The whole of Brussels will be under the Iris Festival spell on the first weekend of May. On Saturday 4 May and Sunday 5 May, the Brussels-Capital Region will be celebrating its 35th anniversary. This will be marked by a packed, surprising and varied programme. During the annual Iris Festival, Brussels will be putting its best foot forward. From 11:00 on Saturday 4 May, it will take you to the most surprising places in three Brussels communes and the European quarter. After the Iris Festival in the communes, the day will culminate in the Iris Tipik Electro Night. The next day, from noon onwards, everyone is invited to take the whole family to Brussels Park for Party in the Park, where a diverse range of activities will be laid on. All the activities organised by visit.brussels at the...
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Brussels-Capital Region celebrates its 35th anniversary on 4 and 5 May in a grand manner On 4th and 5th May, the Brussels-Capital Region celebrates its 35th anniversary with a grand Iris Festival. Once again, a large crowd is expected for the Iris Tipik Electro Night. Other major attractions include the Iris Festival in the communes and the Festival in the Park. This year’s edition is once again packed with activities and entertainment options. The Iris Festival is the perfect opportunity to rediscover our incredibly diverse capital! Brussels devotes an entire weekend to the celebration of its anniversary. The festivities will take place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May 2024. On Saturday, the focus of the Iris Festival will be on the communes with numerous guided tours. The day co...
Read MoreOn a crisp, wintry day on Belgium's far-western coast, Gunther Vanbleu rides his draft horse down the sandy beach and into the shallow waters. As the bright yellow of Vanbleu's anorak stands out against the waves, under the water, his draft horse - characterized by its powerful hindquarters - pulls a chain along the sand, causing a vibration that sends shrimp jumping into an outstretched net. The coastal village of Oostduinkerke is the last place in the world where horseback shrimp fishing is still practiced - today as a UNESCO-recognised centuries-old tradition rather than a commercial enterprise. FILE PHOTO: Gunther Vanbleu, 49, a Belgian shrimps fisherman with 10 years of experience, rides his carthorse named Martha to haul a net out of the sea to catch shrimps during low tide...
Read MoreInside or outside, here or there, open or closed, public or private... The concepts of "limit" and "threshold" have particularly fascinated and inspired Western culture. The ARTONOV Festival at the Belgian capital has made them the central theme of its 9th edition. From October 7th to 15th, the festival will host an eclectic range of artists in remarkable venues such as the fondation blan, Les Brigittines, the architectural complex BOB361, and École n°13 de Schaerbeek. The artists range from Xenakis Trio to Silvia Costa, presenting a multitude of performances premiering in Brussels. To open the festival the Galerie Ravenstein will host the contemporary circus performance by Chloé Moglia and it will be accessible for free. The ARTONOV Festival is the convergence of performing arts (...
Read MoreThe unmissable Bright Festival of Lights returns to round off the winter and illuminate our evenings. The programme includes three routes through several Brussels communes enhanced by more than twenty original art installations. This year, Schaerbeek is joining in the event. And that's not all! Art Nouveau will also be in the literal and figurative spotlight. Lastly, several museums will offer a fringe programme, in addition to these four dazzling evenings. FILE PHOTO: Bright Brussels Festival, 2019. © visit.brussels/Jean-Paul Remy Bright, the Brussels festival of lights, will illuminate the capital from 16 to 19 February 2023. The latest edition of this unmissable event will put several districts in the spotlight with three routes: Royal, European and Schaerbeek. The different rout...
Read MoreThe BD Comic Strip Festival returns to Tour & Taxis, at Belgian capital Brussels from 9 to 11 September. In addition to the exhibitions and the inevitable giant balloons, the festival features most popular contemporary authors. The festival is rich in meetings and activities. It would be great opportunity to discover the authors and immerse yourself in their world. From 9 to 11 September, the BD Comic Strip Festival (the new name of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival) will put the ninth art under the spotlight. The programme includes exhibitions, activities, signing sessions, talks and the inevitable giant balloons for all comic book lovers and fans of the genre. The event takes place at the spectacular setting of Tour & Taxis. The BD Comic Strip Festival is the major event...
Read MoreThe creators of Brussels' vast flower carpet, unfurled every two years in front of city hall, are opting for more heat-resistant blooms and the use of pot plants for the first time in the art project's 50-year history to adapt to Europe's heatwave. Returning to the Belgian capital's opulent Grand Place after a COVID-imposed absence, this year's design recalls the first carpet laid out in 1971 which was inspired by Arabesque shapes. A view shows a 1,680 square meters flower carpet made with Belgian begonias, dahlias, grasses, barks and chrysanthemums at Brussels Grand Place, Belgium, August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron With the installation expected to endure four days of temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), the designers have had to swap many begonias ...
Read MoreIt is something of a miracle that La Pêche miraculeuse still exists at all. So, in order to ensure its future, the council of the church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk in Mechelen wanted to leave nothing to chance. Thanks to support from the Courtin-Bouché Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, the tryptic is now undergoing restoration with a view to restoring its original magnificence. If the French revolutionaries had not made off with La Pêche miraculeuse in 1794 and put it in the Louvre, this unique work by Peter Paul Rubens might not have survived. When it was returned to Mechelen some two decades later, its former place in the transept of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk church had been taken by another work. The Rubens triptych was therefore relegated to the...
Read MoreYoungest woman to do this and first person the achieve the feat in a microlight plane A British-Belgian teenager became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world on Thursday and the first person to do so in a microlight plane after a five-month, five-continent odyssey in her Shark ultralight. Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford landed back at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in Belgium after flying 51,000 km (32,000 miles) over 52 nations since her Aug. 18 departure in the world's fastest microlight aircraft. Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, arrives at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport after a round-the-world trip in a light aircraft, becoming the youngest female pilot to circle the planet alone, in Wevelgem, Belgium, January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Cheers and applau...
Read MoreTeen aviator Zara Rutherford landed in Coimbatore on Thursday as part of her bid to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo and cover 51,000 kms, spanning five continents and 52 countries. The 19-year old British-Belgian Zara embarked on her journey on August 18 from Kortrik Wevelgem Airport in Belgium to set a world record to become the youngest solo pilot of the world's fastest Shark Ultralight plane. "It has been a challenging task, particularly given the weather conditions and Covid-19 restrictions. Actually my plan is to complete the task by mid November, but due to various formalities, like obtaining Visa, it was delayed by nearly two months," Zara told reporters here at the office of Elgi Equipments, the major air compressor manufacturers and sponsors of th...
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