According to a Jette alderwoman, many Jette residents fear that the construction of a new mosque will impact traffic circulation in their neighbourhood. A notice announcing the tentative plans for the new mosque was posted on August 29. “The document has been up for less than a week, but we’ve...

One of Belgium’s largest concert venues, Sportpaleis in Antwerp, is taking unprecedented measures to ensure the safety of both Ariana Grande and the thousands of fans expected to show up to her concert this evening. The US pop singer’s former concert in Belgium, scheduled for May of 2017, was...

From January of next year onward, the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek will scrap all its free parking areas. Three different parking zones are currently enforced in the municipality – a blue zone where parking is free provided a parking disc or resident parking permit is used; a green zone...

Prince Gabriel, the younger brother of Belgian princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, began classes at the International School of Brussels in Watermael-Bosvoorde today. Prince Gabriel completed his primary education as well as the first four years of secondary school at the Sint-Jan...

An architect has been chosen for the next expansion of the Abattoir site in Anderlecht. A new building will also be home to a parking garage for visitors and – just maybe – a swimming pool on the roof. Currently home to Brussels’ only slaughterhouse as well as the giant Foodmet weekend market, the...

Residents of Brussels and cities across Flanders will find footprints painted on pavements and squares today. Following the prints will lead to little wooden statuettes that depict a figure with a satchel. Every figure represents a human being who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea this year – about...

Join thousands of fellow Bruxellois for The Color Run, the 5k that sees everyone coated in colourful powder by the end. You can buy powder to toss on fellow runners, but there are plenty of volunteers along the route with their own colour pouches making sure everyone looks the part. All runners get...

While the summer’s roadworks are coming to a close, not all will be well by next week as everyone returns from holidays and the new school year begins. The worst problems in Brussels are expected on the Rue de la Loi and in the Reyers area. This summer, the Leopold II and Rogier tunnels were closed...

On 2 September, Belgium marks 75 years since the Allied troops began the liberation of Belgium from German occupation. It was the beginning of the end of the Second World War. A series of events all over the country, brought together under the banner Belgium Remembers 44-45 , celebrates this...

From this September onward, students at the University of Antwerp will be able to learn everything they ever wanted to know about climate change. This makes the University of Antwerp the first institution of higher education to offer a course on the topic in Flanders. The lessons are to examine...