Culture East Flanders Cultural disaster exercise at Ghent museum 2020 is a big year for the Ghent Fine Arts Museum, the MSK. It’s the Van Eyck Year and the MSK is hosting a major exhibition. 250,000 visitors are expected... Tue 15 Oct 11:02 Culture and Media Honorary Award for Geraldine Chaplin at Film Fest Gent 14/10/19 - Film Fest Gent has honoured Geraldine Chaplin with the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award. Since the Sixties she’s appeared in over 150 American and Eu... Mon 14 Oct 15:07 Culture and Media Operation North Sea: the Port of Antwerp is liberated In Operation North Sea we learn how Allied forces recaptured German positions on the approach to the port of Antwerp. The operation was vital to ensure the A... Sun 13 Oct 10:03 Culture and Media VRT must make 40 million euro in savings by 2024 Management here at the VRT say that the Flemish public broadcaster will have to save a lot more than was initially envisaged. Fri 11 Oct 15:36 Sport Kevin De Bruyne commissions glass portrait of his wife Michèle It will remain on display at the The Boutique Gallery in Sint-Martins-Latem until the end of the month. Wed 09 Oct 13:33 Culture and Media Antwerp Stock Exchange restored to its former glory After having stood empty for two decades the magnificent building is once again a central meeting place in the heart of Antwerp. Mon 07 Oct 16:36 Culture and Media Europalia Romania: Brancusi at the Bozar in Brussels 7/10/19 - Art festival Europalia is celebrating its 50th anniversary. All events and exhibitions are devoted to the art of Romania. Mon 07 Oct 15:05 Culture and Media October-feasting: Antwerp rivals Munich 5/10/19 - A lively tune, dancing and flag waving, large tankards of foaming beer. Everybody’s wearing Lederhosen or some other Germanic attire. Sat 05 Oct 15:03 Culture and Media Elim Chan starts her new job as Chief Conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra The Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan has become the first woman to hold the post. Fri 04 Oct 16:47 Culture and Media Hooverphonic to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest The members of the group made the announcement during Tuesday’s edition of the VRT’s TV chat show ‘Vandaag’. Wed 02 Oct 12:31 West Flanders Discover the rich history of Bruges at Gruuthuse Palace! In recent years many visitors to Bruges were disappointed to find the Gruuthuse Palace closed. Today the building has been completely restored. Tue 01 Oct 09:43 East Flanders Two Ghent districts linked by 7,000 dominos The huge domino display was set up to mark the start of the city’s architecture festival. Sun 22 Sep 13:17 East Flanders Two Van Gogh’s auctioned “in secret” at East Flemish auction house The auction has been kept very hush hush as the vendor wants the paintings to remain in Belgium. Sun 22 Sep 12:49 Culture and Media 70,000 people have bought a Museum Pass Together they have made 300,000 visits to the museums that have signed up to the scheme. Fri 20 Sep 12:22 Foto VRT Culture and Media 18 Belgian wines receive golden medal 18 different Belgian wines were granted a golden medal at the 15th edition of the Belgian Wine Festival as the wine sector is booming. Thu 19 Sep 15:49 Culture and Media More Flemings reading newspapers According to new figures from the Centre for Information about the Media (CIM) the Flemish press reaches 4 million readers. Wed 18 Sep 14:20 Culture and Media Aalst Mayor and Alderman visit UNESCO HQ to defend city’s carnival During the last Aalst Carnival in March the carnival group ‘De Vismooil’n’ had a float that featured a number of stereotypical portrayals of members of the J... Tue 17 Sep 11:04 Flemish Brabant Techno beats, art and design at Horst Arts & Music in Vilvoorde 15/9/19 - Cooling towers, formerly used by a power station, are the venue for ravers taking part in this year’s Horst Arts & Music Festival in Vilvoorde. Te... Sun 15 Sep 15:00 West Flanders “Girl” pockets Ensors at Ostend Film Festival Lukas Dhont’s movie “Girl” took an amazing eight prizes or Ensors at the Ostend Film Festival. “Girl” won best film, best director and best actor for Viktor... Sun 15 Sep 09:24 Rawpixel Ltd. Culture and Media “Kindergartners pull me up on why I’m showing some leg” Flemish teachers are concerned about the impact Koranic schools or Madrasas are having. They say that the insights and radical ideas that are propagated the... Thu 12 Sep 11:16
