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Illustration picture shows a public charging station for electric vehicles in Wallonia. (BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHY)

Sibelga to install electric charging points in Brussels from next year

In a bid to encourage more Brussels residents to adopt hybrid or electric vehicles, the Brussels-Capital region has set itself an ambitious target of installing 11,000 electric charging stations by 2035. The plan is already under way, but it is too ambitious? What seems clear at this moment in time...

Christmas Day service in English

Submitted by winifred morris on Sun, 11/21/2021 - 15:54

Christmas Day service in English, to which all denominations are invited, will take place at the Chateau de Rixensart, Eglise Ste Croix, at 11.30am. Carol singing from 11.15 and during the service. Adults and children wishing to sing in the choir, or accompany the choir on wind or string instruments are invited to contact Winifred Morris; tel:0474677210 , winifred.morris@skynet.be   

Brussels' Cultural Hotlist 100 is the definitive guide to events in 2022

For 2022, the Brussels Cultural Guide has a new name - The Cultural Hotlist 100. The guide also has a new more compact format for easy transportation when out exploring the city. We spoke with Guy de Bellefroid, the director of the Fondation pour les Arts , publisher of the guide. What’s new this...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … on Verbindingslaan in Genk

Whether because it lights up in the middle of November or because of the sheer bling-bling of it all, the ‘Christmas house’ in Genk does not fail to leave an impression. The owners of the home on Verbindingslaan are well known for their Christmas light display, but this year they have doubled the...

MolenGeek founder named Brusseleer of the Year

Ibrahim Ouassari, co-founder and CEO of tech training non-profit MolenGeek, is Brusseleir van ’t joêr, or Brusseleer of the Year. The title is handed out every year by Brusseleir during its Weik van ’t Brussels – Week of the Brussels Dialect. Ouassari ( pictured ) co-founded MolenGeek in 2016, just...

Brussels Rhythm and Blues Club

Submitted by KateH on Fri, 11/19/2021 - 14:14

Bill Roseman Trio + The Zinneke Roadrunners

Korean soprano Sumi Jo to perform at deSingel, Antwerp

Grammy award-winning coloratura soprano Sumi Jo performs a recital Nuit d’étoiles with pianist Jeff Cohen in Antwerp on 3 December in a 35th anniversary celebration of her career. The concert also brings to the close a year-long programme of events by the Korean Cultural Centre marking the 120th...

Household workers protest at ‘scandalously low’ reimbursement of transport costs

Workers in the household help industry who are paid with service cheques took to the streets of Brussels today to protest at the personal costs involved in their transport from place to place. Some 600 cleaning people marched from Brussels North Station this morning to employment association...

The Age of Railways - how the invention of trains shaped European society

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 16:14

How did the invention of the railway transform space and time? What role did trains play in the emancipation of women during this period? Can rail transport play a part in today’s fight against climate change?

What’s on this week: 19-25 November

Some of the best performance coming out of Latin America arrive in Brussels for the Próximamente Festival , a collaboration among KVS and theatres and festivals from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. Identity and the decolonialisation of Latin America are central to the programme. As part of...

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