Brussels Christmas Market

Christmas market, December 2011, Brussels
The festive season began with the big tree and the spectacular lights in Grand Place. The view was splendid. And the music...you should have been there to see how marvelous it was. The young, the old, lots of children...they all enjoyed the spectacle. 
Map & Directions

Autumn in Brussels

Autumn is magic !!! It's the perfect time to discover the beautiful colors of nature. A short walk through the VUB campus will help you relax after a long day of work. Just try it! It's such a relaxation for body and spirit :-)

Access: http://goo.gl/maps/hjdty

La Bande Dessinée

Belgium is the country of comic strips. All around Brussels, if you look on the buildings you can see famous characters like Tintin and Gaston Lagaffe.

What most of you don't know is that the Smurfs  (Les Schtroumpfs in French and De Smurfen in Dutch) came out from Belgium as well. I'm pretty sure you all have nice memories from your childhood with Gargamel, Papa Smurf, Grouchy Smurf and so on.

It all started in 1929 when Hergé invented TinTin, a young reporter sent all over the world to find his stories. It was first published in some local journals and nowadays is translated in more than 80 different languages.

Belgium had a huge contribution to the development of the 9th art