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Have you met Magritte?

sarahImmerse yourself in another culture and discover more about the places you visit. Did you know that the Belgian Artist Magritte was born 110 years ago? Did you know that Gustave Eiffel who designed the Eiffel tower also invented suspenders?

We’ve found interesting places and exhibitions so you can discover a different side to the cities you visit. Be it the latest exhibition, a crazy one-off event, or the most talked about new opera, you won’t miss out on the best events.

If you’ve just visited either Lille, Brussels or Paris let us know what you discovered on little break? What do you know that no one else does? Sarah

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Truc Troc at the Bozar Centre

Truc Troc at the Bozar Centre
While it may seem like we plug many events at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts on this site, this is mainly because of the sheer frequency of innovative events which are on offer there. Truc Troc is just the latest in a long line and no doubt more will come up in the future. The first...  [Read more]

Belgian Cinema Fete

Belgian Cinema Fete
Belgian cinema is often derided. This is clearly unfair. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have won the Palme D’or at the Cannes film festival twice and In Bruges was a terrific film. Perhaps because of this general derision towards Belgian cinema, the Belgians themselves tend to have...  [Read more]

An Evening at a Brussels Museum

An Evening at a Brussels Museum
Autumn brings with it moody dark evenings, quieter streets, and woolly hats. But in Brussels it also brings with it a cultural extravaganza. This is because, every Thursday night up to and including the 17th of December, one can enjoy An Evening at a Brussels Museum. Make no mistake:...  [Read more]

Sexties at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts

Sexties at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts
Sexties really is a criminal name for an exhibition. Not only is it an awful pun, it’s just not punny (I’ll get my coat…) Nonetheless, it probably is quite a good name: for the exhibition currently on at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts (continuing until the 3rd of January 2010)...  [Read more]

Brussels Innova Fair

Brussels Innova Fair
Brussels Expo, as the equivalent of Excel or Earls Court in London, hosts many quirky events throughout the year.  But none of them can be quite like the Brussels Innova Fair. To summarise it, is unfair to the enormous variety of inventors who showcase their work. But the purpose...  [Read more]

Verbindingen/Jonctions Festival

Verbindingen/Jonctions Festival
You might think that a festival called Verbindingen/Jonctions would be something of a confused mess – the organisers couldn’t choose to do one thing or the other and in the end they ended up doing both to a dreadful standard. The reality, is that Jonctions is a bi-annual multi-disciplinary...  [Read more]

ArtisanArt

ArtisanArt
ArtisanArt is an exhibition which covers the whole craft industry. As such, it has an enormously broad appeal. Women may not be interested in artisan beers but they can leave their husbands trying the freebies whilst they go and check out the jewelery on offer. And it is the jewelery...  [Read more]

Autoworld in Brussels

Autoworld in Brussels
Autoworld in Brussels is famous for its legendary displays of old cars. The museum has on display a history of the vehicle from 1886 onwards. Whilst nowadays the Belgians are famed for their beer and chocolate, pre World War Two, the Belgian automobile industry was also very strong. Makes...  [Read more]

Liège-Guillemins train station

Liège-Guillemins train station
If you fancy going somewhere further a field once you’ve arrived in Brussels then hoping on a high speed train to Liège couldn’t be a better place to start. Liège (also known as the ‘glowing city’) is over 1000 years old and is a city in the heart of Europe....  [Read more]
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