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Harlem Globetrotters to visit Antwerp and Charleroi on 6 & 7 October

The clown princes of the basketball court will thrill Belgian audiences in the Harlem Globetrotters’ electrifying show The Spread Game . Enjoy the world-famous spectacle at Lotto Arena in Antwerp on 6 October and the DÔME in Charleroi on 7 October. It’s the barnstorming basketball team’s first tour...
Maison Cauchie, Etterbeek

Brussels Art Nouveau gem Maison Cauchie sold for €1.6 million, heritage home to open to public

Maison Cauchie in Etterbeek has been bought by Thierry de Molinari, owner of insurance cooperative CDA, based in Brussels and Luxembourg. The 1905 Art Nouveau treasure, located in Rue des Francs, was placed on the property market by the Brussels branch of Sotheby's in May, inviting offers from €1,...
Fondation A Gabriele und Helmut Nothhelfer

Women photographers under the gaze at Foundation A’s 10th anniversary show

For its 10th anniversary, Brussels’ A Foundation presents the work of 19 female photographers from across the globe in Women’s Perspectives . Dating from the 1920s and originating from Europe, North and South America and Africa, they display a startling array of subject matter and techniques, while...
The Bulletin celebrates its 60th anniversary

The Bulletin at 60: The country’s oldest English-language publication celebrates six decades of reporting on Belgium

Today, we celebrate the 60th birthday of The Bulletin, one of Europe’s oldest English-language publications. Born in an Uccle basement, The Bulletin has proved to be an enduring brand. The story of how one woman and her typewriter launched an eight-page newsletter for Brussels’ anglophone community...
The Bulletin office and staff celebrating 30th anniversary

The Bulletin at 60: Former publisher John Stuyck recalls how his mother Monique Ackroyd founded a publishing phenomenon

Monique Ackroyd would never have recognised The Bulletin as it is today. She would be proud but also shocked by the changes the magazine has experienced. Her culture and background in journalism was all about typewriters, ink, lead and print. Her first work experience at the Yorkshire Post entailed...

Three times as many car owners in Brussels' suburbs than city centre

There are about half a million cars in Brussels, but a new analysis by Brussels statistics office BISA shows that these are mainly registered to owners who live in the city’s peripheral suburbs, rather than its busy heart. “In the Brussels region, just under one household in two has its own car,”...

New 'island garden' opens at Meise Botanical Gardens

A new "island garden" has been officially inaugurated at the Meise Botanical Gardens outside of Brussels. The island garden is formed by a group of islets on the large lake located on the larger grounds. "It’s a special walk on the water," management at the gardens announced. "A group of islands...

Brussels ranked one of the best European cities for singles in 2022

Global travel site Big 7 Travel has chosen Brussels, Leuven and Antwerp to feature in its annual list ‘The 50 Best Cities In Europe For Single People 2022’. Among top cities like London and Barcelona, Brussels (19) has made its way into the top 20 based on the site’s research. The website collates...
Aislinn Dulanty (left) and Monique Ackroyd

The Bulletin at 60: From the archive (September 2002): Guts for survival, charm for success

Founder of The Bulletin Monique Ackroyd tells Brigid Grauman about the magazine’s early days – and recalls some memorable parties With clockwork regularity, newspaper clippings – sometimes torn, sometimes cut out with scissors, but invariably annotated with green ink – make their way to the...

What’s on this week: 23–29 September

The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a decaying, chaotic but extraordinary city. This major spotlight on its urban development, Kinshasa (N)Tonga: Between Future and Dust , features original works and extensive archive material. While exploring the heritage of Africa’s third largest...

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