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Events in Benelux


Art Brussels: contemporary art fair

BRUSSELS: Art Brussels at Brussels Expo: 24 April – 29 April 2009.
Every year in April, ArtBrussels opens its doors and welcomes more than 30 000 art professionals, art collectors and art lovers from all over the world.



Smart Fashion event in Antwerp, Belgium

Smart textiles, nano textiles and intelligent clothing are becoming more and more the buzzwords throughout the fashion industry. What are the recent evolutions and what is still to come? The smart fashion conference in Antwerp, Belgium, will provide more insight news, ideas and concepts and is an excellent platform for everyone involved with future intelligent [...]



Benelux tastes: Beer Bread and Cheese Festival in Belgian Durbuy

On a journey to Benelux, one cannot miss the opportunity of experiencing the local specialities of foods and drinks. Belgium offers one of the most unforgettable tasting experiences of all. If you travel to Benelux in September, make sure to visit the Belgian town of Durbuy to discover regional food products: beer, bread and [...]



Great Benelux summer events: Ghent Festivities

Ghent Festivities. Every year the long-established, ten-day cultural event takes over the historic city center of medieval Ghent in Belgium. There is free music on all the central squares and hundreds of vibrant activities, including three international festivals. The Ghent Festivities treat visitors to 10 days of continuous free feasts on several squares in the [...]



A Benelux travel must: Brussels’ Mini Europe by night

Mini Europe is a fun, family attraction where the most famous monuments in Europe are scaled down to miniatures. Every Saturday from July 19 – August 16th, Mini Europe in Brussels opens its doors to visitors in the evenings for a magical light show.



Fashion retrospective of Veronique Branquinho, Antwerp, Belgium summer events

Moi, Veronique. Branquinho toute nue – 12 March until 17 August, MoMu Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of her fashion label, Veronique Branquinho offers a glimpse into her ambiguous world during this first retrospective.



VERDUR’ROCK Festival in Namur, Belgium, 28 June 2008

24rd FESTIVAL VERDUR’ROCK – Verdur Rock is the oldest festival of Wallonia. This international festival for contemporary music is free of charge and takes place in the magnificent setting of the nature theatre of the citadel of Namur. A modern and an ecclectic programme in a nice setting and a great atmosphere.



Red Star Line: Antwerp to America

In 2006 the MAS presented an exhibition about Antwerp and the Red Star Line in New York. This exhibition is currently being reprized on the ground floor of the MAS | National Maritime Museum of Antwerp.



Jan Cox in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Jan Cox (1919 The Hague – 1980 Antwerp) played a significant part in the transition from the closed, relatively provincial world of art of the 1930’s to the open, internationalist art scene of post-World War II.



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