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Plan in the works to increase bicycle capacity in trains

Rail service SNCB is drawing up a plan to create more capacity for bicycles in trains. The number of people wanting to board a train with a bicycle has doubled over the last decade, according to the service. While a long-term strategy is meant to be approved by June, SNCB will replace the kinds of...

International Jazz Day - Eleven for Ten

Submitted by jazz4you on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 12:50

An extraordinary concert! Fifteen of the very first talents who participated in the creation and emergence of Jazz4you, which over the years have become key players in the Belgian and International jazz scene, come together to create a performance with variable geometry. These confirmed artists take turns in changing formations, performing original compositions or revisited standards. Enough to warm up the atmosphere and take us on a second itinerary full of surprises and discoveries.
Jérémy Dumont, Dorian Dumont, Igor Gehenot : piano & keys

The owners of the Chochotte erotic dance theatre in Paris, pictured here, want to open a similar venue in Brussels city centre (Image: Wikipedia Creative Commons)

'Erotic dance theatre' gets go-ahead despite opposition from residents

Despite an initial refusal of permission from the urban planning consultation committee in Brussels, the establishment of Chochotte, the proposed 'erotic dance theatre' situated in an old shoe shop in the Saint-Jacques neighbourhood, will now go ahead. A new application has been submitted which...
An aerial view of the European Quarter in Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO THIERRY ROGE)

European Commission to close half its buildings in Brussels by 2030

The European Commission says it wants to halve the number of buildings it manages in Brussels by 2030, from 50 to 25. The buildings they intend to stop using are mainly those outside the European quarter. The plan appears to be to concentrate operations on and around Rue de la Loi, and in the area...

Letterboxes without stickers face 16 kilos of junk mail a year

Letterboxes in Brussels without a no-advertising sticker are stuffed with 16 kilograms of junk mail per year. But figures from Environnement Brussels show that less junk mail is being recycled or binned, meaning more and more households are using the sticker. In 2018, Brussels residents tossed 3,...

Henry Le Boeuf hall back in business after fire at Bozar

Bozar’s Henry Le Boeuf hall is back open following the devastating fire that destroyed part of the roof of the Brussels arts centre early this year. The Belgian National Orchestra will be the first to take the stage, which it will do tomorrow for a rehearsal. A fire broke out in Bozar’s roof on 18...

The Bridge: Could Brussels finally get a professional English-language theatre?

One has never had to look far for English-language theatre in Brussels – there are several amateur groups performing everything from Shakespeare to light opera. But a professional English-language theatre has never been able to get off the ground. There is one clear reason for this: Money. Cultural...
Illustration shows a Carrefour Market supermarket. (BELGA PHOTO VIRGINIE LEFOUR)

Technical issue causes double payment problems for Carrefour customers

If your weekend shopping bill from Carrefour seemed twice as much as usual this week, don’t worry, the supermarket chain said on Monday. People shopping in their stores on Saturday – or anywhere else where a Belgian Maestro card may have been used – were shocked to discover that they’d been charged...
Racks of glasses seen at an opticians in Belgium (Wikipedia Creative Commons / © All Rights Reserved)

More people to be reimbursed for the cost of glasses from June

From 1 June, more people will be able to benefit from a refund for the cost of their glasses, the office of the federal health mininster Frank Vandenbroucke has announced. Until now, the cost of glasses was reimbursed, regardless of age, from a dioptre of 8.25 – the strength of the lens needed...

Brussels to simplify traffic sign system

Here’s something that may not surprise you: There are so many road signs in Brussels that they can become a confusing mess. Here’s something that may surprise you: The authorities are aware of this and plan to do something about it. Concerned that road users will be overwhelmed at such a...

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