Lifestyle

The Dranouter Festival, the meeting place for new traditions

16 May 2022

In 1975, a Dutch-Belgian couple created the Dranouter Folk Festival, a free folk music event for an audience of just 300 people.

Belgian hats go around the world

05 May 2022

Fabienne Delvigne has been passionate about hats since childhood and her only desire is to exalt women's beauty by bringing a contemporary feel and a touch of madness to her creations, all with t

The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken open to the public

21 April 2022

As tradition dictates, the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken are once again open to the public from 15 April to 8 May.

A pastis from Liège wins gold

19 April 2022

The Noblesse brothers win a gold medal for their Belgian pastis!

An energetic okapi with a pink tongue is born at Antwerp Zoo

31 March 2022

Antwerp Zoo is delighted with the birth of Xandor, the okapi born there on 23 February. Xandor means "Protector of the people", which is highly appropriate for an endangered species.

Belgian creativity and well-being

Belgium is an open society founded on tolerance. Its central position in Europe, its situation at the confluence between the Latin and Germanic worlds, its multilingualism and its pioneering political, social and religious freedoms have contributed to its cosmopolitan and friendly character.

Belgians like to enjoy life and make sure they do so! So nowhere else will you find so many regional, authentic and colourful beers, with such a contrasting range of tastes and smells. As for the Belgian chocolatiers, they offer products of unrivalled quality and flavour with a well-established world famous reputation. Waffles, spéculoos biscuits, cuberdon candies... Belgium has much to offer food lovers, not to mention its famous chips! Belgium is also the country with the most Michelin-starred restaurants per km² in the world.

Modern and trend-setting, Belgians love beauty. Fashion, furniture and room accessories, Belgian designers adore mixing genres and muddying the waters by tearing down borders! Internationally recognised, Belgian artists have long infiltrated the stores on the smartest avenues of capital cities the world over.

A country of freedoms and innovations, life is good in Belgium where we know how to welcome you so you can discover a lifestyle that's both comfortable and easy-going.

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