After three years of renovation work, one of the most iconic buildings in the Brussels city centre finally opened its doors to the public on Thursday morning. The idea to open up the Bourse (Stock ...

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, ...

The abandonment of smartphones, the boycott of social networks, and a growing mistrust of technology companies. Many people are increasingly deciding to turn their backs on the ultra-connected, ...

The final touches are being made to the world-famous flower carpet on the Grand Place, Brussels' main square. Over 100 volunteers started working early on Thursday to decorate the cobblestones with ...

It is not uncommon to hear the capital of Europe being described as a city designed for work rather than life. In a backdrop of financial constraints and a lack of a regional government, Brussels's ...

The series of shootings in Brussels last week are the result of a new drug-related turf war, police sources believe. At 05:50 on Wednesday morning, just a few metres from the Porte de Hal, the fourth ...

Historian Herman Van Goethem, rector of Antwerp University and a former director of Kazerne Dossin, the Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in Mechelen, spent 14 years of his life writing a book about ...

In a desolate, windswept corner of the Brussels North business district, an empty glass tower rises above 34 Boulevard Roi Albert II. The Möbius II tower — a 100-meter-tall ellipse — is impeccably ...

Mathieu Bihet (MR), often dubbed "Atomic Boy" in the press, has emerged as Belgium's most vocal defender of nuclear energy. In an exclusive interview, he tells The Brussels Times: "This isn't just a ...

Somewhere in the newly-urbanised Coronmeuse, in the shadow of the Monsin dam on the southern end of the Albert Canal where the Meuse curves, Watermael-born civil engineer Alexandre Delmer likely stood ...

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 ...