FestiVita! - Brussels Early Music Festival
Cercle royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire
Brussels
Festival
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FestiVita! - Brussels Early Music Festival
Murder Mystery Game
Go down under the Place Royale to discover the remains of Charles V's former palace and investigate in a thrilling Murder Party.
An investigation game to play in the remains of the former Palace of Brussels. The goal? Solve a 500-year-old cold case
Brussels, 1521. During festivities at Coudenberg Palace, an important person dies in strange circumstances. Centuries later, his ghost and that of fellow guests now haunt the remains of the palace. Startled by the presence of these lost souls, the museum's guardians ask visitors to discover the key to this mystery. To do so, you will have to overcome your fear and interview the witnesses to the drama.
Go down under the Place Royale to discover the remains of Charles V's former palace and investigate in a thrilling Murder Party.
How does it work?
Use your smartphone (or tablet) to collect clues spread around the archaeological site. Using QR codes and videos, listen to the testimony of each character in the story to solve the enigma. The game master will help you to clarify your hypothesis and solve the mystery.
Practical information
When: Wednesday 28th of December 2022 from 17:30 to 22:00
Prices: 15€ -12€ (-26 years old)
Entrance: Place Royale 10 - 1000 Brussels
Info: www.coudenberg.brussels or + 32 (0)2 563 61 79
Languages: French, Dutch, English
Public: from 15 years old
Coudenbergpaleis
Brussels
Animations
Murder Mystery Game
Aime comme Marquise
Centre Culturel d'Auderghem
Auderghem
Theatre
Aime comme Marquise
With Brel in Brussels - Walking Tour
Brel Foundation
Brussels
Exhibition
With Brel in Brussels - Walking Tour
On Display. Designing the shop experience.
As an object of design and architecture, the store shapes our urban landscape and permeates popular culture. A place of exchange and interaction, it plays a significant role in the diffusion of design and interior design trends during the 20th century. By combining small scale and ephemeral character, the store reveals itself as a favorable terrain for experimentation and expression of modernity. More than just a place, retail is a social marker and a space for innovation. Reflecting the evolutions of our society and an environment favorable to their representation, the store offers a look at modern and contemporary aesthetics. From Adolf Loos to Marc Newson via René Herbst or Ettore Sottsass, “On Display. Designing the shop experience” questions the use of design and architecture within a visual and furniture identity specific to the store.
Design Museum Brussels
Laeken
Exhibition
On Display. Designing the shop experience.
PHOTO I BRUT #2 Collection Bruno Decharme
PHOTO | BRUT BXL is a project of exhibitions and multidisciplinary events coordinated by the Centre d’Art Brut et Contemporain La « S » Grand Atelier1 (Vielsalm) in collaboration with Bruno Decharme, collector and founder of abcd-art brut in Paris, and 4 partner organisations based in Brussels: Botanique, CENTRALE for contemporary art, Art et marges museum and Tiny Gallery.
In the context of the project PHOTO | BRUT BXL, Botanique is delighted to host PHOTO | BRUT #2, Bruno Decharme collection. This exhibition will feature some recent works, offering an unprecedented insight into this unconventional form of photography. It follows the theme of its predecessor, questioning the same emotions and addressing the same questions. The accompanying texts by Barbara Safarova, author of the exhibition catalogue, reflect the collector’s own selections, while Bruno Dubreuil’s essay provides a different perspective.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Exhibition
PHOTO I BRUT #2 Collection Bruno Decharme
Chocolate workshop, making chocolates
Discover the wonders of Belgian chocolate and learn how to make these tasty treats at the biggest chocolate store in Brussels. Enjoy a 1-hour workshop with the guidance of expert chocolatiers and have a go at making amazing handmade chocolates yourself.
Discover the wonders of Belgian chocolate and learn how to make these tasty treats at the biggest chocolate store in Brussels. Enjoy a 1-hour workshop with the guidance of expert chocolatiers and have a go at making amazing handmade chocolates yourself.
