Search form

menu menu
Belgium
Working
Culture
Moving
Education
Leisure
Living
Transport
Flemish Brabant
Europe

The Firefly Sessions / Fireflies musical walk

Submitted by muziekpublique on Thu, 06/03/2021 - 09:28

NOTE: Tickets for this event will go on sale on Tuesday 8 June at 10.30am on our website

As darkness sets over Brussels, male fireflies hit the forest looking for mates. They blink their beaming bellies as they fly around and before long they have synchronized with their neighbors. This bioluminescent mating dance peaks for just a few nights a year.

Illustration picture shows a man working home with a laptop and a mobile phone, in Brussels, Saturday 13 June 2020. (BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)

Belgian consumers would benefit from fourth telecoms provider, study finds

The arrival of a fourth player in the telecoms market, alongside Telenet, Proximus and Orange, could bring down the prices of mobile communications, internet or television by 13%, according to a study commissioned by the consultative committee and reported in De Morgen newspaper on Wednesday...
Red Devils' fans pictured at a fan zone in Brussels, during the FIFA World Cup 2018 quarter final between Brazil and Belgium, Friday 06 July 2018. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

No large screens for Euros in June, Brussels mayors decide

The 19 mayors of the Brussels region have decided not to install giant screens showing the European Football Championships until at least 30 June. After reports on the decision were leaked by the local press, the office of the mayor of the City of Brussels Philippe Close confirmed the news on...

eVillo scheme recalls batteries because of defect

JCDecaux, which manages Brussels’ bike-sharing scheme Villo, has recalled all of the batteries used in its hybrid bicycle scheme. There is a manufacturing defect that could lead to a short circuit when charging. The Villo scheme offers rental of electric batteries to customers that they can click...

Fine Arts Museum returns Nazi-plundered painting to Jewish family

The Fine Arts Museum of Belgium has returned a painting stolen by the Nazis to a Jewish family in Germany. The expressionist painting ‘Blumenstilleben’ (Still Life with Flowers) was painted by Lovis Corinth in 1913. The museum always knew that the painting was stolen. Like most privately owned...

Street theatre, food trucks and a rodeo bull during Halle’s famous braderie

The people of Halle look forward to the braderie every year – and with good reason. This sidewalk sale across the city centre not only offers discounts on fashion and other goods, it’s a whole festival. The braderie was cancelled last year at the last minute, so this year – with corona measures relaxed – should prove even more upbeat than usual.

Cinema on wheels seeks funding ahead of summer launch

Imagine an itinerant cinema composed of a three-wheeled bicycle, a sound system and a big screen that will bring the movies to you regardless of where you are, be it a café terrace, a neighbourhood party, a festival, a schoolyard, under the stars or even at home. Brussels artist Laurent Jourquin’s...
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: This picture shows a house key laying on euro notes. (BELGA PHOTO JONAS HAMERS)

Uccle and Knokke see rising sales of properties over €1 million

Some 78 homes with a price tag of more than €1 million were sold in the Brussels municipality of Uccle last year. Only in the coastal town of Knokke-Heist were more homes in this price range sold in 2020. It is the highest number in years. The notable increase can be explained by, among other...
Two young women enjoying discovering Brussels together, Sunday 09 February 2020. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

'Buddy' project aims to help newcomers integrate better in Brussels

New Brussels residents will soon be able to discover the city with their own 'buddy'. The CoNnect project brings new arrivals and current residents together to get to know each other and their perspective on life in Brussels. The CoNnect project intends to help new people in Brussels build a social...

Atomium area residents fed up with weekly muscle car crowds

Brussels police have long wrestled with street racing on the avenues surrounding the Atomium, but the situation has now turned into an out-of-control weekend party, according to neighbourhood residents. It’s gotten to the point, they say, that they are afraid to walk along the avenues themselves...

Pages