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Brussels in English
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We make short weekly radio reports about life in Brussels - and we help other people make podcasts, too. Hear our work every Sunday at 1pm on BRUZZ (98.8FM) in Brussels.
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Maison des Arts
La Maison des Arts in Schaerbeek is a truly hidden, hidden Brussels gem.A short dark alley takes you just steps from dusty Chaussée de Haecht and suddenly you are in a bucolic scene, a two hundred year old manor house with a lovely garden.. The manor house is celebrating its bicentenary with two...
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Alexandra Templeton
Home to citizens of over 184 countries, Brussels is replete with expats creating a deep cosmopolitan aspect to life here. We spoke with Alexandra Templeton, who has been in Brussels for 7 years, about her expat journey. www.allytfit.com
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The White House in Jette
Almost 100 years ago, prolific Belgian architect Joseph Diongre designed a modernist masterpiece, a house known as the Withuis for its white façade. He designed everything from the architecture to the furniture and even the garden . The same family occupied the house for 91 years and the new…
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Butor Biennial
If you like art and nature and want to take advantage of the lovely autumn weather this is the perfect day long getaway. Butor is a new biennial outdoor art event taking place in the village of Molenbaix near Tournai. A twenty acre property with spectacular views is the location for over two…
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Brussels Comic Strip Festival
The annual comic book festival is one of the most popular events in Brussels so the announcement that it would not be held this year was very bad news. For many years in the Royal Park and then in the Gare Maritime at Tour & Taxis the festival drew people from far and wide, but now it was off the...
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Brussels International Film Festival
It's the ninth edition of the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) and team member Julie Van Houtte tells us about the wide-reaching, incredibly diverse, eclectic roster of films that will be screened over ten days for your pleasure. Through 12 September. briff.be/en/
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Carte de Visite
Are you an artist who would appreciate exposure of your work to thousands of people at no expense to you or them? If so, Carte de Visite is for you. Every year, the City of Brussels takes over the sleek, modernist Vanderborght building downtown and turns it into a showcase for Brussels-based...
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Various Voices
From 24 to 28 June Various Voices, the European festival of LGBTQI+ choirs, will take place in Brussels. Over 350 concerts are scheduled over five days in various landmark venues. Organizer Walid Aissaoui gives us an overview of the very full program. https://various-voices.be/
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Van Buuren Museum - Interior Landscapes
One of Brussels' brightest jewels, the Van Buuren Museum and Gardens, is hosting a show that is a dialogue between the works of Anto Carte and Gustave van de Woestyne, two celebrated Belgian XXth century artists who barely knew each other but whose works reflect each other's at various levels;...
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Marché Saint Géry
The Halles Saint-Géry was built in 1881 as a meat and egg market. Over the years it has served a number of purposes, mostly cultural. Now it is going back to its roots as a food market but with cultural events such as the Brussels Jazz Weekend. Project Leader Lucile de Calan shares the details…
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Val Saint-Lambert at Design Museum Brussels
It's the 200th anniversary of legendary Belgian crystal and glassworks Val Saint- Lambert and there are events in various cities. In Brussels Design Museum is putting on a small but gorgeous exhibition focussed on the mid 20th century. Museum Director Arnaud Bozzini discusses what made the…
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Ixelles Museum renovation latest
The Musée d'Ixelles has been closed for close to ten years, denying us the pleasure of seeing its superlative collection of Belgian art. Recently the museum held an information day to give us the latest news. Museum Director and Conservator Claire Leblanc spoke with us about the important changes...
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Post Colonial
Post Colonial?, the current temporary exhibition at the House of European History is an illuminating look into the centrality of colonialism in European history, how it has over five centuries shaped lives and how it continues to have an impact and a global legacy right up until the present day....
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Designing Childhood
Designing Childhood, a current show at Design Museum Brussels retraces the evolution of furniture for children through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a history that will surprise you. Museum Director Arnaud Bozzini unveils the story for us. https://designmuseum.brussels/en/ Photo…
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Venice biennale 2026: The Belgian Pavilion
It Never SSST, the Belgian pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale is particularly vibrant this year as it features live performances for the first time. Miet Warlop, this year's exhibiting artist transforms the Belgian pavilion into a charged arena where language, music and collective disorientation...
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Picture Perfect: Beauty Through a Contemporary Lens
Bozar's exhibition Picture Perfect: Beauty Through a Contemporary Lens takes on the increasingly hot button issue of the specificity of beauty. What is beauty and who decides? Is there room for different ideals? How are some people pressured into undergoing certain procedures and how are some...
