21 essential Belgian pro-abortion artworks In the spirit of International Women's Day, we reveal 21 essential pro-abortion visuals, postcards, songs, stickers and pamphlets ranging from 1970 to 1990.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 10 public libraries in Belgium Public libraries fulfil an invaluable, and very necessary, role in modern society – we pay tribute to some of the country’s most distinct and distinguished ones in the hope of encouraging you to renew your membership once and for all.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium The Holiday Spirit: 10 charities for giving We've selected 10 Belgium-based charities that are tilting the balance towards generosity and kindness for those in need, from professional mentoring schemes aimed at refugees to national animal rights charities.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Neighbourhood Heroes: Best for cultural centres Our finetuned selection of cultural centres: the undisputed unsung heroes of the neighbourhood, the beacons of cultural empowerment remaining a crucial and necessary function of the social landscape.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium The people’s idea of fun: 13 folkloric traditions in Belgium The intriguing and sometimes even bizzare traditions and customs from all corners of Belgium, accompanied by archival visuals.
Art Curator talks Vizion, a new magazine capturing the country’s graffiti scene An interview with the publisher of the 170-pages strong annual magazine whose first edition was released two weeks ago at Brussels' bombing mecca, Montana shop.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 20 portraits taken from our book Thiis iis Belgiium In Internet speak, it's called throwback Tuesday: 20 portraits culled from our book Thiis iis Belgiium.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 12 innovations in personal living A hand-picked list of Belgium's most useful and effective initiatives within the sharing economy, sure to facilitate your daily life.
Neighbourhood life Area codes The initiatives shaping the Charleroi of tomorrow From creative space to live music venue, we drop in on four venues that are strenghtening the city’s cultural landscape and shaping its future.
Neighbourhood life Area codes The people and places of rapper Baloji’s Ghent Up close and personal in Ghent with the iconic rapper extraordinaire.
Neighbourhood life The best shopping addresses in Belgium Covering all your last-minute Christmas shopping needs.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Dig this: From musique concrète to punk A 10-track selection that sees us go from experimental to punk / new wave territory.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Dig this: 8 essential Dominique Lawalree cuts A selection of 8 essential cuts by the Brussels-based pianist, composer and arranger.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Dig this: 10 obscure punk and new wave cuts We start things off ambient and adventurous, to ends things resolutely punk.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Dig this: 10 ambient, punk and new wave Belgian tracks Further incursions into the depth of underground Belgian music.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Dig this: 15 oddball Belgian new wave, disco and house cuts Some old stuff, some new stuff, lots of Crammed Discs stuff as well as a 5-track Deewee Records-special to end things on the dance floor.
Neighbourhood life Pre-order the new and updated edition of This is Belgium All you need to know about the new and updated edition of our guidebook This is Belgium, now available as a pre-order.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 12 quirky Airbnb getaways in Belgium From one-person Brutalist masterpieces right outside Ghent to enchanted tree houses in the province of Luxembourg.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 15 last minute quirky summer stages ideas for kids A meatball-making camp? Beat-making sessions? Analog photography workshops? We've got you covered.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Serge Coosemans’ 10 favourite Belgian releases The infamous social media provocateur travels back in time to select his favourite Belgian releases for us.
Neighbourhood life Eppo Dehaes on framing Eppo Dehaes, manager of Martens Frames, talks on the craft of art framing.
Art Portfolio reports Seven Belgian-based artists to keep on your radar (Part 4) Part 4 of our selection of seven Belgian-based artists to keep your eyes on.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Walhalla Record’s Lieven De Ridder on Antwerp and surroundings The founder of legendary minimal synth record label Walhalla Records opens up about his Antwerp hangouts, from pita joints to ice cream parlours.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Favourite Belgian releases: Laurent Fintoni Music and culture writer Laurent Fintoni reveals his five all-time favourite Belgian releases.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 14 gift ideas for Christmas A selection of gift ideas to make him, her, and everyone around you happy in this end of year season.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Martin Botte The Unknown Reference record label founder reveals 14 of his favourite Belgian releases.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Best for basketball Our selection of some of the best basketball courts in Belgium.
Art Portfolio reports Photographer Michèle Matyn Michele's Matyn's elusive yet mesmerizing photographic work is featured in our soon to be released September edition.
Neighbourhood life Why The Word Magazine is free again A couple of words on why oh why we're back on the country's streets as a free magazine.
Art The art throwaway project Hana Miletic YBAP nominee Hana Miletic takes one of our throwaway cameras on a tour of Belgium, through Bozar, past Molenbeek and into Ghent.
Art YBAP Pre-selection jury: Martin Germann Another stellar addition to this years's YBAP pre-selection jury, Martin Germann contextualizes his contribution.
Art YBAP Pre-selection Jury: Marie-Noelle Dailly and Benoit Dusart Benoit Dussart and Marie-Noelle Dailly from Incise team up for this year's YBAP as pre-selection jury members.
