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The best bakery in Brussels will get a window sticker

The Tartine et Boterham association has designed a window sticker that will be given out to the city’s most authentic boulangeries and pâtisseries. They will be included to a searchable online database. A new label scheme will help people to identify the best artisan bakeries and pastry shops in Brussels. The group says it is […]

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Digital workshop from Google in Brussels Central station

Google opened a new “digital workshop” inside Brussels Central station that will help 10,000 people a year to improve their online skills. The facility, which was inaugurated on Wednesday afternoon, will offer free workshops as well as access to online training courses and is open to all. The new centre can be found within the […]

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Average salary in Belgium

According to the latest survey based on almost 50 000 responses, a full-time employee in Belgium earns on average €3,100 gross per month,. The research has been carried out every year since 1998 – but only covers Brussels and Flanders, not Wallonia. When the study began 20 years ago, the average monthly salary was 100,000 […]

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No big screens in public spaces in Brussels during World Cup

World Cup matches will not be broadcast on big screens in public spaces in the centre of Brussels due to security reasons. In 2014, big screens were set up in squares like Grand’Place and Place Saint-Géry. Tens of thousands of football fans gathered at the City center to watch Red Devils matches. “Matches take place […]

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Digital ID card for pupils in Dutch-speaking schools

Flemish education minister Hilde Crevits has announced that every pupil in Dutch-speaking schools will get a digital ID card by 2019. It will contain information about marks and specifics related to every pupil such as learning disabilities or special needs. This will help to quickly pass information with from one school to another when a […]

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Belgian coast attracted 1.1 million of tourists last weekends

Tourism businesses on the Belgian coast got strong results after Easter school holidays. 1.1 million people visited coastal resorts last weekends, according to estimats by West Flanders tourist board Westtoer. Both last and Easter weekend itself were the busiest periods, each attracting about 300,000 visitors. Hotels reported occupancy rates in the region of 80-85% – […]

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Lending library of household objects – Usitoo

If you need something of household objects for just a few days you may borrow it in Brussels’ new library of everyday objects instead of buying a new one A cooperative called Usitoo has opened a warehouse in Anderlecht with 250 everyday household objects available to borrow. The catalogue is going to contain uo to […]

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April is a beer month in the capital of Flemish Brabant – Leuven

Starting on 14 April, three beer-focused events will take place over three consecutive weekends: Zythos Beer Festival, Leuven Innovation Beer Festival and Food & Hops The capital of Flemish Brabant has been home to the Zythos Beer Festival for several years now, and the Innovation Beer Festival is in its fourth year. This year the […]

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Evening and weekend births will cost more

From this summer the rate for giving birth in a Belgian hospital at evenings and weekends will become higher. Special royal decree has been signed on Friday. It will allow obstetricians to charge a higher rate for deliveries outside of ordinary weekday working hours. However, health insurance body Inami says mothers should not notice the […]

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Huge saxophone from Wallonia to New Orleans

Wallonia has donated a giant colourful saxophone to New Orleans to celebrate the jazz city’s 300th anniversary. The instrument is three-metre-tall and has 50 kg. It has safely made its way across the Atlantic and will be unveiled on Bourbon Street this Thursday. Namur artist Dimitri Perpete spent 60 hours of painting, and the saxophone […]

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