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What’s on this week: 14-20 August

Schaerbeek’s poignantly named We Need You Festival puts Brussels musicians and artists to work during the greatest crisis to hit the sector in modern times. The programme includes a wide variety of events, including exhibitions, street theatre, open-air music, comedy and dance and kids’ activities...

Warmest week on record as heat wave to continue through Sunday

This was the warmest week on record in Belgium, according to the Royal Meteorological Institute. It has beaten the previous warmest week of 1976, an event Belgians still talk about to this day. The average high at the institute in Uccle over the last seven days was 33.5°C. While the heat wave of ’...

Students recruited to help with pear harvest this year

Students who find that their usual summer jobs in bars and restaurants have gone up in smoke in a year dogged by a lack of business can find work in a local orchard. Flanders’ department of agriculture has announced that orchardists are actively seeking “job students” to help with the pear harvest...

Child's play: Our favourite places to keep kids entertained in Brussels' green belt

Belgium's two-month school summer break might feel long at times. But for many of us this year, thanks to the coronavirus shutdown, the school holidays began back in March.

Hang on in there - and let us help with some of our favourite places just outside Brussels to keep the children entertained over the rest of the summer.

Hanging around

Soilmates organic farm event

Soilmates: New collaborative project campaigns to protect fertile soil

Chefs, farmers and artists have come together to launch Soilmates, a Belgian movement that aims to protect the fertile top layer of soil for growing healthy vegetables and plants. With intensive farming threatening to deplete soil and impact the quality of produce in and above the ground, the...

Pedestrian zones have little effect on spending, shows ULB study

According to a study carried out by students of environmental sciences at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), customers remain loyal to businesses even if their locations become partly pedestrianised. The study was carried out at the request of cycling union Gracq. It wanted to know if business...

Office noise generator wins rave reviews from teleworkers

If you're stuck at home and missing the buzz of an open-plan office, a Brussels sound engineer has come up with the solution for you. Stéphane Pigeon created his background office noise generator as a joke - but it has received rave reviews from home workers during the coronavirus shutdown...

Pediatricians call for 'complete reopening' of schools in September

A group of Belgian pediatricians advising the government on its coronavirus response has recommended that all children return to school full-time from 1 September, despite growing numbers of confirmed cases in recent weeks. "Without meaning to, our society has allowed children to doubt the meaning...

SNCB and coastal resorts reach agreement to limit crowds

The SNCB has agreed to run fewer trains to the coast for the rest of the summer, after negotiations between the rail operator, coastal mayors and the governor of West Flanders. The agreement comes after tensions on the coast in recent weeks, including overcrowding at Ostend station caused by a...

Combo launderette and bar to open in Ixelles

Brussels bar baron Frédéric Nicolay, behind more than a dozen current and past hotspots in Brussels such as Café Belga, Café Walvis and Flamingo, is opening a new friture in Ixelles. Where you can also do your laundry. The combination chip shop, bar and launderette is located on Place Fernand Cocq...

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