East Flanders Cultural disaster exercise at Ghent museum 2020 is a big year for the Ghent Fine Arts Museum, the MSK. It’s the Van Eyck Year and the MSK is hosting a major exhibition. 250,000 visitors are expected... Tue 15 Oct 11:02
Culture and Media Honorary Award for Geraldine Chaplin at Film Fest Gent 14/10/19 - Film Fest Gent has honoured Geraldine Chaplin with the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award. Since the Sixties she’s appeared in over 150 American and Eu... Mon 14 Oct 15:07
Culture and Media Operation North Sea: the Port of Antwerp is liberated In Operation North Sea we learn how Allied forces recaptured German positions on the approach to the port of Antwerp. The operation was vital to ensure the A... Sun 13 Oct 10:03
Culture and Media VRT must make 40 million euro in savings by 2024 Management here at the VRT say that the Flemish public broadcaster will have to save a lot more than was initially envisaged. Fri 11 Oct 15:36
Sport Kevin De Bruyne commissions glass portrait of his wife Michèle It will remain on display at the The Boutique Gallery in Sint-Martins-Latem until the end of the month. Wed 09 Oct 13:33
Culture and Media Antwerp Stock Exchange restored to its former glory After having stood empty for two decades the magnificent building is once again a central meeting place in the heart of Antwerp. Mon 07 Oct 16:36
Culture and Media Europalia Romania: Brancusi at the Bozar in Brussels 7/10/19 - Art festival Europalia is celebrating its 50th anniversary. All events and exhibitions are devoted to the art of Romania. Mon 07 Oct 15:05
Culture and Media October-feasting: Antwerp rivals Munich 5/10/19 - A lively tune, dancing and flag waving, large tankards of foaming beer. Everybody’s wearing Lederhosen or some other Germanic attire. Sat 05 Oct 15:03
Culture and Media Elim Chan starts her new job as Chief Conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra The Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan has become the first woman to hold the post. Fri 04 Oct 16:47
Culture and Media Hooverphonic to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest The members of the group made the announcement during Tuesday’s edition of the VRT’s TV chat show ‘Vandaag’. Wed 02 Oct 12:31
West Flanders Discover the rich history of Bruges at Gruuthuse Palace! In recent years many visitors to Bruges were disappointed to find the Gruuthuse Palace closed. Today the building has been completely restored. Tue 01 Oct 09:43
East Flanders Two Ghent districts linked by 7,000 dominos The huge domino display was set up to mark the start of the city’s architecture festival. Sun 22 Sep 13:17
East Flanders Two Van Gogh’s auctioned “in secret” at East Flemish auction house The auction has been kept very hush hush as the vendor wants the paintings to remain in Belgium. Sun 22 Sep 12:49
Culture and Media 70,000 people have bought a Museum Pass Together they have made 300,000 visits to the museums that have signed up to the scheme. Fri 20 Sep 12:22
Foto VRT Culture and Media 18 Belgian wines receive golden medal 18 different Belgian wines were granted a golden medal at the 15th edition of the Belgian Wine Festival as the wine sector is booming. Thu 19 Sep 15:49
Culture and Media More Flemings reading newspapers According to new figures from the Centre for Information about the Media (CIM) the Flemish press reaches 4 million readers. Wed 18 Sep 14:20
Culture and Media Aalst Mayor and Alderman visit UNESCO HQ to defend city’s carnival During the last Aalst Carnival in March the carnival group ‘De Vismooil’n’ had a float that featured a number of stereotypical portrayals of members of the J... Tue 17 Sep 11:04
Flemish Brabant Techno beats, art and design at Horst Arts & Music in Vilvoorde 15/9/19 - Cooling towers, formerly used by a power station, are the venue for ravers taking part in this year’s Horst Arts & Music Festival in Vilvoorde. Te... Sun 15 Sep 15:00
West Flanders “Girl” pockets Ensors at Ostend Film Festival Lukas Dhont’s movie “Girl” took an amazing eight prizes or Ensors at the Ostend Film Festival. “Girl” won best film, best director and best actor for Viktor... Sun 15 Sep 09:24
Rawpixel Ltd. Culture and Media “Kindergartners pull me up on why I’m showing some leg” Flemish teachers are concerned about the impact Koranic schools or Madrasas are having. They say that the insights and radical ideas that are propagated the... Thu 12 Sep 11:16
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