All of Brussels can be seen as an open-air museum with streets, squares and parks adorned by historical statues and memorials, mostly meant to represent and even glorify Belgium’s past. But for a long ...

To Stephane Dandois, an avid rock climber, it seemed like a fun idea: convert a church in the Brussels commune of Forest into a wall climbing club. Little did he imagine that his scheme from two and a ...

Machetes, clubs, pickaxes and spears. These were the weapons used by Rwandans as they slaughtered their fellow countrymen during the 1994 genocide. They were used against colleagues, neighbours, ...

Manneken-Pis, literally “little man pee,” in the Dutch dialect of Marols or “le petit Julien,” in French, is one of Brussels’ most famous and beloved citizens. But what’s the story behind this iconic, ...

This week, Liverpool FC are back in Brussels for only the second time since the deadly Heysel Stadium Disaster on 29 May 1985 – where 39 football fans were killed because of fan trouble caused by ...

On October 25, 1555, the grandees of the Habsburg Netherlands gathered in the Great Hall of the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels to witness an extraordinary event. A weary old man with a grey beard and a ...

The historic Galerie Bortier, a covered passage in the heart of Brussels, is undergoing a transformation led by the entrepreneurs behind the popular food markets Wolf and Fox. Long known as a cultural ...

The uniforms have been criticised over their non-compliance with Belgian language laws and for colours that are "too Flemish" ...

Contemporary Belgian politics often seems too complex for its good, but the political landscape in the Middle Ages and the early modern period could have been even more bizarre. Belgium was once a ...

This is why the debate about limiting veto powers in the EU has re-emerged with force. It is hardly new. Every previous wave ...

Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken has delivered a robust defence of the Atlantic alliance, claiming NATO would “flatten Moscow” if Russia were to attack Brussels. In a wide-ranging interview in ...

Thousands are set to take to the streets in Brussels today as part of a national strike against several reforms by Belgium's Federal Government. The day of action was called by trade unions ACV-CSC, ...