A new festive seasonal event is set to provide tourists and Brussels’ residents with a free urban vacation from 14 July to 6 August. Located in Place De Brouckère and Place Fontainas, Summer Wonders offers a programme of live music, DJ sets, afterwork events, sports activities and a large-scale art...

Festival Musiq3 Bruxelles heralds the start of the Festivals of Wallonia , a summer-long celebration of classical music – sometimes fused with world, jazz and electronic – that’s performed in seven places around the region. For 2023, the theme Utopia reigns, and the Brussels leg proposes classical...

Horse-drawn carriages in Brussels city centre could be replaced by electric carriages if a proposal from alderman for economic affairs Fabian Maingain (Défi) is approved. “We had been looking for an alternative to horse-drawn carriages for some time,” Maingain told La Dernière Heure. “The owner of...

The famous Last Post bugle ceremony conducted every evening at 20.00 in Ypres will be exported to the United States in 2024. The bugle ceremony will take place in Washington DC, RTBF reports. Three members of the Last Post Association, which coordinates the commemoration, travelled to the United...

Belgian film Close by Flemish director Lukas Dhont won the 2023 LUX European Audience Film Award at a ceremony in the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday. The film, co-produced by Belgium, France and Netherlands, tells the story of an intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo...

Despite the fact that offering electronic payments to customers is now mandatory in Belgium, many are still only accepting cash, according to Belgium's federal economy ministry. More than 1,800 reports have been registered against businesses that refuse to offer an electronic payment option since...

After an expectedly bumpy start to food waste collection in Brussels via new orange containers, an estimated 137% more waste is being collected since the same period last year, new figures reveal. It has been six weeks since the new waste collection officially began and 1,097 tonnes of food waste...

Belgium’s national women’s basketball team beat Spain (58-64) to take gold at the European Basketball Championships in Ljubljana on Sunday. It was a historic and exciting victory for the Belgian Cats. After trailing in the first 35 minutes of the final, they went on the offensive. Just four minutes...

Brussels’ outdoor pool Flow in Anderlecht reopens for the summer season from 5 July until early September. Reservations for swim spots open on 4 July, although it’s already possible to book for group swims and swimming classes. Open seven days a week, the 17m x 7m pool is available to the public...