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Belgium building

Discussing iconic Belgian architecture with urban planners, architects, writers and curators.

Do the right thing

Weekly listings of exhibitions, concerts, openings, parties and events to do over the weekend.

Area codes

Local heroes reveal their favourite neighbourhood hotspots and hangouts – from bars and bookshops to restaurants and galleries.

This is Belgium

The best Belgian-only art, food, photography, music, travel, architecture and neighbourhood tips from the magazine’s team of editors.

hub heroes

We team up with hub.brussels, Brussels’ Business Support Agency, and shine a light on 50 of the Region’s start-up success stories driving the capital city’s economic landscape forward. From the eco-conscious manufacturer to the technology-enabled post-production imprint, our 50-strong selection of portraits and interviews plays testament to the Region’s dense and dynamic culture of entrepreneurship.

The Brussels Bike Hundred

We’re teaming up with Bike for Brussels to put together a 100-strong selection of local heroes shaping the city each in their own way. From designers and DJs to performers and publishers, these are the creatives riding Brussels forward.

The Mechelen Hundred

Nestled between Brussels and Antwerp, Mechelen has often been overshadowed by its larger neighbours. Yet teaming up with the City of Mechelen, our line-up of 100 of the city’s most prominent people, places and projects proves the extent of its potential. From artists and creatives to critical thinkers and fighters, these are the powerhouses driving Mechelen forward one step at a time.

The House Hundred

We’re teaming up with Bulldog to select 100 essential people, places and projects in Belgian house music. From producers and DJs to record labels and festivals, these are the forces driving the homegrown house scene forward, one BPM at a time.

The Leuven Hundreds

We’ve joined forces with Leuven to highlight 100 local people, places and projects that contribute towards making the city what it is today. From artists and architects to producers and professors, these are the driving forces powering Leuven forward one ingenious initiative at a time.

The Antwerp Hundreds

We've teamed up with This is Antwerp to bring you The Antwerp Hundreds, a 100-strong selection of local movers and shakers setting the tone for the neighbourhood of tomorrow.

Art

On-design

An in-depth look at the work of Belgian design studios, published monthly.

Favourite Belgian movies

Selections of essential Belgian movies handpicked by artistic directors, curators and all-round cinema connoisseurs.

Curator talks

Intimate conversations with curators dissecting the ambitions, intentions and narratives of their recently opened exhibitions.

Exhibition reviews

Visual documentaries of recently opened contemporary art exhibitions in Belgium.

Portfolio reports

Reviewing the practice of Belgium-based artists through in-depth looks at their recent works.

Studio visits

Exploring the environments and artistic spaces of some of the country’s foremost contemporary artists.

The art throwaway project

Insights into the lives of local contemporary art movers and shakers through our office Quicksnaps.

Music

Exclusive mixes

Hour-long mixes recorded by the crème de la crème of Belgian DJs and producers exclusively for us.

Favourite Belgian releases

Selections of essential Belgian tracks handpicked by local tastemakers, from DJs and producers to record label heads and record store clerks.

The music throwaway project

Backstage antics, tour tales and onstage adventures with some of the country’s most exciting musical talents captured with our office Quicksnaps.

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The pulse of a city: 25 visual tributes to Brussels

The pulse of a city: 25 visual tributes to Brussels

Art institutions, online radio, graphic design studio, independent magazine: this is how Creative Belgium sees Brussels.

Neighbourhood life
We the people: Eric Corijn on Brussels

We the people: Eric Corijn on Brussels

A discussion about Brussels we had with the respected cultural philosopher and social scientist Eric Corijn.

Neighbourhood life
This is (our) Brussels

This is (our) Brussels

To mark the release of The Brussels Special, we take a trip down memory lane to pull-up some of our favourite Brussels features.

Neighbourhood life
Where to buy our new edition in Belgium

Where to buy our new edition in Belgium

A complete run-down of some of the book shops, concept stores, museums and newsagents that stock our new edition.

Neighbourhood life Area codes
Area codes: Damien and Bénédicte’s Brussels

Area codes: Damien and Bénédicte’s Brussels

Award-winning restaurant Bouchéry's owners Damien and Bénédicte reveal their Brussels.