The experience begins with a warm welcome from your guides and a delicious hot chocolate. While you drink, listen to a short but fascinating introduction into the world of Belgian chocolate and learn an array of chocolate making secrets.
After the intro, the real fun begins with a demonstration of chocolate tempering on a marble table. It’s then time to have a go yourself and make your own chocolate treats with the help of expert chocolatiers. Spend the hour making your very own personalized and tasty mendiants, truffles, lollipops and more. You’ll also taste the ruby chocolate, a newly discovered cocoa bean that is 100% natural but which creates incredibly pink chocolate treats!
At the end of the experience, package up your chocolates and take them home with you to share with friends, or enjoy alone!
Of course you will not become a true chocolate maker in only one hour but I will share with you a little bit of the magic of my job!
Elisabetta Passafaro, Master chocolatier
Patricia Lafargue, Pastry chef
The Belgian Chocolate Makers (Sablon)
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Chocolate workshop, making chocolates
Tram Experience
Embark on a unique gastronomic journey through Brussels!
After a well-deserved rest, the completely redesigned Tram Experience offers you a brand-new contemporary adventure through Belgian gastronomy.
Originality, heritage and tingling taste buds are on the menu!
This new season, Belgian cuisine is being reinvented by great chefs from all three of the country's regions. Come and (re)discover Belgian gastronomy in the unique and warm atmosphere of a tram as it travels through Brussels.
Chef Lionel Rigolet** is once again doing us the honour of being the Tram Experience's patron! His rigour and his expertise as a chef, at the head of the prestigious Comme chez Soi, enable us to propose menus with perfect execution.
Our chef caterer Thibault Granville (Taste Great) prepares and finishes the recipes on board.
All aboard!
RATES
Table for 2 persons, 6 course menu : 210€.
Table for 2 people, 7 course menu : 260€ (French)
Table for 4 people, 6 course menu : 420€ (French)
Table for 4 people, 7 course menu : 520€ (French)
STIB Poelaert stop
Brussels
Animations
Tram Experience
Half-day City Tour of Brussels
This is a great way to discover Brussels. This tour will be an eye-opener that helps you understand Belgium and to see its links with European history. We advise you to take this excursion upon your arrival in Belgium.
See all the sights of Brussels in a half-day tour on a bus and walking tour. Discover the tourist sites with a multilingual guide.
Your visit begins with a walk through the historic heart of medieval Brussels. Discover the amazing town hall located on the Grand Place and learn about the city's rich heritage.
Then, hop aboard a luxury coach to see the city's top sights; you will pass in front of the colossal cathedral of Saint-Michel and Gudule. Marvel at the lavish buildings of the European Quarter and glimpse the majestic exterior of the Royal Residence. On the Heysel district you will discover the Atomium; and embrace the cosmopolitan culture of the Japanese Tower and the Chinese Pavilion.
Brussels City Tours
Brussels
Guided tours
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Half-day City Tour of Brussels
Guided tour City Hall of Brussels, inner rooms
The City of Brussels Town Hall is without doubt one of most beautiful in the country! Even internationally, few cities can boast such a majestic and ancient town hall! Its age and architectural grandeur make it an unmissable site in Brussels!
This Gothic-style edifice built in the 15th century, is sublimated by the decor of the Grand-Place, often described as the most beautiful square in the world...
Do you know why the wing on the right of the tower is shorter than the one on the left, and why the entrance is asymmetrical? It' s simply due to the fact that the building was built in several phases during the 15th century... did you know that the building still has some original features, but that it also has many additions and restored elements?
As you can see, a guided tour is essential if you want to know everything there is to know about this building, which has been the nerve centre of political and administrative life for more than 600 years, and still is to this day!
In the company of a guide, you'll learn more about the context of the different periods of construction of the building, by observing the main façade overlooking the Grand-Place and the inner courtyard. Then you’ll step inside the Town Hall to marvel at its various rooms and galleries (Council Chamber, College Chamber, Wedding Chamber, Gothic Chamber, Portrait Gallery, Grangé Gallery, etc.), and all the decorations and works of art they contain.
