Culture Culture and Media 1.5 tonnes less waste at festival Lokerse Feesten The organisers and the intermunicipal waste associations worked with reusable cups and recycled part of the beverage packaging. Thu 22 Aug 11:10 Culture and Media Extra cash to restore Flemish heritage sites The Flemish Heritage Minister Ben Weyts (nationalist) has earmarked over 10 million euros to restore historic buildings across Flanders. Wed 21 Aug 12:37 Culture and Media Jazz Middelheim remembers "Toots": "He left us the feeling that music should have emotions" The Jazz Middelheim Festival in Antwerp celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The event has a strong link with harmonica legend Toots Thielemans. Mon 19 Aug 15:56 Culture and Media Belgian youngsters turn their back on Facebook The number of Belgians who are active on Facebook dropped by 7.3 percent between February and August this year. Sat 17 Aug 15:41 Culture and Media Pukkelpop festival in full swing After Thursday’s warming-up party, the Pukkelopop festival proper has got under way just outside the Limburg city of Hasselt. Fri 16 Aug 16:59 Ontroerend Goed Culture and Media Flemish theatre company wins prize at Edinburgh Fringe The Flemish theatre company Ontroerend Goed has won a prize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Fri 16 Aug 13:49 Brussels "Flowertime": flowers rule in Brussels city hall The floral exhibition in the Brussels city hall only takes place every two years. It is being described as "a world of floral emotions". Thu 15 Aug 12:26 Culture and Media Art alongside the motorway The Arc Majeur will be 60 metres high and will weigh a total of 250 tonnes. Sun 11 Aug 17:07 Culture and Media CNN reports on Africa Museum tea dance controversy What was judged worst of all by CNN was that some of the participants had even blacked up. Fri 09 Aug 13:56 Flemish Brabant Aarschot reveals its archaeological secrets Excavation work is revealing a number of interesting archaeological secrets that previous had remained buried under the centre of the town of Aarschot, in Fl... Sat 03 Aug 16:32 2018 Getty Images Culture and Media VRT News probe: Google stops listening in to recordings Tech giant Google has halted the practice of listening in to recordings made with its speech assistant in Europe. The decision comes after VRT News showed h... Thu 01 Aug 16:44 Flemish Brabant New home for ‘Balloon of Friendship’ In Leuven the Balloon of Friendship, a work of art, which has adorned the Herbert Hoover Square for nearly three decades has found a new home in a garden nea... Thu 01 Aug 14:37 West Flanders Discover the Spilliaert House in Ostend “The Secret City – the Ostend of Leon Spilliaert” brings works from private collections from 1904 to 1926 with the emphasis on Ostend. Tue 30 Jul 15:53 East Flanders After the festival comes the clean-up There were far fewer visitors. Around 1 million this year, down from 1.3 million in 2018. Mon 29 Jul 17:16 Antwerp Province Visit Maan/Moon in Antwerp! A half a century after the first moon landing the Antwerp photography museum FOMU is staging a highly unique exhibition on the moon. Sat 27 Jul 16:30 Design Pics / LJM Photo Culture and Media How many people share your name in Belgium? Arthur and Emma were Belgium’s most popular given names last year, but with how many people do you share your first name. VRT has developed a handy app. As... Thu 25 Jul 11:32 BELGA/VIDAL Brussels Royal Museums free for seniors today The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels are keen to share their collections and rooms with air conditioning with seniors on what is expected to... Thu 25 Jul 09:39 Bart#VDS Antwerp Province Discover a life of music at the Vleeshuis in Antwerp One of the hidden gems of Antwerp is the Vleeshuis Museum devoted to the role of music in the city of Antwerp through six centuries. Thu 25 Jul 09:02 Culture and Media Tomorrowland in pictures: the party continues and Paris Hilton steals the show A good number of Belgian acts performed on Saturday and one American celebrity stole the show on the festival’s second day. Sun 21 Jul 11:05 Culture and Media The Ghent Festival: the calm before the storm For 10 days (and nights) the hundreds of acts will perform at locations across Ghent city centre. Fri 19 Jul 11:12
