North Station in Brussels is now the busiest in the country, taking over first place from South Station, according to the national rail authority SNCB. Last year North Station (pictured) saw a weekday average of 63,104 passengers, an increase of 8% on the year before. That came on top of a 24%...

What’s the connection between the Battle of the Golden Spurs in Kortrijk in 1302 and the Battle of the Dance taking place on Muntplein/Place de la Monnaie in Brussels? The answer is 11 July. That was the date in 1302 when a huge battle took place on the the Groeningheveld outside Kortrijk. Lining...

Turkey Lodos opened only recently, on Grande Rue au Bois in Schaerbeek, bringing together everything you would previously find in the little shops dotted around the commune. Fresh fruit and veg, fresh meat, cheeses galore, spices, sauces and snacks. Upstairs there’s cookware and kitchen equipment...

The recent suicide attacks at Istanbul airport in Turkey and in a shopping street in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad are commemorated this week in front of the Bourse, in Brussels city centre, writes Bruzz. The site at the steps of the old Brussels Stock Exchange is not only a memorial place for the...

The Brussels metro station Porte de Hal will be the first station to test out free wifi on the metro, with initial tests starting this summer. About a quarter of the metro stations should be equipped with free wifi by the end of the year, writes Bruzz. After Porte de Hal, the rest of the stations...

From mid-July, smoking will no longer be allowed in the Antwerp Zoo, with the exception of six designated smoking zones. A smoking ban will also come into effect in Planckendael Zoo, near Mechelen, from August. Planckendael ( pictured ) will have eight designated smoking areas, to accommodate its...

There's a new summer music festival in Brussels this week. The Midsummer Mozartiade is a week-long series of musical performances taking place in heritage sites in central Brussels, especially around the Royal Park which dates from Mozart's lifetime. Considering the very heavy summer event schedule...

Belgium are out of the Euro 2016 tournament after a brutal 3-1 defeat to Wales in the quarter finals in Lille that raises questions about the future of coach Marc Wilmots. The Red Devils looked crushed at the final whistle, but they paid the price for a tactical naivety that saw their defence...

The Belgians are poring over crucial questions about Brexit – the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union. Among them: Can flourishing trade relations with the UK ever be the same again? Will plummeting investments recover? Is it the end of the EU? Are all the Brits in Brussels going to...

A Catholic rest home in Diest, Flemish Brabant, that refused to carry out a request for euthanasia had no right to do so, a court in Leuven has ruled. The organisation Sint-Annendael Grauwzusters, which manages the Sint-Augustinus rest home, was ordered to pay €6,000 damages to the woman’s family...