Filling the city centre every year, Winter Wonders, in partnership with visit.brussels, offers visitors the opportunity to discover the market district in the company of a guide. Between flavours and smells, lights and songs, chalets and entertainment, glorious food and delightful nectars, Winter Wonders deploys its course in the city centre for the pleasure of adults and children alike. Visit.brussels offers guided tours on foot to explore the district of Vismet and Sainte-Catherine with plenty of Christmas cheer. A lovely neighbourhood where all the city’s history comes together, which put Brussels on the world map. This area is also known for its “béguinage”, which was home to a community of women that led the way in terms of the emancipation of women. This year, event shows a new f
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The second Brussels chocolate show will be much bigger. For the second year in a row, Brussels will be welcoming the Chocolate Show from 6th to 8th February 2015. This time, with over 6000 m² devoted to chocolate in every form. Enough space to provide greater comfort for both exhibitors and visitors, particularly thanks to the site’s access and parking facilities. Even more artisans, conferences, workshops, and demonstrations to delight all ages! For 3 days, Palais 1 of the Brussels Expo in Brussels will be site for exceptional tastings and demonstrations. The Chocolate Show is the largest event in the world devoted to chocolate. Created 20 years ago in Paris by Sylvie Douce and François Jeantet, it occurs in the greatest cities in the world: Paris, New York, Tokyo, Moscow, Beijing, Sha
Read MoreThe 5th Comics Festival, an initiative of the Brussels-Capital Region’s Government with the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, the City of Brussels and COCOF (College of the French Community Commission) and organised by visit.brussels, came to an end Sunday last and was a great success. On Friday and Saturday evening, the Comic Strip Nights in the Park of Brussels were a real hit. The drawing concerts, the water shows and the open air cinema all managed to captivate the audience. On Saturday afternoon, the Place des Palais was the venue for the start of the Balloon’s Day Parade, a parade of helium-filled balloons inspired by the American tradition, but Brussels’ version was mainly made up of comic book characters. This year, Tintin, Kid Paddle, Boule and Spirou we...
Read MoreThe Brussels gourmet festival embellished by the best Bordeaux wines From 11 to 14 September 2014 and for the third consecutive year, the eat! BRUSSELS festival will show off the entirely international nature of Brussels gastronomy. Around 20 restaurant owners from the Brussels-Capital region, and from 10 provinces and partner towns, will come together at the Bois de la Cambre for four days of gustatory passion. In addition, this year, VISITBRUSSELS and the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux [Interprofessional Council for Bordeaux Wine] have decided to get together to create a joint event: eat! BRUSSELS, drink! BORDEAUX. Brussels will therefore become the first European city and the third international destination, after Hong Kong and Quebec, to welcome around sixty win...
Read MoreOnce again this year, Moulinsart is joining forces with the Comics Festival to whisk visitors away into the world of our favourite little reporter. More than 60 classic cars and bikes featured in the Tintin stories will be on show on Sunday 7 September. The theme will be like last year, the Journal Tintin . The rally will be setting off on a journey around some of the comic book highlights of Brussels, taking in the Hergé Museum in Louvain-la-Neuve as well. The vehicles will end up in the Place des Palais, where they will stay for the rest of the day so that members of the public can take the opportunity to admire them. There are still places available so if you own a vehicle that was featured in Tintin’s adventures between 1946 and 1993, you still have time to apply to take part in the
Read MoreFrom 11 to 14 September, the Brussels restaurant festival is once again coming to Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos. Over four days, restaurateurs from throughout the Brussels Capital Region and this year along with wines from Bordeaux as well as its partner cities, provinces and regions are coming together. During eat! BRUSSELS, drink! BORDEAUX, they will share their know-how and passion for delicious products with connoisseurs and foodies who are always looking out for outstanding quality, new taste sensations and adventures. This year, the enhancement of Brussels gastronomy is to be accompanied by sampling various Bordeaux wines in the company of winegrowers from that region. eat! BRUSSELS provides an excellent picture of the gastronomic diversity that Brussels is rich in....
Read MoreOn the occasion of this 19th edition, the Flower Carpet of the Grand Place has chosen to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Turkish immigration in Belgium. 1,800 m2 of begonias (begonyas in Turkish) will make up an ephemeral tapestry inspired by the geometric patterns of Turkey's famous kilims. Visitors will have the opportunity to admire this astonishing display from 14 to 17 August 2014, to sense all its tones and all its nuances, whether from the Grand-place itself or from above, from the balcony of the City Hall. A magical masterpiece, colourful and scented, what better way to pay tribute to the Turkish community of Brussels! The Turkish carpets or kilims Carpets are an integral part of Turkish culture. They are popular objects which are handed down from generation to gen...
Read MoreBelgian pride open the European Gay Pride season. On the 17th of May the Pride4Every1 will once again take place in the centre of Brussels. With 80 thousand participants right in the heart of Brussels last year, this event has become a major date in Belgian’s and Brussels’ calendar. The Pride4Every1 is the apotheosis of the PrideFestival that runs from the 2nd to the 17th of May. The Pride4Every1 offers everyone each year a day of complete freedom to be yourself: gay, lesbian, bi, trans*, inter*, queer* and straight, and that too in the heart of Europe. Thanks to its festive, fantastic and unique atmosphere, the Pride4Every1 is an event that carries a message during which the LGBTQI-community and the entire society all speak up with the same voice to defend the values of solidarity and
Read MoreWine lovers are delighted. Connoisseurs of fine wines are ready as the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles returns to its native city to celebrate its 20th anniversary, starting today. The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles makes an emotional return to Brussels, the city that saw its inception. In just twenty years, it has become the largest touring European wine tasting competition. Everything is now ready to welcome the prodigal child and bestow the title of Global Wine Capital on Brussels for three intense days of tastings. We will have a grand winner in next ten days. In all, 8,060 wines from 58 producer countries will compete on May 2, 3 and 4, 2014 in the European capital. France remains the leading participating country with 2,428 entries, followed by Spain (1,615 entries), Italy (1,163),
Read MoreCulinaria is back. A gastronomical event is not to be missed After 5 successful editions, Culinaria, supported by the Brussels Capital Region, has become an internationally acclaimed event, serving haute cuisine from around the world. A true smorgasbord in the heart of Europe, Culinaria offers a unique taste of Belgian culinary talents. Each year, Culinaria has a main theme, and the cutting-edge gastronomical trends attract large crowds. The theme for 2014 is the Original Feast. For its sixth anniversary, Culinaria will return to the essence of gastronomical delights, and revitalise this edition in a retro-libertarian, cheerful, and mischievous way. A few laughs at a grand banquet, do justice to delicious ingredients in steaming hot dishes, and an authentic, communal banquet that is...
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