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From Dresses to Dollar Bills: Texture Connects Past and Present of Flemish Flax

27 June 2024

From dresses to oil, dollar bills to cellos, the uses of flax are almost endless. The flax industry that developed on the banks of the river Leie brought unprecedented prosperity to southern West Flanders. At the Texture Museum in Kortrijk, you can take a contemporary look at exactly how this indust

‘Strive for Quality Education, but Beware of Unrealistic Expectations’

18 September 2023

From systemic teacher shortages to declining language skills, education in Flanders and the Netherlands faces similar problems. So, what can they learn from each other? The low countries asked education specialists Pedro De Bruyckere and Erik Meester for their opinions. ‘Mastering something, achie

Fury of Extraordinary Proportions: ‘Falling Is Like Flying’ by Manon Uphoff

12 June 2023

For over 25 years, Manon Uphoff has written novels and short stories that are populated by complex characters in troubled relationships. Falling Is like Flying is no exception. This novel delves into a painful personal past in search of love and identity.

‘t Grom Promotes Healthy Food Through Horticultural Heritage

16 November 2022

't Grom is situated in the heart of the vegetable region in the vicinity of the Flemish city Mechelen. In and around eighteenth-century farmhouses you will get acquainted with forgotten horticultural material and cultivation methods of yesteryear in an interactive way. But the museum also shows inno

Journey Through the Glorious History of Bruges at the Gruuthuse Museum

8 July 2022

The restoration of the Gruuthuse Museum in the historic centre of Bruges took five years, but now, the former 15th-century city palace is a unique museum where visitors can discover the city’s rich past through the stories behind more than six hundred objects. Each level recounts the story of a di

At Bokrijk the Past Inspires the Present

8 July 2022

If you want to see and experience how things used to be in the Flemish countryside, you will find plenty to do at Bokrijk Open-Air Museum. But the museum, located in a large park in the Belgian province of Limburg, is not stuck in the past. The clogs and rustic farmhouses are meant to make us think

Villa Empain, an Art Deco Palace for Art and Intercultural Dialogue

15 September 2021

Private residence, museum, Russian embassy, and headquarters of a TV station. Villa Empain has been all of these. This striking Art Deco house in one of the greenest neighbourhoods in Brussels has been a protected monument since 2007 and today is a Centre for Art and Dialogue between Eastern and Wes

C-mine Expedition Keeps Limburg Mining History Alive

25 June 2021

If you approach the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg, you will see slag heaps looming in the landscape. They refer to the mining past that is so strongly linked to the identity of this part of the province. At the creative hub C-mine, built on a former mining site, they bring that past to life in an

Serene Portraits of Renaissance Children Hide Calculated Political Play

6 May 2021

What can the portraits of the young Burgundian-Habsburg princes and princesses teach us about the political powers struggles of sixteenth-century Europe? You can discover the answer until 4 July at the Hof van Busleyden Museum in Mechelen. The Renaissance Children exhibition includes, amongst other

The Burgundians Show off Their Miniatures in a New Museum

30 September 2020

The Royal Library of Belgium (“KBR”) has a unique collection of manuscripts from the Burgundian period. After being hidden for approximately six hundred years, these gems of the Flemish miniature art are now accessible in a new museum on the Brussels Mont des Arts.

House of European History Celebrates a Continuously Evolving Continent

19 August 2020

When you talk about Europe, what are you actually referring to? The entire continent as it was defined by the geographic community, or merely the 27 member states of the European Union (EU)? What makes us Europeans? Do we have a shared history? Which perspective do we take when we talk about that pa

The Museum of Natural Sciences: Much More than a Dinosaur Dwelling

10 February 2020

It is nearly impossible to walk past the Iguanodons. The Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences is home to Europe’s largest dinosaur gallery. But there is much more left to discover about both human beings and animals, ranging from the minerals’ magnificent displays of colour to the biodiversity in

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