Arau - Atelier de Recherche et d'Action Urbaines
Understanding Brussels to better defend it!
ARAU was founded in 1969, in a context of ‘Brusselization’ and the exodus of Brussels residents to the periphery. The challenge at the time, which is still relevant today, was to defend and promote the inhabited city and a quality of life for all the inhabitants of Brussels. This led to major protests against demolition projects on the one hand and the development of counter-projects on the other, with a view to urban renewal and improving the living environment.
ARAU intends, through its action to raise awareness and inform the population, to provide the public with necessary tools to monitor the evolution of the city. This action takes the form of publication of analyses and studies, organisation of conferences and workshops, press releases, etc., as well as guided tours.
These tours, which are pioneering in the Brussels region and have been organised since 1977, aim to enhance the city and its assets, and to develop a critical view of its transformations, which includes the preservation and maintenance of its heritage.
Over the years, ARAU has developed a rich catalogue of guided tours on various themes: "Best of Brussels", "Architecture", "Brussels in Districts", "The City in transformation", "Brussels: City of trams" and "Social Brussels", which can be discovered during public tours or in the form of private, customised tours.
Guided tours associations
Arau - Atelier de Recherche et d'Action Urbaines
Zinneguides
Zinneguides
AlterBrussels
AlterBrussels is a not-for-profit association that unites lovers of Brussels and develops numerous projects aimed at promoting and spreading awareness of immaterial, intangible, touristic and cultural heritage, but above all the diversity of the people and inhabitants of Brussels, as intangible human heritage. Our innovative and original project provides an alternative form of tourism both for the inhabitants of Brussels and for tourists. We organize meet-ups and themed visits with a view to promoting the wealth of the city to visitors, and increasing the goodwill of co-inhabitants of Brussels towards one another. We also organize cooperative projects to promote the countries of origin of the city’s co-inhabitants as well as international relations. Lastly, we organize workshops and training sessions for a wide range of audiences.
Guided tours associations
AlterBrussels
MRAX
MRAX
bakushinta
bakushinta
Urbanisa'son absl
Urbanisa'son is a Belgian non-profit organisation that was set up in 2007 to develop participatory sound tools to encourage and promote cultural democracy in neighbourhoods. The association uses sound creation primarily to question, document and develop thinking around notions of territory (whether tangible or not) and public space, but also to collect and free up the voices of all people, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable groups.
The association offers independent creations, creative workshops on self-expression and/or media and citizenship education, and training courses for the general public. These workshops result in a range of sound and/or artistic creations, presented to a wider public at special events, in the form of performances, installations, exhibitions, radio broadcasts and educational, cultural or interactive tools.
Urbanisa'son absl
zij-kant vzw
zij-kant vzw
Brukselbinnenstebuiten/Stapstad
Brukselbinnenstebuiten (Bruksel) is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 1971, inspired by neighbourhood work and urban struggles. Bruksel wants to help people in and outside Brussels to learn to read and understand the city in general and Brussels in particular, socially, spatially, culturally and historically. Bruksel's guides avoid the anecdotal, but engage themselves when they talk to you. They love their city and want to share it with you. Individual, group and children's tours are offered by the non-profit organisation.
Brukselbinnenstebuiten/Stapstad
Les Visites de mon Voisin
More than tours, (ra)contés, performative, alternative routes that give a transversal reading of the city, that question its actuality through its urbanism, its history, its sociology. The company was created in 2017. During the tours, the neighbours send archival images in real time to your phones, a way to capture the city in all its depths. They offer guided tours off the beaten track, far from the tourist trails.
Guided tours associations
Les Visites de mon Voisin
Collectif Mémoire Coloniale et Lutte contre les Discriminations
The aim of the association is to raise awareness and inform the public about the various issues, initiatives and battles being waged on questions relating to history, memory, stereotypes and prejudice.
Collectif Mémoire Coloniale et Lutte contre les Discriminations
Quinoa asbl
Faced with an unequal world, both in terms of access to resources and the distribution of power, and faced with a logic based on the conviction that economic growth is the answer to these inequalities, Quinoa strives to contribute to the emergence of projects for societies that respect cultural, social and environmental diversity, founded on the values of solidarity, equity, reciprocity and conviviality, and in which the economy regains its place at the service of human life rather than as an end in itself.
Quinoa asbl
Itinéraires
CULTURAL EVENTS SINCE 1986
Are you looking for fresh and creative incentive, team-building, or social programs for your clients? Contact us and fi nd out what’s on the “menu”:
• Unforgettable rallies: CULTURAL CITY GAME
NEW! “Bloody inquiry, become one of our most famous detective” On foot, tuk tuk,...
• Dine Around (3 courses in 3 differents venues)
• Private Castles for exclusive events & atmosphere and exclusive tours
• Thematic Diner: Ex: Art Nouveau, possibilities of : costumed guides, live band, a Jacques Brel singer,...
• Custom-tailored itineraires: Art Nouveau, Trendy Antwerp, Brel and Brussels by night, Beer and chocolate, another Bruges, Simenon and Maigret, Fashion workshops, design, Brussels is there for you, the Gay Brussels, “Who killed Sir the Count?”, Sustainable Brussels.
In Brussels and all Belgium. Our programs are exclusive and interactive.
Our team:
• 2 specialists who ensure that your program meets your objectives and exceeds your clients expectations.
• 100 multilingual guides, entertainers, coordinators, hotesses, ... specialists in Belgium’s off the beaten path treasures.
• We answer 7 days a week
• Our aim: to live art as an “Art de Vivre”
Guided tours associations
Itinéraires
Noms Peut-Êtres !
The collective ‘Noms Peut-Être!’ is a non-profit feminist organisation based in the Brussels region, dedicated to highlighting women from near and far; denouncing the invisibility of women in public space, art and history; and offering inspiring role models for all.
As a continuation of their disobedience actions, the non-profit organisation offers feminist walks around Brussels, to share knowledge about the women who have left their mark on the city and its history, and to question their representations in the public space.
There are currently five tours in Brussels.
Noms Peut-Êtres !
BAMKO
Discover the African district of Brussels thanks to the Bamko feminist and decolonial guided tours! You will be taken on a journey through African urban music and drink
and food tastings while discovering the history of the Congolese immigration and the reality of anti-Black racism in Belgium. In the footsteps of the Belgian colonization of the Congo, we will show you the mythical streets and statues that shook the media. Seeing, feeling, touching, learning, debating but also singing and dancing without falling into clichés, ... The Bamko feminists full of knowledge and with a sense of humour will help you decolonize your mind. Let’s get to know the many black, white and racialized women who have contributed to our society.
BAMKO