Art YBAP Pre-selection Jury: Eva Wittocx Eva Wittocx gives us an insight on dossier-scrutinizing as this year's preselection jury member for the Young Belgian Art Prize.
Art YBAP Pre-selection Jury: Florent Bex Flor Bex leaves us a couple of words on contributing to the selection of finalists of this year's Young Belgian Art Prize.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Recto Verso’s Marie Hocepied Marie Hocepied, founder of Recto Verso, reveals her picks for unwinding and spending quality time with family and friends.
Neighbourhood life Why we take FM Brussel’s closure personally We weigh-in on the debate surrounding the recently-announced closure of local radio station FM Brussel.
Art Curator talks Didier Vervaeren on The Belgians at BOZAR With The Belgians, his recently-opened exhibition at Bozar, Didier Vervaeren lays out the ins and outs of this curatorial project.
Art The art throwaway project Behind the scenes at Un-Scene III We ask assistant curator Marwann Frikach to capture the set-up phase of Wiels' Un-Scene III, which opened to the public last week.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 21 essential addresses for pots & plants We do our bit for mother nature and reveal 21 of our favourite addresses for pots and plants in Belgium.
Neighbourhood life Area codes DJ Azer’s Ghent If Azer has been around, his beloved Ghent was always in his heart. Let's find out about his best kept secret.
Art Exhibition reviews Un-Scene III at Wiels Thirteen talents, Belgian born or based, are exhibited at WIELS's recent and third edition of Un-Scene. Here are the highlights.
Art Exhibition reviews Etienne Courtois We catch up with artist Etienne Courtois a few days after his exhibition opening in Brussels.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Flagey’s Gilles Ledure Flagey's Gilles Ledure sets up his classic picks of Brussels addresses.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 23 record shops in Belgium (Part 2) As we promised, here is the second part of our journey throughout the most enjoyable records shops in Belgium.
Art Curator talks SMAK’s Iris Paschalidis on Jef Geys SMAK's Iris Paschalidis opens up on curating Jef Geys' recent exhibit
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium 23 record shops in Belgium (Part 1) We've crisscrossed the country to select its most notable and enjoyable record shops
Art The art throwaway project The Venice Biennial La Grande Dame of art biennials might be seen as a tat dated but it is still the most important art event in the world.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Area codes: Frederik Vercruysse’s Antwerp Antwerp's nooks and crannies have found a way to fairly new resident Frederik Vercruysse's heart.
Music 7 new releases in Belgian underground music We debut a monthly series on new Belgian releases with Shetahr, Wulfy Benzo, Sagat, DSR Lines, KZK, HRNS and Bright Entity.
Art Portfolio reports Stephanie De Smet’s Inside green Photographer Stephanie De Smet, Instagram's #insidegreen queen, reveals the ins and outs behind her iconic series.
Art Curator talks Wim Lambrecht on Tabula Rasa LUCA's Wim Lambrecht discussed curating his recent exhibition 'Tabula Rasa,' showing now at Dr. Guislain Museum
Neighbourhood life Cas-Co, a co-working space for artists Cas-co's art space and ateliers set a new standard for Leuven's burgeoning art scene.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Stephanie Specht’s Antwerp In this week's Area code, we takes a stroll through graphic designer Stephanie Specht's Antwerp.
Art Portfolio reports Adelheid De Witte Artist Adelheide de Witte on her latest series of painting, Guest rooms, that she'll be showing in her Gent studio this weekend.
Music First things first: Wits Belgian bedroom Producer Wits gave up everything for an adventure in Thailand and came back with an EP.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Best for child play We’ve criss-crossed the country to reveal the best playgrounds that Belgium has to offer.
Neighbourhood life New kids on the block: Le Colonel Newly opened restaurant Le Colonel may just become an institution for the city's meat lovers.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Jon and Maša’s Antwerp The couple behind Antwerp-based creative agency Klein take us on a tour of their favourite local hangouts.
Neighbourhood life Every single little Brussels-inspired object you gave us We archived each and every of the Brussels-inspired memorabilia you donated to our Time Capsule project.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Best for live music, Part 2 Part two of our live music venues roundup takes us from Namur to Ghent and back.
Neighbourhood life Area codes WIELS senior curator Zoë Gray We ask recently appointed Wiels's senior curator Zoë Gray about her favourite places in Brussels.
Neighbourhood life New kids on the block: Japanese photography gallery IBASHO We talk to the founders of IBASHO, Antwerp's newest fine art photography gallery with a penchant for Japan.
Neighbourhood life The Word presents Locals Only on FM Brussel and 22tracks. We'll soon be starting a weekly radio show as well as curating a monthly streaming playlist and want to get your promos.
Music First things first: rapper K1D (with free download) With his debut EP now out, rapper K1D opens up about hometown heroes, mistakes made and hiding tracks from mum.
Neighbourhood life 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.
Art Portfolio reports KASK graduate photographer Pauline Miko With her first Brussels solo show opening tomorrow, young Belgian photographer Pauline Miko talks memory, medium and mentors.
