Costumes, props, archival footage and clips from the Belgian film Coward all go on display in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces a special pop-up exhibition from 7 November. The temporary show marks the second collaboration for the Brussels museum and Lukas Dhont after the film director sought...

Autoworld opens its doors for a special Halloween Night adventure. Among its gleaming collections of car and motorcycles, the museum transforms into a mysterious world filled with surprise and thrilling activities for all ages. The night watchman has disappeared and everyone is invited to join in...

Belgium is unique in the large range of educational pathways it offers. Families living in the Brussels-Capital Region may freely choose to send their children to French-medium or Dutch-medium schools or a European or international school. Under certain conditions, children may also be homeschooled...

Cemeteries in Brussels, Laeken, Haren and Neder-Over-Heembeek will be open from 8.30 to 17.00 from Saturday 31 October to Monday 2 November to allow families to visit the graves of their loved ones around All Saints’ Day. Security staff will be present at all four locations to welcome visitors and...

More than 154,000 animals died in Brussels laboratories last year, according to figures from the Brussels region on the use of laboratory animals for scientific research. About 44,000 animals were used for experiments, while a further 110,000 died without being used in any experiments. Almost all...

The facade of the historic Hotel Métropole on Place de Brouckère in Brussels is once again free of scaffolding. “The renovation of the facade has been completed, but inside the hotel, work is still in full swing,” said Brussels state secretary for heritage Ans Persoons (Vooruit). While the facade...

About 30 staff members at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (KBIN) in Brussels have written an open letter criticising the “toxic” management style of its director-general, saying colleagues are being unjustly threatened with dismissal or disciplinary action. KBIN, sometimes called...

A new data centre in Brussels’ Neder-Over-Heembeek neighbourhood is estimated to consume 140 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year in its first phase, accounting for approximately 3% of the capital’s total electricity consumption. From 2028, the same capacity will be added. The estimated water...

A 34-year-old man on Belgium’s most-wanted list has turned himself in voluntarily at Brussels' Justice Palace. The man had been on the run since 21 June 2026 after being sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for his involvement in a shooting on the night of 21 to 22 March 2025 at a night shop in...

American billionaire Bill Gates has visited Brussels and met with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and several European commissioners, in addition to briefly visiting the Atomium. “It was a great pleasure and a true honour to welcome Bill Gates to the Atomium this week,” wrote...