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Queen Fabiola’s foundation not yet wound down

More than three months after Queen Fabiola announced that she would abandon her controversial Fons Pereos foundation , the widow of King Baudouin has not yet taken the first steps to do so, De Tijd reports today. This was confirmed by her solicitor, Jean Van Rossum. In January, Queen Fabiola issued...

‘Neighbourhood lifestyle hotel’ chain expands into Belgium

The Pentahotels group is to open five hotels in Belgium this year as part of its expansion plans, writes Travel Daily Media's Amanda Greenwood . The group has signed contracts to take over the Mercure Brussels Centre Louise, Alliance Hotel Brussels Airport, Mercure Liège, Alliance Hotel Brussels...

Wage watchers: how much does a court reporter earn?

Court reporter Chris Verhaeghe, 24, from Halle talks about what he earns and how he spends it What do you do for a living? I’m a journalist for the Persinfo news agency and work as a court reporter for the VRT’s news service. I follow all kinds of court cases taking place at Brussels’ courthouse,...

Running for Retrak: Week 9

At Retrak, we believe we can transform highly vulnerable children’s lives, preserve families, empower communities and give each of them a voice. To do that, we employ very gifted and skilled staff and we constantly develop them to be able to deliver services of a very high standard. In February, a...

Belgium second-worst in Europe for motorcyclists

Belgium is the second most dangerous country for motorcyclists in Europe, just behind Greece. More than 120 motorcyclists die each year on Belgian roads, an average of 12 deaths per million inhabitants, Flemish broadcaster VTM said, quoting a study by motorists’ organisation Touring. Heavy traffic...

Belgian wage complaint to Commission finds support in Germany

The European Commission is studying a complaint from Belgium about low wages at some German firms, described by Belgium as unfair “social dumping”, reports the BBC’s Laurence Peter . Two Belgian government ministers sent a letter last month alleging that Germany’s “mini-jobs” undermined EU...

Reynders reminds Serbia of Kosovo prerequisite

Belgium and the EU “have to be sure that Belgrade can solve its problems with Priština”, Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders said during a meeting in Belgrade yesterday with Serbia’s first deputy PM, Aleksandar Vučić. Vučić told Reynders that Serbia was prepared to fulfil the requirements in...

Football chairman locks players out

Players at troubled second division club FC Brussels have been locked out by the club’s chairman. After a deal with investors from Dubai broke down, chairman Johan Vermeersch decided to change the locks to club’s training facilities, locking out the new players brought in by the Dubai consortium...

Dutch anger at planned Belgian motorway tax

Dutch motorists’ organisation ANWB is angry about Belgium’s plans to introduce a tax for foreign motorway users to raise money for road repairs, reports Dutch News . Everyone with a foreign car planning to drive through Belgium by motorway would have to pay the tax, on a 10-day, two-month or annual...

Fin de Siècle

Submitted by Robyn Boyle on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 16:49

They also don’t take reservations, so expect to wait a while for your table. Our party of five takes a draughty seat by the door and nurses a round of Trappist beers (Rochefort, Chimay, Orval) in the meantime.

Finally seated, we have a look down the rows of other diners squeezed together at long wooden tables. There’s a party of 17 next to us. (Or are they together?) This is by no means a romantic one-on-one kind of restaurant, but rather a place where you bring along a bunch of mates, or go to meet a few new ones.

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