The Antwerp Six put Belgium on the fashion map in the 1980s when they showed together at London Fashion Week. Since then, the port city has been considered a fashion capital, but Brussels is making more and more a name for itself. Is there something that pulls Brussels fashion design together? Find...

Two students were hospitalised following student parties in Louvain-la-Neuve, with one becoming seriously ill during a fundraising event on Monday and the other falling from the second floor of a university building on Tuesday night. Both were hospitalised. A 21-year-old was taken ill with fluid in...

In Flanders, the electric bicycle has been established for some time, but now the means of transport is also gaining popularity in Brussels and Wallonia. According to a survey by road safety institute Vias, 40% of Walloons and 47% of Brussels residents who ride an electric bicycle are those who...

Delayed for eight months due to the pandemic, the fifth edition of Bright Brussels festival of light has been confirmed for 28 October to 6 November. This extra long special edition, entitled Follow the Light, will take place in the Royal Quarter and the European Quarter comprising a total of 16...

Brulingua, the language-learning platform in Brussels, is expanding its current offer of four languages to 24. The new lessons will become available on 19 October. Brulingua is run by Actiris, Brussels’ jobs training and employment agency. It offers free online language lessons to Brussels...

Real estate listings website Immoweb has developed a platform where homebuyers can see at a glance the least – and most – expensive provinces in Belgium to buy a house or apartment. A quick look, for instance, reveals that almost all of Wallonia is cheaper than almost all of Flanders, and that...

In what could be a watershed moment for the free sightseeing sector, the French-speaking labour court in Brussels has ruled that the working conditions imposed on an independent tour guide who used to work for the Buendia Tours company were in fact those expected of a salaried worker. Many free...

Every day around 230 bicycles are reported stolen in Belgium. The actual figure is likely to be even higher as police believe that many thefts go unreported. The problem is so prevalent in Brussels that the police have a special unit which includes undercover officers who patrol known hot spots...

It is now illegal to use ponies, horses, donkeys – or any other animal creative business owners might designate as being able to ride – as a form of entertainment in the Brussels Capital-Region. The new regulation has been implemented to close the loopholes associated with the ban on pony rides at...

Dutch has reached an all-time low in Wallonia as a language study choice for pupils. In the 2019-20 academic year, only one in three first-year secondary school pupils chose to study Dutch, Belgium’s majority language. You don’t have to look too far to see why the numbers are dropping: Because...