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What can visitors expect from Monster Chetwynd’s Middelheim performance weekend?
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What will Lost Frequencies bring to a landmark Brussels restaurant?
Brussels DJ Lost Frequencies and three partners have taken over the former Toucan sur Mer premises in Ixelles, with a renamed Mediterranean restaurant provisionally due to open in…
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Are Belgium and the Netherlands becoming a narco-state?
VRT released the four-part documentary series Drugsdelta on 1 September 2026, examining how cocaine trafficking connects Antwerp and Rotterdam with production regions and…
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Did Balagan World turn Brussels’ canal into an international house-music crossroads?
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LifestyleGhent swimming
Did blue-green algae sink Ghent’s open-water swimming experiment?
Ghent’s three temporary open-water swimming zones remained closed through their final scheduled day on 30 August 2026 after cyanobacteria kept the water below safety requirements.…
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How did Aalst’s CIRK! draw 35,000 visitors despite the downpours?
Aalst’s 17th CIRK! street-circus festival attracted an estimated 35,000 visitors from 28 to 30 August 2026, although heavy Saturday rain forced programme changes. The practical…
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