The number of people riding their bike to work has risen by 80% since 2005, with more and more people in Belgium choosing their bikes over public transport or a private car, new figures show. Just over 14% of workers surveyed by the FPS Mobility and Transport survey used bicycles as their main way...

Elderly people living in Brussels are more likely to end their days in aged care facilities than those across the rest of Belgium, due in part to lack of social support and a rental market increasingly hostile to people living on fixed incomes. A study released by the Brussels Region Health and...

The Brussels government is stepping in to help Union Saint-Gilloise (USG) find a new home now that negotiations with the municipality of Forest have stalled. The mayor of Forest has rejected the idea of housing a new stadium for the football club on a plot of land in Bempt, near the Brussels ring...

Dakh Daughters ’ apocalyptic cabaret showcases the darkest corners of our world, yet manages to create hope and unity in an emotional roller coaster of a performance. As the audience takes its seats, a stark message appears on several monitors set up at the back of the stage. “Stop the aggression...

The Belgian defence ministry is to open a pop-up store in the Docks Bruxsel shopping centre in Schaerbeek in a bid to recruit more young people into the country's armed forces. This will be the third pop-up store of its kind, and the first in Brussels. The two previous recruitment campaigns were...

The Belgian Red Cross has launched a campaign aiming to bring in 5,000 new plasma donors over the next three years. Plasma, which makes up 55% of our blood and carries red and white blood cells as well as platelets around the body, is used in the treatment of patients with serious burns,...

Belgian rail operator SNCB will be moving its collection of historical artefacts to the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek. The heritage department and documentation centre will be located next to the Train World museum, Bruzz reports. “This will allow us to strengthen our heritage pool,” SNCB...

Get ready for a light show like never before with this year’s Bright Festival . The event boasts 30 installations and 15 nocturnal activities centred around Art Nouveau. It includes an installation at the foot of the Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, where visitors can replace their...

Belgium is unable to offer any tanks to the Ukrainian government - but it isn't for lack of desire to aid the country in its defence against the Russian invasion. The reason is that the Belgian army sold its tanks to a private collector in Tournai who is now offering to give them back, but no...

German department store Galeria Inno plans to leave Belgium, selling its 16 stores in an effort to pay off substantial debts the company has accumulated. Owner Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof saw the 2022 financial year close with a profit, German media report, but the company is still in a precarious...