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Kidorama exhibition at Fashion and Lace Museum

What’s on this week: 26 August-1 September

Brussels fashion museum is glancing down for inspiration in its new exhibition Kidorama: 200 Years of Children’s Fashion . Did kids ever have as much choice as they do now? Did what they wear in 1820 differ from their parents? And how has clothing become more – or less – gender neutral? See the...
Berlaymont building lit up in Ukrainian colours

Brussels marks Ukraine’s independence day on 24 August

The Belgian capital is staging a raft of activities to celebrate war-torn Ukraine’s independence day on 24 August. It’s a date with symbolic resonance as it commemorates the country breaking free from the Soviet Union in 1991. Today, six months after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched his...

Asylum requests move from Petit-Château to immigration office in Brussels from Monday

Following a spontaneous strike by Fedasil staff at Petit-Château and other reception centres, asylum seekers will be registered at the office for foreigners in Brussels from Monday. The announcement by secretary of state for asylum and migration Nicole De Moor (CD&V), followed strike action by...
Airport disruption

Police unions threaten airport strikes from 26 August

Belgium’s four police unions are threatening a strike at the country’s airports from Friday, report Bruzz and Belga. The unions cite immense work pressure and discontent with a cost-cutting plan by the minister of the interior that they say would compromise safety. They had asked for the plan to be...

Simon Brodkin (aka Lee Nelson)

Submitted by xaros on Tue, 08/23/2022 - 17:54

We are delighted to welcome comedy superstar Simon Brodkin to Brussels on Tuesday november the 15th at Bouche-à-Oreille theatre.

Acclaimed character comedian and “the world’s most famous blagger” (The Daily Telegraph). Simon is now performing as himself and sold out multiple UK tours.

The Noise Next Door

Submitted by xaros on Tue, 08/23/2022 - 17:52

THE NOISE NEXT DOOR are back!

 

Their last show in Brussels was completely sold out.  

 

The quickest wits in comedy are charging into their second tour in Brussels with a spectacular new show that will trample your expectations.

 

Petit-Chateau asylum reception centre - Belga

Staff at Belgium’s asylum reception centre stage spontaneous strike

Belgium’s reception network for asylum seekers and refugees has been oversaturated for months , resulting in Fedasil staff staging a spontaneous strike on Tuesday in an effort to draw attention to the crisis. The temporary strike saw all work cease at 36 reception centres, report local media. They...
Colonial tales, trails and traces by Nicholas Lewis

Book review: Colonial tales, trails and traces by Nicholas Lewis

Nicholas Lewis’ Colonial tales, trails and traces is both a guide to Brussels’ colonial markers – an essay collection on the modern-day Congolese-Belgian experience – and a series of artist interventions. It largely consists of dozens of encyclopaedia-style entries on the Brussels monuments, metro...
Planckendael animal park - newborn spotted hyenas

Historic moment at Planckendael with birth of two spotted hyenas

For the first time in its history, Mechelen animal park Planckendael has announced the birth of two spotted hyenas. Zookeepers originally counted three newborns in the den of hyena mother Luena. Unfortunately, one of the pups was probably stillborn. “The newborn puppies are indescribably endearing...

World Confectionery Conference opens doors to public in Brussels on 9 September

The international World Confectionery Conference and exhibition brings together the global sweets, snacks and bakery markets on 9 September.

For the first time, the event at the Marriott Hotel in the city-centre is inviting the public to rub shoulders with some major players in the industry. They include Ferrero, Tony's Chocolonely, Luker Chocolate, Fairtrade and Brussels-based Caobisco European trade association.

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