Neighbourhood life
The Brussels Special – Party pictures

The Brussels Special – Party pictures

Photographs from the night we had to mark the release of our new issue, The Brussels Special.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
On-Point teams up with Brussels Philharmonic

On-Point teams up with Brussels Philharmonic

We talk to On-Point Records about its recent partnering up with Brussels Philharmonic as the Belgium Trombone Quartet.

Neighbourhood life Area codes
Area codes: Jurgen Maelfeyt’s Ghent

Area codes: Jurgen Maelfeyt’s Ghent

Set to open his own bookshop-come-gallery this Thursday, we ask APE's Jurgen Maeyfelt about his favourite Ghent hotspots.

Neighbourhood life
PARTY!

PARTY!

To mark our Brussels Special hitting stores, we're having a party right across the road from the King's Palace. No kidding.

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People of Belgium, rise up!

People of Belgium, rise up!

Doing our (little) bit to fight the power, we captured some of last week's national protest with one of our throwaway cameras.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
10 things to do in Belgium this weekend (Mockup)

10 things to do in Belgium this weekend (Mockup)

In collaboration with ING Art Center, here's our list of tips and tricks for a culturally active WE in Belgium. 

Neighbourhood life Area codes
Area codes: Virginie Devillez’ Brussels

Area codes: Virginie Devillez’ Brussels

Curator and Middlemarch co-founder Virginie Devillez reveals her favourite neighbourhood spots.

Neighbourhood life
How the Absolut Andy Warhol Art Exchange came about.

How the Absolut Andy Warhol Art Exchange came about.

We talk to Absolut's Global Communications Manager about its global art exchange.

Neighbourhood life
Beats in Belgium: video teaser

Beats in Belgium: video teaser

A small video about Beats in Belgium, a special feature on the country's beat scene set to be published in our upcoming issue.

Neighbourhood life
Announcing our Brussels special

Announcing our Brussels special

With just under two weeks before going to print, pre-orders for our next edition are now open

Neighbourhood life
Introducing The Absolut Andy Warhol Art Exchange

Introducing The Absolut Andy Warhol Art Exchange

What Absolut's recently-launched Andy Warhol Art Exchange is all about, and what you need to do to participate.

Neighbourhood life
How to get your voice heard in our next edition

How to get your voice heard in our next edition

We've kept three pages open in our next issue for readers to get their work published alongside the country's leading creatives.

Neighbourhood life Area codes
Area codes: Claire Silva Moreira’s Brussels

Area codes: Claire Silva Moreira’s Brussels

Part two of our neighbourhood watch series with Brussels-based online vintage design retailer Claire Silva Moreira.

Neighbourhood life Area codes
Area codes: Marina Bautier’s Brussels

Area codes: Marina Bautier’s Brussels

We kick off the new season with a tour of some of Brussels-based designer Marina Bautier's favourite local digs.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
Best friends forever at Bozar

Best friends forever at Bozar

Pictures of a dinner we hosted to mark the opening of our exhibition, The Word presents The Belgian Six.

Neighbourhood life
Yes Philippe, Roland and Sergej, we fucked up

Yes Philippe, Roland and Sergej, we fucked up

What happened the day we realised we're not as perfect we thought we were...

Neighbourhood life
Order This is Belgium, get It It Anita’s vinyl release

Order This is Belgium, get It It Anita’s vinyl release

We're giving away copies of It It Anita's Word-produced vinyl release to the first readers who order our book, This is Belgium.

Neighbourhood life
Exhibition view: The Word presents The Belgian Six at Bozar

Exhibition view: The Word presents The Belgian Six at Bozar

A few exhibition views of our exhibition, The Word presents The Belgian Six, that opened in Brussels last night.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
Where to get This is Belgium in Brussels

Where to get This is Belgium in Brussels

Some of the fantastic Brussels bookshops that stock This is Belgium, our book documenting the country's creative coming-of-age.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
10 of Belgium’s best weekend getaways

10 of Belgium’s best weekend getaways

From Liège and Namur to Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels, we unveil 10 of our favourite quirky Belgian weekend getaways.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
15 facts and figures about This is Belgium

15 facts and figures about This is Belgium

We handpick 15 facts and figures about our book This is Belgium.

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The night we celebrated Belgium

The night we celebrated Belgium

A few photographs from the official book launch we held in Brussels to mark the release of This is Belgium.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
Inside This is Belgium

Inside This is Belgium

Word-potographer Miles Fischler plays around with This is Belgium's ubiquitous red rectangle.

