September is usually the month when social clubs invite expats and newcomers to Brussels to visit their clubhouses to find out about the many social and cultural activities on offer. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions limiting events to 10 people, the BCWCB (British & Commonwealth Women’s Club of Brussels) decided to be creative. The sessions will…
It’s a great Belgian tradition but surprisingly many restaurants here haven’t quite mastered the art of cooking the perfect frite. Step forward Le Rendez-vous des Artistes. It takes the quality of its “French fries” very seriously indeed. So much so that its owners have installed an authentic chip fryer in the kitchen of the restaurant…
Brussels performing arts, which have remained in the wings in recent months due to the health crisis, are now more ready than ever to get back on stage. From theatre to dance to jazz, all disciplines are heading back to the stage, to the delight of an audience eager to discover something new. These last…
The end of the long, hot summer is in sight so what better reason to get out and enjoy some of the many wonderful attractions Belgium has to offer? This website has compiled a list of some of the best and most popular places to visit. All make for a great day out and are…
Are you fed up being stuck at home during the never-ending health pandemic? If so, you might welcome some tips for great days out in what is left of the summer holidays. So, this website has compiled some of Belgium’s most enjoyable and rewarding visitor attractions which, despite all the restrictions now imposed on such…
An innovative campaign that aims to highlight the work being done at the Belgian coast to promote sustainability and the local restaurant trade is about to be relaunched. Called “Sea of Flavours”, the initiative involves a group of restaurateurs, all based at the coast, who want to do their bit to ensure that fishing stocks…
Good news! Belgian scientists have described a new genus of large and robust praying mantis from Asia – including this beautiful new species of Titanodula Attenboroughi, named after … Sir David Attenborough! They would like to thank him for his lifelong work in disseminating and accessing knowledge about living nature, and his efforts to advocate…
Imagine opening a brand new restaurant and then, a few days later, being hit by the biggest health crisis in living memory. Well, that is exactly what happened to a couple of brothers who opened their new eatery just a fortnight before the lockdown started. Of course, Costa and Vassili Karagianis were not to know…
Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 62, Ivo de Bisschop decided to take action to raise public awareness of the disease and raise funds for medical research, such as the programmes managed by Peter Vangheluwe, of the University of Leuven’s Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine which has set a target of €95…
Wagamama, the famous global brand, has finally arrived in Brussels. The Asian restaurant made a bow in the city on 13 February. That was the good news. The bad news is that, like all other such places, it almost promptly had to shut its door at the start of the health pandemic. But, thankfully, it…
