Trade unions representing private-sector workers launched a 24-hour nationwide strike late on Sunday evening, with public transportation and businesses most heavily affected. The "Group of 10" - which brings together management and unions - have been negotiating wages and working conditions in the...

The Flemish government has approved permits for Broeklin, a new sustainable manufacturing campus in Machelen, just over the Brussels ring road. The development project is a replacement for Uplace, the highly controversial shopping and leisure centre once planned for the site. The site under the...

Planning on doing a little shopping this weekend? Hope you made an appointment! If not, we have some fresh ideas on how to spend your free time over the next few weeks – outdoors, where it’s safer. Not to mention sunny: Temperatures are heading up to 20°C next week, and there’s not much rain in...

After a year of being closed, legendary techno dance club Fuse is taking advantage of pandemic rules that allow it to open as a temporary art exhibition venue and museum, with Echoing Through Eternity , a pop-up exhibition retracing the history of the peerless Brussels nightlife venue. In its 27-...

Museums are the only real-life option we have for culture at the moment, so Brussels is making it easy to visit a few of them during this latest semi-lockdown with the Discovery card. The new Brussels Card Discovery is an extension of the already existing Brussels Card. That card gives you access...

When is the last time you walked into a strange place that was pitch dark? That’s just the beginning of Sub, a highly recommended experience this spring at iMAL. Austrian artist Kurt Hentschlager is highly respected in the digital arts world for his immersive and meditative environments that wow...

The Vegetarian Cities Index has ranked Ghent number 24 and Brussels number 34 on its list of the most vegetarian-friendly cities in the world. No other Belgian city made the list of 75. Nestpick, a Berlin-based company that helps expats find accommodations, poured over data to come up with most...

In contrast to the downward trend in other provinces, crime in Brussels train stations is on the rise. New figures released this week show that incidents have almost doubled over the last three-year period recorded, from around 4,000 in 2016 to close to 8,000 in 2019. According to the report,...

Officers in the police zone of Uccle, Auderghem and Watermael-Boitsfort seized six scooters and motorised unicycles in March that went faster than the permitted 25kph. Two of the scooters which were impounded were even capable of reaching speeds of 90 to 100kph, while one unicycle was found to have...

Antwerp Zoo has to stop caring for sea lions and are transferring them to other zoos in Europe. The zoo is facing an impossible situation regarding the animals’ enclosure. The zoo has four sea lions – Kees, Zilver, Luna en Zoë. It finds that the old habitat is not sufficient to ensure the animals’...