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Comic relief: 10 of our favourite cartoon bookstores in Brussels

With more than 7,000 new comic books published every year in Belgium, keeping up with what's available can be confusing. Luckily, downtown Brussels, and more specifically Boulevard Anspach, Place Fontainas and Boulevard Lemonnier, and the parallel rue du Midi, all part of the pedestrian zone, are studded with shops selling both new and used comic books/graphic novels. Here's a selection of 10 of the best.

Manga
As its name suggests, everything manga
Boulevard Anspach 94

Extinction Rebellion plans 12 October protest in Royal Palace gardens

Environmental activism group Extinction Rebellion is planning a peaceful protest in the gardens of Brussels' Royal Palace on 12 October. The group says the gathering is in response to "the scale of the current climate and ecological disaster". "Together we'll occupy the gardens of the Royal Palace...

New street in Brussels to be named after ‘mother of a social Europe’

A new street being laid in Brussels will be named after Belgian equal rights lawyer Eliane Vogel-Polsky. In the 1970s, Vogel-Polsky won a case that would go down in European history as a turning-point for working women. Three new streets are being created on the border of Laeken and Jette between...

Where can you find original Bruegels in Belgium?

Monday 9 September was the 450th anniversary of the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. While he was without a doubt the leading master of the Flemish and Dutch Renaissance of painting, little is known about the details of his life in the 16th century. It is known that he was born in what is now the...

Out-of-hours pharmacies to stop charging extra

Buying medicine from an out-of-hours pharmacy will no longer be more expensive from later this year - provided you have a doctor's prescription. Ministers have agreed to scrap the surcharge that duty pharmacies currently apply to products sold outside of normal opening hours. The extra charge - €5...

Fernand Obb wins Brussels shrimp croquette competition again

Fernand Obb delicatessen in Saint-Gilles has held on to the award for Brussels' best shrimp croquettes for a second year. Obb, which won the inaugural edition of the award last year, faced competition from 18 other Brussels restaurants and cafes, including Aux Armes de Bruxelles, Chez Léon and the...

Brussels' Justice Palace scaffolding removed (in Photoshop at least)

The scaffolding on Brussels' Justice Palace has been removed - at least in this picture, which is the result of 12 hours of painstaking work in Photoshop. If you have lived in Belgium for less than about 35 years, then you have no idea how the vast court building looks without its ubiquitous...

Traffic congestion could be solved through co-operation, says VUB

A study by researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has shown that there are significant short-term gains to be had from a more co-ordinated approach to transport management, with better co-operation between the country’s three regions urgently needed. For his PhD, Geert te Boveldt of...

Live Magazine Autumn: Unique storytelling shows in French for kids and adults

Following a successful show in English in June, Live Magazine returns to the capital with two new editions for the autumn in French. It is staging a show for children aged seven to 12 on 13 October at Flagey and for adults on 23 October at Bozar.

Live Magazine is a unique concept that brings stories to life in an informative, entertaining and often emotional way. Presented as an original form of theatrical journalism, each show is a one-off and not recorded.

Get around like a local: What's it like to travel by bike and scooter in Brussels?

There’s no doubt that for city-dwellers, bikes and electric scooters offer numerous benefits over the car in terms of convenience, health and environmental concerns. But how does Brussels fare when it comes to integrating these alternative forms of transport into its road network? We speak to four expats about life in the capital from their two-wheeled vantage point. 

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