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Music and humour top Belgium’s 10 most watched YouTube videos

According to YouTube’s list of the most viewed videos of the past year, musical talent and humour proved most popular with Belgian viewers. More than half of Belgium’s most watched videos in 2015 were posted by the official YouTube Creators channel. YouTube viewers in Belgium show an overwhelming preference for comedy and homegrown music. French-speaking […]

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Fun for little children

From 2 to 30 December 2015 at the Office of Early Childhood. For children from 0 to 3 years. Seventh edition of ‘Fun for little children’ (Plaisirs des tout-petits) during Winter Wonders 2015. The activities are aimed at children and their parents: Cambodian Art (Khmer dance), djembe, adventures on the moon, a trip with Lily, […]

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Ice Sculpture Festival

The Snow & Ice Sculpture Festival has become another wonderful Christmas tradition in Bruges. The sculptures bring a magical world of snow, ice and light to the square just in front of the city’s train station. Hundreds of tonnes of ice and snow are cut, shaped, carved and polished into amazingly detailed figures that all […]

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Vote for Brussels as coolest Christmas market in Europe!

Vote for your favorite Christmas market in Europe From 1st December to 10th December Winter in Europe is a wonderful time to visit the most beautiful Christmas markets. If you are looking for Christmas presents and dream of the lovely smell of a Christmas tree or the lovely sound of Christmas carols, please dive into […]

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Belgians spend €350 million a year on Saint Nicholas Day gifts

Belgians spend an average of €350 million each year on gifts for the holiday of Saint Nicholas, writesDe Morgen. The 6 December holiday is a big one for gift-giving in Belgium, according to figures from the West Flemish consultancy WES, which surveyed 2,000 Belgian adults and found that 58% of them buy presents for their […]

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Winter Wonders 2015

From 27 November 2015 till 3 January 2016 in the heart of Brussels. Winter Wonders animates the heart of Brussels during the Christmas festivities. The event takes place at the Grand-Place in Brussels and around the Bourse, the Place de la Monnaie, the Place Sainte-Catherine and the Marché aux Poissons. Winter Wonders includes: • a […]

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Molenbeek is new tourist hotspot

Molenbeek is more popular than ever, writes De Morgen. Not only the federal police have been visiting the Brussels commune over the past few weeks, but a number of curious Belgians and foreigners as well. The new flood of tourists are interested in learning more about the place where accused terrorists like Salah Abdeslam got […]

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Shops and streets of Brussels are already sparkling with magical Christmas lights

Shops and streets of Brussels are already sparkling with magical Christmas lights… Do not know where to celebrate Christmas and New Year? Welcome to Belgium! Fairy magnifique atmosphere of holiday will give you an unforgettable experience.

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Nearly 350,000 Europeans have asked Google to ‘forget’ them

Eighteen months after the European Court of Justice ruled that search engines may be required to remove links to websites containing sensitive personal data from their search results, 348,085 Europeans have filed such a request with Google. The highest number of requests came from France and Germany, Google reports, with 73,399 and 60,198 applications, respectively. […]

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Tourism agencies work to restore Belgium’s image

Tourism agencies in Belgium are working to assure potential tourists and professionals that the country is still safe to travel to after a week full of international headlines sporting phrases like “failed state” and “lockdown”. They have launched an information campaign aimed at overseas business, such as conference organisers and tour operators. Those working in […]

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