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I Am Here
"I am here - je suis là - ik ben hier" is a free trilingual exhibition at Espace Vanderborght exploring self-representation from traditional portraits to selfies. Organized by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), it features interactive installations examining identity, media, and social…
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On the Page: the Writers Festival of Belgium podcast #14: Dave Keating
In this podcast Writers Festival of Belgium’s Alia Papageorgiou talks to Dave Keating a long time journalist in Brussels, usually covering EU US relations as a newscaster, he talks through how his levels of anger and passion towards the new status quo between the two continents birthed his book...
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RATZ food market
There's a new food hall in an ex parking structure in the Saint-Boniface neighborhood in Ixelles. It's called RATZ and features cuisines from West Asia to East Asia. Food impresario Thierry Goor describes what he has created. ratzfoodmarket.com
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Brussels Short Film Festival
The Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF) is back with a 29th edition brimming with films to watch and events to enjoy. Corentin Deblire, festival co-coordinator outlines the action for us. 22 April to 2 May bsff.be
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KBR's new panoramic lift
When is a lift not just a lift? When it connects the Mont des Arts with the rooftop of the Belgian Royal Library and its unique view of the city. Library Director Sara Lammens gives us the details. https://www.kbr.be/en/
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Bellezza e Bruttezza
The Bozar is presenting Bellezza e Bruttezza (Beauty and Ugliness), a look at how artists of the Renaissance in Italy and the Southern Nelherlands represented those extremes. Zoë Gray, Director of Exhibitions at Bozar, tells us how the show was realized and how they managed to assemble a very…
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Visit.brussels protest against budget cuts
Staff at Visit.brussels protested near the city's parliament against budget cuts. The agency, which promotes Brussels worldwide, must save €5.7 million this year. More than 1,700 people have signed a petition against the cuts. Benjamin Vella, head of visitor services at Visit.brussels explains…
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P for Power
Ho Tzu Nyen, internationally renowned artist from Singapore, is presenting his first exhibition in Belgium at BOZAR. It's a new work entitled P for Power and is accompanied by two large-scale installations, T for Time and Time Pieces. The artist tells us of his inspirations which include his...
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22/3/2016
Some short clips from the many interviews we recorded around Brussels in the aftermath of the 22 March 2016 terror attacks. Listen to the interviews in full: - Kate Havrlik | Richard Harris at the Bourse | Ex-ambassador James Cain | More
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Brussels Gourmand
Here in the capital of Belgium, land of chocolate, there are 150 chocolatiers hard at work. The weekend of the 28th and 29th of March, Entreprendre-Bruselles is inaugurating Brussels Gourmand with a chocolate route that will take people to ten of the top chocolate creators in the city for on the...
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Atomium digital art installation
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the complete restoration of the Atomium three new digital art (lights and sound) installations were inaugurated recently. One of them is especially noteworthy since it illuminates the structure on the outside. Antoine Menalda of Dirty Monitor, the creators of...
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BANAD 2026
The 10th edition of BANAD (the Brussels Art Nouveau Art Deco Festival) has assembled 64 architectural wonders for the visitor's delight. Co-Facilitator Willem Maes gives us the details. https://www.banad.brussels/en/ Photo: © EB - Sophie Voituron
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IRPA Public Prize 2026
The Belgian Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) just announced the latest winners of the Cultural Heritage Challenge: The Renaissance Pavilion in Mons and the façade scraffiti of the Art Nouveau Maison Dorée in Charleroi. Communications and Development Director Robrecht Janssen...
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Film Restored
The Cinematek has been digitally restoring its enormous film collection for the last ten years. They still have a long way to go but in the meantime they are now making the fruit of their labour available to the general public. Collection and Digilab coordinator Bruno Mestagh gives us the…
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Anima Festival
It's the 45th edition of ANIMA, Belgium's venerable but always new, always fresh, animation festival. New co-director Nicolas Moins tells us what's in store for us this year. https://animafestival.be/en
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Bright Brussels
Bright Brussels, one of Brussels' most enchanting festivals is back with a very special 10th edition. Visit Brussels coordinator Jeroen Roppe tells us what's new and not to be missed this year. https://www.visit.brussels/en/visitors/agenda/bright-festival Photo: Visit.brussels/Eric Danhier
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Earth Not A Globe
Brussels photographer Philippe Braquenier has a current show at Galerie Contretype entitled Earth Not a Globe in which he uses his talents as a photographer to jab at various "truths" the Flat Earthers espouse. In the process of which he has produced some very beautiful images. As well as photos...
