Brussels-City has allocated an extra €300,000 in funding to culture in the wake of the Flemish government’s budget cuts. Flanders’ regional government announced last month that it was cutting funding of cultural institutions by 3% and of cultural projects by 60%. Both sets of cuts affect Brussels:...

Keith Haring’s style is instantly recognisable, a bright, hyperactive descendant of Pop Art that helped define the New York scene of the 1980s. Recurrent figures in his work, such as dancing men, radiant babies and barking dogs, became icons representing the Big Apple’s hedonistic urban lifestyle...

Citizens filed a record number of complaints of police misconduct in 2018, according to new figures from the supervising body of the Belgian police. The police oversight body Comité P said the number of complaints increased with 8.5% compared to the previous year. In all, 2,965 complaints were...

A Brussels electric bike start-up raised a record 1.4 million euros in just 12 minutes this morning. “This is an enormous surprise,” CEO Adrien Roose ( pictured left ) told Bruzz . “This was our first time organizing a crowdfunding campaign and we didn’t know what to expect. We had modest...

Moving to Belgium is an adventure - but it can sometimes be difficult to get settled and understand how the place works. Let us help. We've compiled a comprehensive guide to every aspect of your expat life in Belgium, from healthcare to education, transport to free time. This guide is being...

A pilot project in Nieuwpoort on the Belgian coast could offer hope that thousands of abandoned boats along Belgium’s waterways could be recycled. The country’s coastal and inland waterways are full of abandoned boats made of polyester. The privately owned boats are expensive to get hauled off and...

A ntwerp’s Waterbus, which serves commuters from south of Antwerp to the northern Kallo lock, hit a floating dock early on Monday morning, injuring several people. The accident occurred in the area at the Waterbus dock at Sint-Anna in Linkeroever. The Waterbus runs up and down 40 kilometres of the...

According to figures obtained by a Brussels member of parliament, local businesses have been hit hard by the city’s decision to pedestrianise one of the capital’s central boulevards. Boulevard Anspach was abruptly pedestrianised in 2015 by the previous Brussels government, a decision that was...

Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital in Laeken has launched a trial project that sees volunteers cuddling sick infants when their parents aren’t around. The hospital launched the project a couple of months ago in collaboration with Les calineurs de bébés, a Brussels non-profit, to better...