Brussels' world-famous Flower Carpet only happens every two years. But on alternate years there is Flowertime, a must for anyone interested in architecture and horticulture. The flower event is a unique opportunity to see 13 of the most beautiful rooms and hallways of the 15th-century architectural...

What is your job? From the moment a match is found between a child and a foster family, I guide the foster child, the foster family and the family of origin. My job is very varied: I organise individual meetings, I arrange meetings between foster families and the biological parents, I intervene in...

With more than 8,000 hectares of green space, Brussels is one of the greenest capitals in Europe. The city’s many parks range from well-kept, fenced green oases such as Tenbosch to the wilder Sonian forest, where you can even spot the occasional deer. Sometimes organised by the city and its...

You can conjugate in French, you can get your tongue around most Dutch pronunciations, you might even have a smattering of German. But have you mastered Belgicisms – those words and expressions unique to Belgian French and Dutch or a mishmash of the two? Here’s a few to watch out for. Ballekes -...

A range of changes to legislation surrounding taxi services in Flanders will see more taxis on the roads and a halt on price controls, both minimum and maximum. The new regulations are expected to come into force on 1 January 2020. Currently, all taxi providers in the region must charge customers...

Brussels firefighters are all in a lather about the new logo proposed for the department. The logo incorporates yellow and red flames into a heart-shape. The logo is meant to recall the official logo of the Capital-Region – an iris with the bloom in the shape of a heart. All regional departments...

At dawn on 17 July, 1831, King Leopold I arrived at the Belgian coast and first set foot in his new kingdom. On 21 July he swore his oath of office on the steps of the church of Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg to become the first King of the Belgians. Eleven months earlier on August 25th 1830 the...

It's a story featuring American astronauts, president Richard Nixon, human envy, greed. And on top of it one Belgian, the Moon and a tiny aluminium figure. Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck is, so far, probably the only inhabitant of Earth who exhibits his work in space. His 8cm-tall sculpture, The...

When 55-year-old Pilates instructor Delana Loevbak was talking to her son, Emil, about his plans for taking on the epic annual Mongol Rally road adventure, she found herself wishing she’d had the chance to do something like that, too. “Then something woke up inside me, and I thought: ‘Why can’t I...

The new ministers and secretaries of state for the next government of the Brussels Capital-Region have been announced. They will fulfil the posts for five years, until the next regional elections. The ruling coalition is made up of the socialists PS and SP.A, green parties Ecolo and Groen, French-...