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Two overlapping film festivals to enjoy in Brussels this September

For pandemic reasons, two normally separate springtime film festivals, the Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF) and the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) are taking place with overlapping schedules at the end of the summer this year. The BSFF runs from 28 August to 5 September,...

Sans-papiers occupy former office building, migration secretary unamused

State secretary for migration Sammy Mahdi ( pictured ) has harsh words for the undocumented migrants who took over the old KBC headquarters in Molenbeek last week. “Just at a time when we are trying to save women’s rights activists from the Taliban, it’s petty for people who are here illegally and...

Floods: Schools prepare to open, most rail lines fixed, Walibi shut until October

School staff in areas of Wallonia flooded last month are working round the clock to prepare classrooms for the arrivals of pupils. The new school year starts on Wednesday, 1 September. While some schools have been damaged to the point where facilities elsewhere had to be sought out, most have been...

Explore Brussels' contemporary art scene at Brussels Gallery Weekend

Discover the capital’s contemporary art scene at the 14th edition of the Brussels Gallery Weekend from 9 to 12 September.

The four-day event returns bigger and better after a Covid-modified format in 2020. A record 46 galleries and other art spaces are participating in gallery open door visits, tours, talks and more. 

Brussels Gallery Weekend Antoine Porcher

Former beer capital comes alive during Guided Tours for Internationals

Twenty breweries in one street. Doesn’t that sound like paradise? That was once the case on Michel Theysstraat in Diest. But now there is just one: Loterbol. The small brewery produces four excellent beers, all in small batches and not easy to find.

That’s why there is usually a sizeable queue of people waiting to enter the brewery’s street-side bar on the first Saturday of every month – the only day the bar is open. But anyone taking part in Flemish Brabant’s tour of Loterbol and of Diest on 10 October will get to taste the beer as well.

Illustration picture shows the presentation of the first bus on hydrogen fuel of Brussels public transport company STIB - MIVB, Monday 23 August 2021 in Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)

Stib to roll out first hydrogen-powered bus in September

Brussels public transport operator Stib presented its first hydrogen-powered bus on Monday at the Marly depot in Neder-over-Heembeek. After carrying out a series of tests without passengers in recent weeks, it will put the new bus into circulation on its network at the start of September. "Stib's...
An electric scooter lies discarded on some steps in central Brussels (Wikipedia Creative Commons/Boris Mayer – Pixabay)

Uccle to impound illegally parked electric scooters

Electric scooters left in illegal parking zones or in places disruptive to the general public in the municipality of Uccle will now be collected by the commune and held until the operators pay a fine. After announcing the intention to do so two weeks ago, Uccle mayor Boris Dilliès personally...

Regular zoo visitor asked to keep distance from chimp Chita

A woman with a season pass to Antwerp Zoo has been asked to stop spending so much time in front of the chimpanzee habitat. It appears that one of the apes has taken too much of an interest in the visitor, which is not good for his social well-being within the chimpanzee group. The woman visits the...

Traffic safety campaign suggests pedestrians be grateful to motorists who stop

The new campaign launched by road safety institute Vias came in for some criticism by suggesting that pedestrians should be grateful when motorists allow them to cross the street. The campaign, All For Zero, asks citizens to offer their opinion on what could be improved in the use of public streets...
The new cycle street being constructed on Avenue Louise, Brussels, Sunday August 22, 2021 (© Dimitri Strobbe - Bruxelles Mobilité)

Cyclists given priority on newly transformed section of Avenue Louise

A section of the road between Place Stéphanie and Rue Bailli on Avenue Louise in Brussels has been given over to bicycles after work was completed on a new cycle lane over the weekend. The street remains accessible to vehicles, but cyclists are now given priority. The installation of the new ochre-...

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