Friday 9 May 2025
The Brussels Times Magazine

The Brussels Times Magazine

Current Issue: FEB/MAR 2025

The Brussels Times Magazine

Magazine Articles

MAGAZINE
The grand plans for the Cinquantenaire

Belgium is teaming up with the EU to celebrate its 200th birthday in 2030 at the Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels. But can a city park dotted with monuments glorifying an imperial past reflect the inclusive vision of the 21st century?

Friday 9 May 2025
MAGAZINE
Best food and drink in Brussels

What are the most delicious foods, refreshing drinks, coolest cafés and intriguing restaurants in Brussels now?

Wednesday 7 May 2025
MAGAZINE
Can Brussels turn the Toison d’Or into a Champs-Élysées?

The short shopping stretch from the Porte de Namur to Place Louise, known as the Toison d’Or, is essentially two distinct sections bisected by a busy highway and tunnels. The city has new plans to make the zone more user-friendly.

Wednesday 7 May 2025
MAGAZINE
Belgium’s gravity-defying boat lifts reach new heights

Somewhere in Belgium, there is a piece of engineering so gargantuan, so mind-bogglingly over-the-top, that it makes the Atomium look like a child’s sandcastle.

Monday 5 May 2025
MAGAZINE
The meaning of Brusselization

Until the 1870s, central Brussels resembled Bruges more than a little, as we can still see from photographs and paintings of the time.

Monday 5 May 2025
MAGAZINE
Bridge over troubled traffic: How Brussels is falling out of love with viaducts

Brussels used to love the massive viaducts that channelled cars across the city and above the people at street level.

Monday 5 May 2025
MAGAZINE
How to store a rainforest in a filing cabinet

Hidden behind rows of steel and linoleum, Meise’s herbarium holds centuries of botanical drama: imperial ambitions, scientific feuds and four million plants.

Sunday 4 May 2025
MAGAZINE
Why new Brussels-based WW2 novel feels more timely than ever

33 Place Brugmann is an immersive work of historical fiction, weaving the intimate lives of 14 apartments in one building in wartime Brussels.

Saturday 3 May 2025
MAGAZINE
Ancient trees outlive their greenhouses at Meise's Botanic Garden

From a towering, foul-smelling titan to a rose garden mapped by DNA, this is no sleepy park—it’s a living, evolving marvel.

Saturday 3 May 2025
MAGAZINE
How Brandon Wen is breaking the fashion rules in Antwerp

US designer Brandon Wen’s fearless vision is shaking up the Antwerp Royal Academy’s celebrated fashion department.

Thursday 1 May 2025
MAGAZINE
Weekend break: Taste of Bouillon

Bouillon has stunning natural beauty due to its location along a meandering river in a green valley of the Ardennes.

Sunday 27 April 2025
MAGAZINE
Why Liège-Bastogne-Liège still breaks the best

Every spring, Liège-Bastogne-Liège rolls around to ask the world’s best cyclists the same pitiless question: how much hurt can you take?

Monday 21 April 2025
MAGAZINE
How a Brussels studio swept Flow to the Oscars

"You’re suddenly about to go on stage in front of 20 million people. I’m usually behind the camera not in front – I’m not so used to the spotlight."

Sunday 20 April 2025
MAGAZINE
Art and events in Brussels and beyond

The Brussels Times Magazine selects the best current and upcoming events and exhibitions.

Saturday 19 April 2025
MAGAZINE
Raising defences: How Belgium is getting ready for war

As Europe braces for an uncertain future, Belgium is ramping up its military preparedness after decades of defence neglect. Can the country can catch up in time?

Friday 18 April 2025
MAGAZINE
The Brussels canal that carried a century

From sourcing half of Flanders’ drinking water to shaping the future of sustainable transit, the Albert Canal provides Belgium with more than just a scenic cycling route.

Wednesday 16 April 2025
MAGAZINE
Fond memories of trashy Brussels

What a joy the modern era of rubbish is!

Sunday 6 April 2025
MAGAZINE
Tram 25, from Boondael to Rogier

Taking the tram from leafy Ixelles to Rogier – while pondering the changing scenery on the line into the city. 

Saturday 5 April 2025
MAGAZINE
Weekend break: Hop to Pop

Explore breweries, local delicacies, historical sites, and outdoor adventures in this unique region.

Saturday 29 March 2025
MAGAZINE
The Brussels basement offering a hot meal ticket

"We're helping people get through the day. If they've got a stable source of food, they can start accessing other services to get their lives back on track."

Sunday 23 March 2025

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