Neighbourhood life
Converse collaborates with Belgian street artists

Converse collaborates with Belgian street artists

A few images of Converse's recent collaborations with Belgium's most prolific street artists.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
Around Belgium in 80 days

Around Belgium in 80 days

Photographer Joke De Wilde, a driving force behind our upcoming book This is Belgium, selects six of her favourite images. In Around Belgium in 80 days.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
Six of Belgium’s best travel guides

Six of Belgium’s best travel guides

These six books offer perfect introductions and insights into one of the world's last remaining superpowers.

Neighbourhood life
Inside Belgique-Op-Zee, our special edition

Inside Belgique-Op-Zee, our special edition

A few words and photographs on the special edition we made to mark the release of our book, This is Belgium.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
Best for news in Brussels

Best for news in Brussels

10 neighbourhood newsagents and a legendary downtown kiosk that'll cater to all the city's international press needs.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
Exhibition preview: Miles Fischler at Recyclart

Exhibition preview: Miles Fischler at Recyclart

We put a few questions to the Antwerp-based photographer in the run up to her show opening this Thursday in Brussels.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
Six things to do this weekend

Six things to do this weekend

Upper-crust erotica in Antwerp, historial reenactment in Ghent and group shows in Brussels.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
The Affordable Art Fair’s sixth edition

The Affordable Art Fair’s sixth edition

We dropped in The Affordable Art Fair to see what's cracking at the entry-level end of the market.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
Ten things to do this weekend

Ten things to do this weekend

Concerts in Kortrijk, group shows in Antwerp, vinyls markets in Brussels, drawings in Liège and artists teaming up in Brugge.

Neighbourhood life
Our best Instax moments of 2013

Our best Instax moments of 2013

The best Word moments of 2013 captured with the office Instax.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
Ten things to do in Belgium this weekend

Ten things to do in Belgium this weekend

Our weekly round-up of cultural showstoppers marks its return this week with a 10-strong selection of agenda fillers.

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Three reasons Belgium stood proud in 2013

Three reasons Belgium stood proud in 2013

Three homegrown projects which did more for Belgium in 2013 than any Stromae radio hit ever could.

Neighbourhood life
What we’re up to in 2014

What we’re up to in 2014

A group show at Bozar, the release of THIS IS BELGIUM, our next edition and a few other things to keep us all busy in 2014.

Neighbourhood life
What you liked, viewed and listened to the most in 2013

What you liked, viewed and listened to the most in 2013

The mix you most listened to, the content you Facebook-liked the most and the best Word parties of 2013. Just like that.

Neighbourhood life This is Belgium
15 spaces for photography in Belgium

15 spaces for photography in Belgium

From Brussels' Contretype to Antwerp's FoMu, we’ve crisscrossed Belgium looking for the best spaces for photography.

Neighbourhood life
The party we threw in Brussels for our new edition

The party we threw in Brussels for our new edition

A gospel pop act that literally brought the entire room to its knees and a bunch of guitar-wielding monks. EPIC.

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
A Third Rate party at BRASS with M.E.A.N + more

A Third Rate party at BRASS with M.E.A.N + more

...plus slow journalism on Sochi at FoMu, Jan Verbruggen, Suzan Frecon, Eric Baudelaire...

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
The Word at BRASS, Brussels

The Word at BRASS, Brussels

Our new edition hits Belgian stores this week with a brand-new, 'Only for Belgium' €10 cover price. Party!

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
A weekend of Warhol, Wilde Things, MAD and MØ

A weekend of Warhol, Wilde Things, MAD and MØ

...don't miss Gold Panda at Botanique and window dressing with Splash, Can and Cock at Komplot

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
Brainbox, Richard Serra and Happy birthday dear Academy

Brainbox, Richard Serra and Happy birthday dear Academy

...plus Catclub, Gedi Sibony and Everything and More at Tim Van Laere

Neighbourhood life Do the right thing
A weekend of Mykki Blanco, Chvrches and TUFTUFTUFTUF

A weekend of Mykki Blanco, Chvrches and TUFTUFTUFTUF

...plus Freek Wambacq’s Antwerp trailblazing, Etienne Courtois at Island, and Javier Tellez at SMAK.

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Pre-order our brand new edition

Pre-order our brand new edition

Pre-order our brand new edition and get a hand-stamped, limited-edition photo book.

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