Culture and Media 1.5 tonnes less waste at festival Lokerse Feesten The organisers and the intermunicipal waste associations worked with reusable cups and recycled part of the beverage packaging. Thu 22 Aug 11:10
Culture and Media Extra cash to restore Flemish heritage sites The Flemish Heritage Minister Ben Weyts (nationalist) has earmarked over 10 million euros to restore historic buildings across Flanders. Wed 21 Aug 12:37
Culture and Media Jazz Middelheim remembers "Toots": "He left us the feeling that music should have emotions" The Jazz Middelheim Festival in Antwerp celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The event has a strong link with harmonica legend Toots Thielemans. Mon 19 Aug 15:56
Culture and Media Belgian youngsters turn their back on Facebook The number of Belgians who are active on Facebook dropped by 7.3 percent between February and August this year. Sat 17 Aug 15:41
Culture and Media Pukkelpop festival in full swing After Thursday’s warming-up party, the Pukkelopop festival proper has got under way just outside the Limburg city of Hasselt. Fri 16 Aug 16:59
Ontroerend Goed Culture and Media Flemish theatre company wins prize at Edinburgh Fringe The Flemish theatre company Ontroerend Goed has won a prize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Fri 16 Aug 13:49
Brussels "Flowertime": flowers rule in Brussels city hall The floral exhibition in the Brussels city hall only takes place every two years. It is being described as "a world of floral emotions". Thu 15 Aug 12:26
Culture and Media Art alongside the motorway The Arc Majeur will be 60 metres high and will weigh a total of 250 tonnes. Sun 11 Aug 17:07
Culture and Media CNN reports on Africa Museum tea dance controversy What was judged worst of all by CNN was that some of the participants had even blacked up. Fri 09 Aug 13:56
Flemish Brabant Aarschot reveals its archaeological secrets Excavation work is revealing a number of interesting archaeological secrets that previous had remained buried under the centre of the town of Aarschot, in Fl... Sat 03 Aug 16:32
2018 Getty Images Culture and Media VRT News probe: Google stops listening in to recordings Tech giant Google has halted the practice of listening in to recordings made with its speech assistant in Europe. The decision comes after VRT News showed h... Thu 01 Aug 16:44
Flemish Brabant New home for ‘Balloon of Friendship’ In Leuven the Balloon of Friendship, a work of art, which has adorned the Herbert Hoover Square for nearly three decades has found a new home in a garden nea... Thu 01 Aug 14:37
West Flanders Discover the Spilliaert House in Ostend “The Secret City – the Ostend of Leon Spilliaert” brings works from private collections from 1904 to 1926 with the emphasis on Ostend. Tue 30 Jul 15:53
East Flanders After the festival comes the clean-up There were far fewer visitors. Around 1 million this year, down from 1.3 million in 2018. Mon 29 Jul 17:16
Antwerp Province Visit Maan/Moon in Antwerp! A half a century after the first moon landing the Antwerp photography museum FOMU is staging a highly unique exhibition on the moon. Sat 27 Jul 16:30
Design Pics / LJM Photo Culture and Media How many people share your name in Belgium? Arthur and Emma were Belgium’s most popular given names last year, but with how many people do you share your first name. VRT has developed a handy app. As... Thu 25 Jul 11:32
BELGA/VIDAL Brussels Royal Museums free for seniors today The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels are keen to share their collections and rooms with air conditioning with seniors on what is expected to... Thu 25 Jul 09:39
Bart#VDS Antwerp Province Discover a life of music at the Vleeshuis in Antwerp One of the hidden gems of Antwerp is the Vleeshuis Museum devoted to the role of music in the city of Antwerp through six centuries. Thu 25 Jul 09:02
Culture and Media Tomorrowland in pictures: the party continues and Paris Hilton steals the show A good number of Belgian acts performed on Saturday and one American celebrity stole the show on the festival’s second day. Sun 21 Jul 11:05
Culture and Media The Ghent Festival: the calm before the storm For 10 days (and nights) the hundreds of acts will perform at locations across Ghent city centre. Fri 19 Jul 11:12
Ontroerend Goed
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