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Work to start on cycle corridors connecting Wallonia to Brussels via N275 and E411

Commuting from Walloon Brabant to Brussels by bike is set to be a more attractive option in the future, following the Walloon government's approval for a series of bicycle corridors connecting the region to the capital. The cycle paths could be completed by 2025, reports RTBF. A 14km section of the...
Dara O Briain (c) Alan Hollingworth

Review: Dara Ó Briain deftly handles musical heckler and personal emotional story of adoption

Few comedians can hold court before a live international audience quite like Dara Ó Briain , in spite of his quickfire excitable performance being delivered in that familiar Irish brogue. The 50-year-old, originally from County Wicklow, is currently in the middle of his year-long tour, ‘So…. Where...

Brussels Airlines: Pilots issue indefinite strike notice

The unions representing pilots at Brussels Airlines have issued management with an indefinite strike notice. Although the action does not mean they will definitely strike, if one is organised, it will take place at the end of June or the beginning of July, reports RTBF. The new strike notice is the...

Stay on track with walking routes in the countryside this summer

While we wouldn’t say no to a brisk autumn or winter walk in the countryside, Flemish Brabant really comes into its own in the summer. The green belt surrounding Brussels is all fields, flowers and fresh-smelling forests. Take a jaunt of a few kilometres, and you will find yourself stopping short, with a pond on one side and cows grazing on the other, and thinking: Well, that’s pretty idyllic, all right.

Hermann Debroux viaduct Auderghem

Herrmann-Debroux viaduct in Auderghem closed in Brussels direction this weekend

The Hermann-Debroux viaduct will close from Friday at 21.00 until Monday at 5.00 in the direction of Brussels due to asphalting work, Brussels mobility spokeswoman Camille Thiry has announced. Traffic disruption is expected during the closure of the viaduct in Auderghem, which links the E411...
A view of New York city taken during a Belgian Economic Mission to the United States of America, Wednesday 08 June 2022. (BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)

New York looks to Brussels for inspiration in sustainable housing

Representatives from companies in Brussels and New York met in the US city on Wednesday to discuss the exchange of best practices regarding sustainability in the construction industry, Bruzz reports. The meeting was arranged by the Brussels business agency hub.brussels and took place at the office...
A For Sale sign outside a house in Kortrijk, Belgium. (BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE)

Banks could check energy efficiency of houses before agreeing property loans

The National Bank wants banks to collect information about the energy efficiency of homes for which they lend money, VRT News reports. According to the National Bank, poorly insulated homes pose a risk, to both banks and buyers. Among other things, the National Bank monitors the financial health of...

Bach Concert - Minimes Cantat

Submitted by AndreaWL on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 23:03

Our June concert’s first aria 'longs for green pastures’, to the gentle sound of three flauti dolci.  Our last aria invokes the ‘Sun of life, light of our soul’.  It is summer and time for a well-deserved holiday—see you again in September!”

Self-portrait, New York, NY, May 5, 1955

Photo exhibition at Bozar: Vivian Maier. The Self-Portrait and its Double

Although the first solo exhibition in Belgium dedicated to photographer Vivian Maier focuses on numerous self-portraits, her work is anything but narcissistic. Epitomising the invisible woman in society, US-born Maier (1926-1993) remained unknown throughout her lifetime, not sharing a single image...

Brussels divided over potential ban on religious slaughter

A proposed ban on religious slaughter, or slaughter done without first stunning the animal, has been temporarily rejected in Brussels. But the issue is far from settled – the Brussels parliament will review the text of the proposal again next week and majority opinion remains divided. Slaughter...

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