Art Curator talks 44 Gallery’s Luc Rabaey on Collage & Photography We discuss Gallery 44's recently-opened show Collage & Photography with its founder Luc Rabaey
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Best for live music, Part 1 Belgium is known as a haven for bands and their touring ambition. And these are the places they want to play at.
Neighbourhood life New Kids on the Block: Olivier Biltereyst & Laurent Bouchat There's a new 20th century design and art book store that's just opened in the Brussels neighbourhood of Uccle.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Caoutchou Records To celebrate their latest compilation hitting Bandcamp, Caoutchou Records dig deep to reveal their favourite Belgian releases.
Music First things first: Hypochristmutreefuzz (with free download) Noise-rockers Hypochristmutreefuzz on eating honey and what their parents think of their music.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Area codes: Ingrid Deuss’ Antwerp We take a stroll through gallery owner Ingrid Deuss' Antwerp.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Alex Deforce From rap, jazz, samba and beat music, record label head and local promoter Alex Deforce reveals his favourite Belgian releases.
Art Portfolio reports Den Eeveertig Straight out of our latest edition, Joke De Wilde's photographic journey alongside Belgium's E40.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Area codes: DIFT founders Yves and Bert’s Ghent DIFT founders reveal Ghent's best coffee bars, tattoo parlours, restaurants and bars.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Lieven De Ridder Walhalla Recordings founder made a list of his favourite Belgian tracks and there's a solid chance you never heard any of them.
Art Exhibition reviews Gilbert Fastenaekens at Botanique We preview veteran Brussels-based photographer Gilbert Fastenaekens' retrospective at Botanique.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Area codes: Dj Kwak’s Brussels Tireless music promoter DJ Kwak delivers his first class Brussels addresses.
Neighbourhood life Brussels Biker Boys outtake #1: People These are the people, the human faces, behind one of Brussels' most notorious biker squads.
Neighbourhood life Area codes Area codes: Thierry and Sarah’s Antwerp Thierry Vandenbussche and photographer Sarah Van Marcke take us on a neighbourly walk around their Borgerhout.
Music The music throwaway project Chrome Brulée iPod-dolls, tape-robots, albino crocodiles and synthporn: Chrome Brulée takes one of our throwaway cameras for a ride.
Neighbourhood life 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 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 A complete run-down of some of the book shops, concept stores, museums and newsagents that stock our new edition.
Music Exclusive mixes Lowcommittee Low Committee “Race At Club Neon” came out on Vlek on 1st December and it's so great we asked him for a mix.
Neighbourhood life Do the right thing 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.
Music Exclusive mixes Captain Starlight He's the first one to play at our after-party this Friday, so we asked him for an exclusive mix.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Belpop16 Next up in our series on iconic Belgian records comes courtesy of Youtube channel Belpop16.
Neighbourhood life Area codes 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 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.
Music Exclusive mixes Le Motel As one of the producers featured in our upcoming edition, we asked Le Motel to record an exclusive mix for us.
Music Exclusive mixes Trime Exclusive mix 25 comes courtesy of Trime, a Leuven-based hip hop head who'll be opening for Oneman tomorrow in Brussels.
Music Exclusive mixes Caoutchou Records To mark their appearance in our Beats in Belgium feature, Ghent-based Caoutchou Records deliver exclusive mix 24.
Music Exclusive mixes Hiele Antwerp-based producer Hiele records an exclusive mix for us to mark the upcoming release of our new edition.
Music Favourite Belgian releases Koen Galle We kick off a new series this week, asking the country's music tastemakers to reveal their favourite Belgian releases.
Neighbourhood life Area codes 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.
Music Our picks of Belgian beat acts at this year’s summer festivals We select some of the Belgian beat acts making the rounds at this year's summer festivals.
Neighbourhood life 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 This is Belgium 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 15 facts and figures about This is Belgium We handpick 15 facts and figures about our book This is Belgium.
Neighbourhood life 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 Word-potographer Miles Fischler plays around with This is Belgium's ubiquitous red rectangle.
Neighbourhood life 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 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.
Music Exclusive mixes Vlek records Marking the upcoming release of our book This is Belgium, we enlist Brussels-based label Vlek for an exclusive mix.
Neighbourhood life This is Belgium Six of Belgium’s best travel guides These six books offer perfect introductions and insights into one of the world's last remaining superpowers.
Music Exclusive mixes Nosedrip records Nosedrip handpicks 11 Belgian tracks for the first in a three-part series of exclusive This is Belgium mixes.
Music 11 iconic new wave tracks from Belgium Starman Records head honcho Felix Huybrechts compiled a list of 11 of his favourite 80s Belgian new wave tracks for us.
Neighbourhood life 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 Area codes Area codes: Coffeeklatch’s Magali and Bart on Antwerp North The prolific profilers talk gentrification and architectural gems in this crash course on their north city 'hood.
