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What’s on this week: 17-23 September

European Mobility Week kicked off on 16 September, and the big event is, of course, Car-Free Sunday. It’s the one day a year when the entire Brussels-Capital Region is closed to motorised vehicles . This also includes all electrically powered transport with two or more wheels, so take to the...

Back to business: Unique meetings and team-building on Brussels’ doorstep

Business meetings, conferences and team building have been elusive over the last 18 months, but now that most of the corona measures have fallen away in Flanders, it’s time to think about rewarding your employees for all that time they spent working at the dining room table with their kids running around. Or maybe you need to remind your clients what your company and your team is doing – or can do – for them.

Illustration picture shows a child on a bike on the first day of school. (BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM)

Children get 'paid' to cycle to school in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

The Brussels municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre has struck on a new idea to encourage young school children to use their bicycles: they will be "paid" to do so. Students in the sixth year of primary education in the commune’s schools are being rewarded with local virtual currency to use their bike...
An image of cars at the 98th edition of the Brussels Motor Show, at Brussels Expo, on Thursday 09 January 2020, in Brussels. ( BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE)

Brussels Motor Show in danger of permanently closing

The Brussels Motor Show, the country's largest annual show, is in danger of being cancelled permanently after car importer and distributor the D'Ieteren group announced on Tuesday that it will no longer participate in the event. The Stellantis group of car manufacturers, which includes Peugeot,...

Red Cross to provide relief payments to flood-affected families in need

The Red Cross in Wallonia and Flanders have together collected €40 million in donations for the families affected by the floods that ravaged through Liège, Namur and Limburg provinces this summer. It is about to apportion €11 million to residents in the form of relief payments. The emergency help...

Voice Belgique winner Jérémie Makiese to represent Belgium at Eurovision

Jérémie Makiese of Brussels, winner of this year’s The Voice Belgique , will represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest next May in Italy. Belgium is the first country to have confirmed its candidate for the legendary international event. Wallonia and Flanders take turns selecting who will...

FULLY BOOKED - Multilingualism Day 2021

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 14:23

How did multilingualism shape the European social, cultural and political landscape? How does multilingualism affect how a writer perceives, reflects, creates and evolves? How is Europe’s linguistic and cultural diversity reflected in its literature and poetry? Join Maša Kolanović, Stavros Christodoulou, Nathalie Skowronek and Giovanni Dozzini for a dynamic discussion and add your own stories to the House of European History’s narrative.

Illustration picture shows the official presentation of the new panoramic terrace on the roof of Bozar, Tuesday 14 September 2021. (BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM)

New roof terrace inaugurated at Bozar in Brussels

Bozar, the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, inaugurated its brand-new rooftop terrace on Tuesday, as imagined by the famous architect Victor Horta in his original plans for the institution. This new space, only accessible during specific events, offers a breath-taking view of the Royal Palace and...
Illustration picture shows a joint demonstration for the climate called 'Global Climate Strike' in Brussels to demand political action concerning climate change, Friday 25 September 2020. The action is organised by Youth for Climate, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Extinction Rebellion and others. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

Climate Coalition hopes 50,000 will attend new protest in October

The Climate Coalition is organising a new Climate March in Brussels on 10 October, the first since the corona pandemic hit in the spring of 2020. More than 80 organisations from all over the country are participating, including Greenpeace, Oxfam and Youth for Climate. It has been 18 months since...

New street to be named after murdered sex worker Eunice Osayande

Brussels-City will name a new street connecting the Quai des Péniches and Quai de Willebroeck after Eunice Osayande, who was murdered in the area in 2018. Osayande was a sex worker who died at the hands of a 17-year-old client behind North Station. Osayande, who was 24 when she was killed, was...

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