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Brafa
Blockbuster Art Fair BRAFA is here with its 71st edition. We spoke with Secretary General Tobias Desmet about what to expect this year. www.brafa.art
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Ictus
Seminal Belgian new music group Ictus is moving into Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's seminal Belgian contemporary dance troupe PARTS' newly expanded building and they are celebrating with an opening festival the first week in February. Ictus Director Tom Pauwels and Ictus Artistic Coordinator…
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Brussels Art Guide
The Brussels Art Guide comes out every two years and it's jam-packed with everything you need to know about museums, galleries, private spaces, foundations, non-profit spaces, artist-run spaces, art bookshops, anything that has to do with art, even all the art schools in the city. Journalist…
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All About Neuhaus
Neuhaus is well known for being among the top chocolatiers of Belgium but they also have the distinction of having invented the praline, bite-sized sweets coated in chocolate, and the balotin, the elegant box that carries them. They have just published a richly illustrated book on the history of...
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Brussels Expertise Labels
At a recent Brussels Expertise Labels (BEL) awards evening at Autoworld, Cubex co-owner Xavier De Breucker explained what it's all about. https://brussels-expertise-labels.be/
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Art x Gender
Through a new display, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium focus on gender-related stereotypes. The show, titled Art X Gender questions how images and artworks reinforce or challenge such representations. From the 16th to the 20th century, from Lucas Cranach to Roger Raveel, including works...
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Share & Fun
Share & Fun is a new place in Brussels where everyone is welcome to have fun in a wide variety of ways, including eating, drinking, dancing and lots of ways of playing. Creator Jérôme Desombres explains his concept. https://www.shareandfun.com/en/
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Design and Comics: Living in a Box
What do comics and furniture design have to do with one another? Design Museum Brussels' director Arnaud Bozzini explains the museum's fun new exhibition Design and Comics: Living in a Box. designmuseum.brussels/en/
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Brussels Cultural Guide Hot List 100
The 2026 edition of the Brussels Cultural Guide Hot List 100 is out and publisher Guy de Bellefroid tells us what's new in the coming year.
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Five Past Midnight
Belgian entertainer Kevin Van Doorslaer, actor, writer and director, has performing in his DNA as a fifth generation carny. He has a new movie out that is picking up awards on the festival circuit. He also founded the Acting Studio Brussels. He speaks with us about all of it including the...
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What's the Word? Johannesburg!
From September 11 to December 21, the A Foundation hosts the exhibition What's the Word? Johannesburg! Curated by Emilie Demon, it presents the work of nine young South African photographers about the multifaceted city of Johannesburg. We spoke with Curator Emilie Demon about her aims in putting…
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Royal Museums of Fine Art
Visitors to the Royal Museums of Fine Art of Belgium (RMFAB) can now discover a new permanent space dedicated to modern and contemporary art. The hangings will change twice a year and will bring into dialogue pieces from the collection. To inaugurate the concept, the new gallery welcomes the...
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Ethereal Blend
Augusta presents Ethereal blend, an exhibition celebrating the work of artist Roxane Lahidji with sea salt. The show features a selection of her latest creations and iconic pieces to highlight the special nature of her work. She creates furniture and objects in an innovative material she has...
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Surrounded by Criminals
Belgian photographer and founder of the Festival Balkan Trafik, Nicolas Wieërs spent four years in Moldova documenting the lives and tattoos of ex Soviet era criminals now living on the street. The show, entitled Surrounded by Criminals, comprises 140 photographs as well as videos and painted...
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ANTE Festival
Explore.Brussels has taken its two biennial festivals (Neo-Classic and Eclectic architecture) and merged them to create the annual ANTE Festival which covers all the styles and movements in Brussels architecture from 1780 to 1920 that led to Art Nouveau and Art Deco. There are 25 locations to...
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Echoes of Dreams
The Maison Hannon is the Art Nouveau setting for Echoes of Dreams, a detailed exhibition of the art of the Belgian Symbolist movement. Luna Spruyt, assistant curator, tells us of the multifaceted reach of the movement and what we can expect to see. https://maisonhannon.be/en © Photo: J. Geleyns
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Visionary Comics
The Comic Art Museum is presenting Visionary Comics Hidden gems from the Van Passen collection. Curators Maaheen Ahmed and Hugo Frey have pulled together a cross section of some of the most vibrant, surrealist, often science fiction tinted, breath-taking visionary comic book panels from the...
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