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Atomium closes out successful summer season

04.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

More than 200,000 people visited the Brussels Atomium this summer. It is only the third time since the monument’s reopening in 2006, that it exceeds the milestone of 200,000 visitors, reported the Atomium on Thursday in a press release. In the months of June, July and August this year, 201,280 visitors entered the Atomium, an […]

Manneken Pis now also in Las Vegas

03.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

In addition to a replica of the Eiffel Tower and the Sphinx of Giza, visitors to Las Vegas can now also admire a replica of Manneken Pis, Brussels’ famous statue of a peeing boy. A much larger version of the original bronze statue was unveiled on Tuesday in the American gambling city. It is the […]

Antwerp still biggest hub for diamond trading

30.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Antwerp remains the largest diamond trading hub in the world, according to figures recently published by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, a body which monitors world production and distribution of this precious mineral. In 2014, a staggering 234.7 million carats of diamonds passed through the Anvers hub, 44 million more than India. Imports to Antwerp […]

Belgium’s former Queen Paola cancels all engagements

29.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The former Belgian royal couple King Albert and Queen Paola have called off all planned activities for an undefined period. The Queen needs her rest following a medical examination this week, reports the Royal Palace of Belgium. More specifics on the state of Paola’s health were not given. The pair were meant to attend the […]

Unusual Belgian Alphabet

27.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Dana Krutinova, living in Belgium for more than ten years has created a special Alphabet dedicating it to Their Majesties the King and Queen of Belgium “I have been living in Belgium for ten years now and this is my thanks to the country which has been my home place all the time, always very […]

Tourists staying longer in Brussels

25.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

In July and August this year, the hotels in and around Brussels saw their sales increase by 5% compared to the same period last year. They also noted that tourists are booking more lengthy stays in the capital. “This gives the industry some breathing room after a few rough years,” Rodolphe Van Weyerbergh of the […]

Stationary speed cameras are a violation of privacy laws

23.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The “great majority” of stationary police radar cameras are illegal because they are in violation of privacy laws, according to Belgium’s Privacy Commission. “If a vehicle is ‘flashed,’ the police have the license plate number as well as the name and address of the car owner,” Peter Van den Eynde of the Privacy Commission said. […]

Belgian cities join fight against adolescent obesity

22.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Six Belgian municipalities – Hasselt, Comines-Warneton, Jette, Liège, Marche-en-Famenne and Mouscron – have joined a European intiative to fight obesity among young people. All plan to launch actions specifically targeting adolescents from poorer socio-economic circumstances as part of the Obesity Prevention through European Network (OPEN) launched last year to promote community-based actions. Due to run […]

PUKKELPOP FESTIVAL 2015

20.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Pukkelpop is a three-day alternative music festival that takes in mid- to late August each year. It is held between a dual carriageway in a large enclosure of fields and woodland in the small village of Kiewit, just north of Hasselt. Pukkelpop started as a small, local music event before rising to become an outdoor […]

Grand Place – Nightly picnic

18.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Obviously the Grand Place of Brussels is one of the must see attractions of the city so every tourist will pass by there. But today I want to suggest you go there late in the evening on a warm summer night. Buy a beer in one of the nearby shops, maybe some french fries and […]