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Brussels Summer Festival

24.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The Brussels Summer Festival (BSF) is the major Brussels music event of the year will take place 05/08/2016 – 14/08/2016 The Brussels Summer Festival offers an eclectic series of live concerts over ten days in the area in front of the Royal Palace and nearby (the museum square and the Mont des Arts area). ABD […]

Guided tours in Brussels (beginning of September)

23.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

From Friday to Sunday, there will be various free guided walking and bike tours, available in French, Dutch and English. · Guided tours of comic murals (1 hour 30 minutes) Come and discover Brussels in the company of a professional guide from Arkadia and see characters like Astérix, Tintin and Snowy, and Nero immortalised in […]

Antwerp closes main shopping street to all traffic after Nice attack

21.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Antwerp has agreed to block the Meir shopping street to traffic, following the terrorist attack in Nice in which a man driving a lorry mowed down hundreds of people on Bastille Day, killing 84 and injuring many more. “The pedestrian zone on and around the Meir is now blocked to motorised traffic from 11.00 to […]

Brussels forecast to hit 33°C on Wednesday

19.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Summer has finally arrived in Brussels with temperatures set to exceed 30°C mid-week, forecasters say. Wednesday will be the hottest day, with maximum temperatures reaching 33°C in the capital, 30°C on the coast and 26°C further south. However, from Thursday onwards temperatures will drop with the arrival of a stormy cold front, crossing the country […]

Brussels opens book of condolences for Nice attack victims

17.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

A book of condolences has been made available for signing in Brussels city hall for anyone wishing to commemorate the 84 victims of the Nice attack on 14 July. The City of Brussels said in a statement that it “expresses its solidarity with the people of Nice and sends its condolences to the families and […]

Belgium bans anonymous prepaid mobile phone SIM cards

16.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

A new anti-terror law in Belgium aims to make it impossible for people to buy pay-as-you-go mobile phone SIM cards anonymously. The measure will be enforced in the autumn and comes as part of the Charles Michel government’s strategy in the fight against terrorism. Currently, telecom operators are only aware of the identities of customers […]

Electric scooter-sharing scheme to launch in Brussels

14.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

A self-service electric scooter sharing scheme, called Scooty, will launch in Brussels in September. Users will have the choice between a subscription-based payment and pay-as-you-go. Additionally, Scooty will offer package deals to businesses that are interested in offering the scooters to their employees to get to and from work. Scooty says in its launch announcement: […]

Flanders celebrates its history with war memorial, music and dancing

12.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Across Flanders, people have been celebrating Flemish Community Day, which marks the 1302 defeat of a battalion of French cavalry in Kortrijk by a militia from the cities of Flanders. Since 1973, the day has been a public holiday in Flanders. The official commemoration took place at the Ijzertoren in Diksmuide, West Flanders, where minister-president […]

Brussels wins award for pedestrian zone – and vetoes another project

10.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The city of Brussels has won a European town planning award for its pedestrian zone – in the same week that it vetoed plans for another pedestrian area on Place Royale. Brussels city hall said the award “affirms our willingness to give the city centre back to its inhabitants and to contribute to a better […]

Brussels Philharmonic provides score for High-Rise

09.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Brussels Philharmonic has provided the soundtrack for the new movie High-Rise, a dystopian satire about a 1970s insular community living inside a London high-rise building where the higher you live, the better off you are. The film is based on the novel by the late British author JG Ballard. The philharmonic recorded the score for […]