The BIFFF – Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival brought the curtain down on its 44th edition with a ceremony awarding prizes to a strong showing of international films at Brussels Expo on Saturday evening. As Belgium’s most popular genre event for freaky, sci-fi, horror and thriller...

Visitors to the House of European History in Brussels are invited to reflect on how the continent’s colonial past continues to shape the present in a new temporary show. Postcolonial? explores the legacy of European colonialism through historical objects, contemporary art and personal stories. It...

The entire antiquities wing of the Museum of Art and History at Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels has been closed for two months and will remain closed for at least several more months due to safety issues related to the ceilings. The antiquities wing includes the Rome, Greece and Egypt galleries, as...

A Brussels-based non-profit organisation, L’Arche de Biso, rescues more than 400 injured pigeons per year, but volunteers are struggling with the workload and need more hands on deck. The volunteers receive no subsidies, Bruzz reports, but they look after sick and injured city pigeons because...

A sold-out performance by famous Brussels DJ Lost Frequencies has had to be moved at the last minute from the site of the former Royale Belge building in Watermael-Boitsfort to UR Square, the new event space in the former police station in Etterbeek. Lost Frequencies - real name Felix De Laet - has...

Art has long served as a powerful medium for political expression. Offering a fresh perspective on Belgian art, a new exhibition by the city of Mons looks at the country’s communist movement in the 20th century through the prism of its artists. Regards Pluriels: L’art belge et l’utopie communiste...

ItinerArt returns with a vibrant parcours d’artistes across Anderlecht , opening the doors of studios and cultural spaces across the commune to the public. Visitors can explore a wide range of artistic practices, from painting and sculpture to photography and installations, while meeting local...

A rare survivor of Belgium’s industrial golden age, world-famous glassware manufacturer Val Saint Lambert is marking its bicentenary with an ambitious programme of events. The festivities at its historic site in Seraing, near Liège, continue until 6 December, centred on an illuminating exhibition...

Brussels’ Fix My Street app has been updated with new features, including automatic geolocation and additional reporting categories. The platform, which allows residents to report issues in public spaces, has been in use since 2012 and is managed by Brussels Mobility. One of the key updates is...

The strike at Belgian postal company Bpost continues to drag on with no end in sight, with negotiations between unions and management breaking down again this week. In Wallonia, only 12% of postal workers turned up for work on Tuesday and Bpost’s management said all distribution centres in Brussels...