To admire this masterpiece, buy your ticket online or head to one of our tourist offices (BIP, 2-4 rue Royale or the one on the ground floor of the Town Hall itself, on the Grand-Place, on its right-hand side when you face the building). Be advised, tickets are only available 5 days before your visit.
Every Wednesday:
13:00: French
14:00: English
15:00: Dutch
Every Sunday:
10:00: English
11:00: Dutch
12:00: French
14:00: French
15:00: English
16:00: English
Exception: There are no visits when the Town Hall is hosting major events.
The schedule of visits changes during the Flower Carpet and Flowertime (August). Please contact the organisers of these two events: info@flowercarpet.be
Plan your visit:
Tickets on sale online
Price: €8
Children under 12 years old: free when they’re accompanied by a paying adult.
Practical information: the visit begins in the interior courtyard and lasts 55 minutes.
INFO & Reservation for PRIVATE GROUPS
Duration: 1.00 hour
Language: Dutch - English - French - German - Spanish
Indicative price for a group of maximum 25 people
Additional information: Entrance tickets of the Town Hall are included in the price. City Hall is open to private groups on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays between 9 am and 7 pm and on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between 3 pm and 7 pm. Given the triple character of the rooms (political, administrative and public), all requests must be approved by the protocol service.
Please send us an email with the requested date and time of your visit to : boxoffice@visit.brussels
Or fill in our form by reading our general conditions
City of Brussels Town Hall
Brussels
Guided tours
Guided tour City Hall of Brussels, inner rooms
Le Poème Harmonique
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
Le Poème Harmonique
Petra Somlai
Petra Somlai (pianoforte)
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
Petra Somlai
Les Muffatti
Les Muffatti
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
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Les Muffatti
Atomium Jazz - Kind of Blue Tribute
The Atomium invites you to come discover its "Atomium Jazz" concerts in the magnificent sphere Ilya Prigogine, a lateral sphere with a breathtaking view of Brussels!
In 2023, the concert series will be introduced by the group "Kind of Blue Tribute": 6 musicians paying tribute to the legendary album of the same name by jazz icon Miles Davis.
On August 17, 1959, trumpeter Miles Davis released the album "Kind of Blue" through Columbia Records. A recording that to this day is still considered one of the most important albums in Miles Davis' work. Thus, "Kind of Blue" is the best-selling jazz album of all time, the first gold record in jazz, and is recognized as one of the most influential albums in the history of jazz.
With foresight, Miles' album was released at the perfect time. Where on one side, there was a generation of musicians who were not done with tradition, on the other, avant-garde creators were trying, with varying degrees of success, to open new doors.
Miles Davis, surrounded by his peers, would again distinguish himself by taking a new path, that of modal jazz. More than forty years after the two recording sessions, this record is by far considered a turning point in the history of jazz. It was a departure from the dense compositions of the time, a return to melody.
The proposal to (re)present "Kind of Blue" arose from the meeting and the will of 6 musicians to present, in their own way, the spirit of this legendary album. Here no arrogance but focus on the pleasure of playing together a music that has lost nothing of its freshness and creativity.
Practical information :
Saturday 18/02/2023 at 7:30pm
Atomium – Place de l’Atomium 1 – 1020 Brussels
Price: €30
Price with diner at the Atomium Restaurant: €75
www.atomium.be
KIND OF BLUE TRIBUTE
Pierre Malempré – Trompette
Thomas Champagne –Sax Alto
Michel Mainil –Sax Tenor
Maxime Moyaerts - Piano
Hendrik Vanattenhoven - Contrebasse
Mimi Verderame – Drums
Atomium
Laeken
Concert
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Atomium Jazz - Kind of Blue Tribute
Berlage Saxophone Quartet
Berlage Saxophone Quartet
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
Berlage Saxophone Quartet
In Alto
InAlto
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
In Alto
Bal Renaissance
Lieven Baert (choreography & dance), Students of the Royal Conservatory Brussels
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
Bal Renaissance
Ausonia
Ausonia
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
Ausonia
Sleeping Beauty Puppets
Duo L’Air du Temps
FestiVita!
