• YouTube video

    Motorway madness “irresponsible”

    17 Mar 2024 by
    Road safety advocates and federal transport secretary Etienne Schouppe were last week reported to be shocked at two videos, both appearing on YouTube, showing examples of “insane” road behaviour.
  • Antwerp Waterfront

    The quay to the future

    17 Mar 2024 by
    “I think it’s important to foster the unique aspects of what we have today on the Scheldekaaien,” says Philippe Teughels. “Take a walk alongside the river, feel the wind, step out of hectic city life. That’s more important than development.”
  • The age crunch

    The age crunch

    10 Mar 2024 by
    Flanders’ modern demographics are a ticking time bomb. We’ve know that for awhile now. Populations are dwindling as young couples become increasingly disinterested in having large families, and not having children at all is becoming more common.
  • Boma has got himself a girlfriend

    Face of Flanders

    10 Mar 2024 by
    In the past couple of weeks, a bombshell has been dropped on Flemish television – something that’s been talked about for nearly two decades, but which nobody ever seriously believed would come to pass: Balthasar Boma has got himself a girlfriend.
  • The Broken Circle Breakdown

    The Broken Circle Breakdown

    10 Mar 2024 by Lisa Bradshaw
    One does not often associate Flanders with cowboys, but a show that premiered to hoots and hollers in Ghent last summer is riding out across the land, bringing a bit of twang, tears and Stetsons to a theatre near you.
  • Craftsmen

    Antiques of the future

    10 Mar 2024 by
    Interior architect Yves Michiels is an extremely persuasive man. When he’s expounding his vision of craftsmanship, he’s passionate: “You can see craftsmanship. You can touch it. It’s the result of years and years of experience, passed down through generations. Such craftsmanship should not be lost. It should be cherished.”
  • Ghent's new brewery, Gruut beer

    Something brewing in East Flanders

    10 Mar 2024 by
    A Belgian beer on tap in the United States that we in Belgium have not yet seen or tasted? Sounds absurd, right? It’s a reality that is about to change with the opening of Gentse Stadsbrouwerij, or Ghent City Brewery, next week.
  • Tobacco Museum

    Smoke signals

    10 Mar 2024 by
    If you recently kicked the habit and have just stubbed out your last Marlboro Light, then the National Tobacco Museum is probably not for you at the moment. But for anyone else, it’s highly recommended as it offers an insightful look back at the history of tobacco over the last four centuries.
  • Koen and Magda learn the ropes in SM Rechter

    “Private is private”

    10 Mar 2024 by
    At the beginning of 1997, Koen Aurousseau was a respected judge at the court of first instance in Mechelen. By the end of that same year, he was accused of physical assault and incitement to prostitution, whipping up a scandal that was splashed across the newspapers.
  • "The Vanity of Human Life" Jan Breughel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens

    Family photographs

    10 Mar 2024 by
    The only thing missing from the Baroque atmosphere of Bozar’s latest exhibition is a string quartet lurking in the shadows. The walls have been painted in ruby reds and emerald greens, and the galleries are dimly lit, creating a heavy reverential atmosphere that suggests a palace chapel, or the bedroom or a particularly decadent pope.

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