Today, the Flemish in Brussels are a firmly established community with a large network of organisations and prominent characters – but it wasn’t always that way. The community took off in the 1970s, the period when the Archives and Museum of Flemish life in Brussels (AMVB) was founded. The AMVB’s...

Belgium has tightened its coronavirus measures for at least the next four weeks, with new limits on social contacts and events, after a 71% surge in new infections in the past week. Prime minister Sophie Wilmès said the new restrictions were "very strong" - but were aimed at avoiding the...

Uber Eats has partnered with supermarket chain Carrefour to offer a 30-minute grocery delivery service in Belgium. The service will first launch in Brussels and Liège, starting in September, before being extended to other cities. Carrefour and Uber Eats have been working together in Paris since...

Flanders is providing €800,000 in support for Dutch-language organisations in Brussels, to help them survive the coronavirus. In total, 21 organisations will receive funds to compensate for lost income during the crisis. Funding is based on an impact survey carried out by the government of Flanders...

Welcome to Belgium’s black country. The oft-maligned city is Belgium’s poster child for postwar urban depression. Yet there’s optimism in the air around its regeneration, and, thanks to its airport, most people can pinpoint Charleroi on a map. The Rive Gauche shopping complex has reignited the...

On the eve of Belgium’s national holiday this week, Brussels DJ Lost Frequencies, aka Felix De Laet, climbed to the roof of the Royal Palace to play a set marking the launch of a virtual public tour of the buildings. Since 1965, the palace has opened to the public for several weeks every summer,...

Customers in restaurants and cafes will be required to wear a mask when not sitting down, from Saturday 25 July, Belgian prime minister Sophie Wilmès has announced. They will also be asked to leave their contact details, which should be kept for 14 days, to facilitate the contact-tracing efforts if...

Researchers in Antwerp are aiming to explore the effects of air pollution on children’s health, by focusing on the impact of their journey to school. A total of 60 healthy children will take part in the project, aged between 10 and 14. Participants will come from various parts of Antwerp and the...

Urban art continues to spring up, brightening darker corners of the capital. In tours designed for all ages, explore Brussels’ lively street art and graffiti scene with expert guides from nonprofit Fais le trottoir . They show and decode numerous examples of the movement in different areas of the...

A f ormer tram depot in Bruges is to be redeveloped as a green space with an urban sports centre. The project replaces a plan to build apartments on the 1.5-hectare De Lijn site, in the suburb of Assebroek. “Initially, De Lijn had planned a housing project for the site, but the city council didn’t...