Culture

A Belgian film worthy of Hitchcock

09 February 2021

"Duelles" (Mothers' Instinct), the 2018 Belgian film which won nine Magritte Awards, has caught the attention of Hollywood, which plans to produce an American version with Jessica Chast

Historic book collections to be digitalised by Google

28 January 2021

Over the next three years, Google is likely to digitalise and put online more than 100,000 old books from the 16th to the 19th century from the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and the Plantin-More

UNESCO honours hunting horn music

23 December 2020

UNESCO has recognised the musical art of hunting horn players as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Your favourite Belgian authors are....

21 December 2020

Belgian literature is extremely broad and it would be rather simplistic to honour just one author, as the fields are so varied. Here are the results of our survey.

Belgian film at the top of the American box office

18 December 2020

The film "Bad Boys for Life", directed by Belgians Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, will finish as the highest grossing film in the United States.

A country of legends and thrills

The constant contact with other peoples and cultures hasn't been without its effects in terms of art and culture, both in the past and the present day. A true crossroads of the major influences of art, Belgium has always been home to a large number of artists and frequently establishes itself as the place for innovation for new movements.

Belgium has preserved much evidence of the greatest architectural and artistic movements. The Middle Ages saw cathedrals and belfries spring up, monuments that still grace the Belgian cities of art. Countless châteaux pepper the countryside and Belgium is the country with the most châteaux per km². As for Brussels, in the 20th century, it became the capital of Art Nouveau. All this explains the country's incredible architectural wealth.

The splendid works of the old Flemish painters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Pieter Bruegel, Jan Van Eyck, Antoine Van Dyck, along with more recent artists like Paul Delvaux or René Magritte, are now exhibited in museums all over the world.

The ultimate hub for comics, Belgium is home to the largest concentration of comic book authors in the world. They continue the tradition of Hergé (Tintin), Peyo (Les Schtroumpfs), Edgar P. Jacobs (Blake et Mortimer), Morris (Lucky Luke), Bob De Moor (Barelli, Cori de scheepsjongen), Willy Vandersteen (Suske en Wiske) and many more!

Today, many Belgian talents are making a name for themselves. This is particularly the case on the international music scene with Angèle, Milow, Selah Sue and Hooverphonic. On the big screen, a new generation of directors and actors are frequently recognised with awards including the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Oscars in Hollywood.

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