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After Belgian beer, will the "fritkot" (Belgian chip stand) be recognised by Unesco as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity?
The ING headquarters on Avenue Marnix has been granted landmark status by the Brussels region, secretary of state for urban heritage and planning Pascal Smet has announced.
The old lifts that are still found in many buildings in Brussels can be considered part of the architectural heritage of the Brussels region, according to the city’s secretary of state for urbanis
The City of Brussels has asked property developer Immobel to withdraw its building permit request for the empty Belgacom building in the Sablon, in a victory for a coalition of local businessowner
For years, politicians have been talking about the classification of the Atomium, but the City of Brussels has always provided enough opposition to prevent the iconic structure from gaining protec
The practice of children ‘selling’ crepe paper flowers on Belgian beaches is now officially recognised heritage. It has been added to the Flemish Inventory of Cultural Heritage.
An inventory of artworks in Brussels has led to a remarkable discovery – a painting hanging in a town hall long assumed to have been a copy is in fact an original by the Flemish master Jacob
The Brussels region has added speculoos and the artisanal know-how of how to make the traditional biscuit to the Brussels cultural heritage list, Pascal Smet, the Secretary of State in charge of H
In the early morning of 28 November 2018, a wall dating from the 13th century collapsed in the city centre of Brussels, behind the Rue des Alexiens.