Brussels
Concert
Sleeping Beauty Puppets
*EXTRAMUROS* Paul Cauchie in Mechelen
The Cauchie House invites you to an exciting walking tour! Discover the artworks facade in Mechelen.
In Mechelen, between 1900 and World War I, around 20 houses were decorated with sgraffitos. Important architects - such as P.J. Rooms, Cyrille Van den Bergh and the city architect Theo Vandenbergh - integrated this technique to their façades designs. During this walk, our guide will take you on an exciting tour about the fascinating history of these master builders.
Meeting point : at the corner of Liersesteenweg and Frans Halsvest.
Time slots avalaible :
10am : guided tour in Dutch
14pm : guided tour in French
La Maison Cauchie *Extramuros*
Mechelen
Guided tours
*EXTRAMUROS* Paul Cauchie in Mechelen
Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco (BANAD) Festival 2023
The Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco (BANAD) Festival is a special event that promotes the Art Nouveau and Art Deco heritage of the Brussels-Capital Region.
What makes this festival so special are guided tours through Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings that are normally not open for visitors.
Event Concept
The Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco (BANAD) Festival is a special event that promotes the Art Nouveau and Art Deco heritage of the Brussels-Capital Region. It takes place every year on the weekends of March.
What makes this festival so special are guided tours through Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings that are normally not open for visitors. A unique opportunity to (re) discover these hidden architectural gems!
As part of the Festival, we also offer other activities that spotlight the Art Nouveau and Art Deco heritage and complement the guided tours: walking tours as well as bike and bus tours; concerts; seminars; shows; activities for families; an antique market; activities for disabled people; and activities for schools...
The event concept is unique in Europe!
The BANAD Festival is organised by Explore.Brussels, a network of associations that organise guided tours: ARAU, Arkadia, Brussels Chatterguides and Pro Velo.
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Guided tours
Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco (BANAD) Festival 2023
Ramsès II de Sébastien Thiéry
Centre Culturel d'Auderghem
Auderghem
Theatre
Ramsès II de Sébastien Thiéry
*EXTRAMUROS* Paul Cauchie in the Cinquantenaire area
The Cauchie House invites you to an exciting walking tour! Discover the artworks of Paul Cauchie around the Cinquantenaire.
In Brussels, between 1900 and World War I, hundreds of facades were decorated with sgraffitos. Dozens of architects - including Paul Hamesse, Edouard Frankinet and Paul Hankar - collaborated with various designer-performers. During this walk, our guide will take you on an exciting tour of the area around the Cinquantenaire Park and the Cauchie House (Lina and Paul Cauchie’s remarkable house & workshop).
Meeting point : in front of the Military Museum.
Time slots available :
10am : guided tour in Dutch
14pm : guided tour in French
16pm : guided tour in English
La Maison Cauchie *Extramuros*
Mechelen
Guided tours
*EXTRAMUROS* Paul Cauchie in the Cinquantenaire area
Ramsès II de Sébastien Thiéry
Centre Culturel d'Uccle
Uccle
Theatre
Ramsès II de Sébastien Thiéry
*EXTRAMUROS* Sgraffito in Tournai
The Cauchie House invites you to an exciting walking tour! Discover the artworks facade in Tournai.
In Tournai, around 59 façades were decorated with sgraffitos. Some of them are signed by the architects Gustave and Félix Strauven, Alphonse Dufour and George De Porre. During this walk, our guide will take you on an exciting tour to discover the impressive work of several artists, including the Tournaisian Victor Facon.
Meeting point : in front of the Law Courts of Tournai.
Time slots avalaible :
10am : guided tour in Dutch
14pm : guided tour in French
La Maison Cauchie *Extramuros*
Mechelen
Guided tours
*EXTRAMUROS* Sgraffito in Tournai
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