The royal greenhouses, greener than ever!
It’s the event of the spring, the opening of the Royal Greenhouses at the Palace of Laeken. Hundreds of thousands of people come to Brussels from all over Belgium and…
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Rising Belgium: The Golden Palace
What a wonderful moment to visit the Royal Palace of Brussels. You’ve seen it hundreds of times, you probably passed right in front of it—there’s no way you could miss…
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5 parks in Brussels that are must visit this summer
There are no dearth of picturesque parks in Brussels and the ideal season to visit them is summer. Well, I might not agree with the popular opinion and mention instead…
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Brussels agenda: Summer of Tour & Taxis
The “Summer of Tour & Taxis” is again making great waves this year in Brussels! Plenty of fun activities all around amazing Tour & Taxis neighbourhood. The summer programme started…
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Renewal of city centre: Brussels Region grants building permit for the makeover of Boulevard Adolphe Max
New, important step for the renewal of Brussels city centre! Brussels Region has granted a building permit for the complete makeover of Boulevard Adolphe Max. This stately Haussmannian avenue and…
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Environment Festival on 5 June at Tour & Taxis Park
The Environment Festival is back in Brussels! On Sunday 5 June, the public will be able to enjoy in the day dedicated to nature and environmental activities in our city.…
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The Port of Brussels launches its third cleaning boat
The new cleaning boat named Damona is the first electric and zero-emission boat acquired by the Port of Brussels. It joins the Castor (2006) and the Botia (2019), the two…
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JE VEUX NAGER, crowdfunding campaign to support open air swimming in Brussels
JE VEUX NAGER is the name of the new campaign which starts today, a crowdfunding action that aims to support POOL IS COOL, the pop-up pool FLOW and their fight…
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Culture in the city: Five things to do on a rainy day in Brussels
It’s very easy to take a train to the seaside for a weekend if weather permits. However, since you are reading this article, you probably live in Brussels and have already…
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Brussels Government wants to make the European Quarter a vibrant & mixed neighbourhood
Following the many objections raised during the public enquiry for the master development plan Loi, the pandemic-led crisis (and lessons learned from it for urban development) and the current uncertainty…
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Legendary actress Audrey Hepburn gets a garden and statue in Ixelles
A new garden named after legendary Audrey Hepburn was inaugurated in Ixelles featuring a statue of the famed actress. Hepburn was born in Brussels 93 years ago on May 4,…
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Stand with Ukraine, Flags for Democracy and Peace
A brand new installation FLAGS by the French-Chinese artistic duo Benoit + Bo was inaugurated on May 3rd in Brussels’ Royal Galleries of Saint Hubert and will stay on display…
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Floating green islands launched in the Port of Brussels
Something new in Brussels canal zone! Floating green islands have been launched in the Port of Brussels as part of the project that aims to boost biodiversity. The first of…
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