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Mons’ belfry re-opens after 32 years

04.07.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

After 32 years of renovation and restoration work, Mons’ landmark Baroque belfry is opening again to visitors this weekend. A panaroma view of the city is open to visitors at the top of the belfry. Around €7 million have been spent on restoring the belfry which dates from 1661 and is made up of 459,000 […]

Google opens second Belgian data center

27.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

To “arm itself against the exponential growth of data”, American technology giant Google on Tuesday opened its second Belgian data center in Saint-Ghislain, near Mons. The project involves an extension of the existing infrastructure and an investment worth €300 million, report Belgian media. The data center in Mons is important to Google, as it is […]

2015: Mons – European Capital of Culture

01.04.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Have you ever heard of a city opening five museums at the same time? We have!!!! VAN GOGH IN THE BORINAGE, THE BIRTH OF AN ARTIST JANUARY 25, 2015 – MAY 17, 2015 In 1878, at the age of 25, Vincent van Gogh arrived in the Borinage* as a preacher and lived with the coal […]