3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (662+ words) More than 90 percent of the properties listed on accommodation website Airbnb in Brussels are not properly registered with the Brussels Region. That amounts to 2,500 apartments, houses, or villas being rented out illegally according to research conducted by Brussels media outlet…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (197+ words) The Belgian scientific research vessel Belgica has 34 missions scheduled for this year. Science Policy Minister Vanessa Matz (Francophone centrist Les Engag's) announced during a visit to the Belgica at Zeebrugge naval base. The ship is setting sail again after being…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (267+ words) In Bruges a city guide has been issued with a charge sheet because his group included two people too many in violation of a new by-law limiting the number of tourists per guide group in the West Flemish capital'to 20. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (509+ words) When there is a rail strike, the rail company NMBS publishes an "alternative timetable" 24 hours in advance. This shows which trains will be running on the day of the strike. The timetable can be found on the NMBS website or…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (245+ words) At the end of 2025 there were 62,234 families and individuals on the waiting list for social housing in Brussels. This is a record and accounts for 10% of the total number of households in the Brussels Capital Region. Depending of the type…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (327+ words) The Belgian scientific research vessel Belgica 2 will be able to set sail again in March, provided that maintenance work in a dry dock in Antwerp goes well. This is a turning point for the extremely expensive floating laboratory, which has…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (267+ words) According to figures from Brussels Airport, the company that runs Belgium's biggest airport at Zaventem (Flemish Brabant), a total of 24.4 million passengers travelled through the airport last year. However, the figures would have been 275,000 higher were it not for the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (301+ words) As Belgium braces for Storm Goretti, the Home Affairs Ministry has activated the emergency number 1722. For non-life-threatening storm and water damage for which you need the assistance of the fire service, you can either call 1722 or submit a request via…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (380+ words) The properties advertised on the Airbnb platform, located near the Umamido restaurant in the Sint-Katelijne district of the City of Brussels, received an unexpected visit from the alderwoman and police on Tuesday. Maes wanted to have the building sealed after…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (284+ words) Barely 1 in 10 parking fines handed out in Brussels to foreign motorists ever gets paid. The value of unpaid fines over the past two years now amounts to more than "25 million. The figure comes from outgoing Brussels mobility minister Elke Van…...