being struck by a train in Berchem-...

Permits for a project to make Place Flagey and Place Sainte-Croix in Ixelles greener have been officially approved by Urban.brussels, with works to begin as soon as this autumn or by December. The aim of the greening efforts, which include adding shrubs, plants and trees that will provide shade, is...

Belgium’s four main sites for Christian pilgrimage attracted some 1.27 million visits in 2022, an increase over the dwindling numbers seen during the coronavirus pandemic. The four sites are Scherpenheuvel (which saw 600,000 visitors), Oostakker (250,000), Banneux (220,000) and Beauraing (200,000...

Cyclists have for years been asking that police deploy "bait bikes" in their efforts to combat bicycle theft - and now a change in Belgian law may allow authorities to do just that. Using bait bikes has not been possible in the past because of concern that it counts as "entrapment" under the law,...

As the effects of global warming become clear in Europe’s south, Belgium is expected to become a more popular holiday destination for those looking to avoid extreme summer temperatures, one tour operator has suggested. “There will be changes,” said Sebastian Ebel, chief executive of travel agency...