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Berlin is coming

Taste.brussels brings a Berlin touch to the capital, refreshing the already vibrant Dansaert area with a breath of fresh Kreuzberg air.

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New kids on the block: Bayer & Bayer

There's a new, English-inspired barbershop in town and it's called Bayer & Bayer.

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Jon and Maša’s Antwerp

The couple behind Antwerp-based creative agency Klein take us on a tour of their favourite local hangouts.

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New kids on the block: Record store Escalade

We paid a visit to Brussels' newest record store Escalade to find out what they had in their crates.

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Area codes: Ingrid Deuss’ Antwerp

We take a stroll through gallery owner Ingrid Deuss' Antwerp.

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Area codes: DIFT founders Yves and Bert’s Ghent

DIFT founders reveal Ghent's best coffee bars, tattoo parlours, restaurants and bars.

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Urban development agency creates collaborations between shop owners and designers

In a bid to spice up the design aspect of our neighbourhoods' retail landscape, urban development agency Atrium launched a contest calling on designers to jazz up the windows and displays of local independent grocery shops.

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An interview with Antwerp’s fashion retail pioneer Geert Bruloot

In an exclusive interview for The Word, Philippe Pourhashemi talks to retail pioneer Geert Bruloot about the influence of London in his early days, the making of the Antwerp Six and how Japan paved the way for Belgium.

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White coats: The pharmacist

For the last instalment in our series on professions that still require wearing a white coat in the workplace, we visit Ghent-based pharmacist Ann Seye.

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The king of clean

Eddy Beaurain's Pressing No1 is an institution amongst Brussels' fashion folk. We pay him a visit days before he closes shop for good.

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White coats: The baker

In part three of our feature on wearing white coats at work, we profile Himschoot, Ghent's oldest bakery.

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White coats: The cheesemonger

Meet cheesemaker Walschot in the second instalment of our series on professions that still cherish the white coat as working wear.

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White coats: The poulterer

Do you remember the time when wearing a white coat at work was a pre-requisite, not an option? Here, we visit four professions who still insist on donning a white apron during working hours.

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Spicing it up: Saveurs et Savoirs

For the last instalment in our four-part series of inspiring retail start-ups, we spice things up a little with Saveurs et Savoirs, a temple to the senses set to open in Brussels this December.

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Ménage à deux: When fashion, art and lifestyle collide

In the third instalment of our series on new retail innovations, we meet DJ duo Ménage à deux a couple of days prior to the opening of their concept store of the same name, a fashion, design and culture emporium nestled in the heart of Brussels.

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OpenSoon supports businesses with an attitude

In a fresh bid to add character to your local shopping strip, the Belgian government has launched OpenSoon, an initiative that puts independence and creativity back at the heart of your community by supporting young upstarts in their retail adventures. We profile four of these subsidised projects, starting this week with Brussels-based jewellery shop-come-talent-plateform Joya.

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Tell your people to call my people and we’ll do lunch…

Midday is crunch time at Word HQ, which means we’ve built up a considerable knowledge bank of places we can call upon for an immediate fix of culinary double-deckers. Spanning our customary urban triangle of Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels, these are the places you’ll find us queuing up round about 12h10. Photography Veerle Frissen Brussels […]