One of Belgian's most popular acts played a two evening acoustic engagement in Paris... On December 4th and 5th Milow played an acoustic set at the New Morning Jazz club - a small intimate theater in downtown Paris with a great history and legacy - including the names of some legendary performers ! Click here to read more »

Famous and popular in Belgium - but hardly 300 fans showed in Paris for Trixie's concert on Thursday - the great news about that: a nice and authentic theater venue, with room to breathe, and a very enjoyable performance ! Click here to read more »

Following Keytrade, Landbouwkrediet/Credit Agricole and some other smaller banks, now also BNP Paribas Fortis closed their services for Belgian Citizens living in the United States. Doesn't matter if you have Belgian Citizenship or not, if you do not live in Belgium (or more specifically if you are considered a US person which is defined as someone who needs to file a US Federal Tax Return) then you are no longer welcome as a customer of these banks. Doesn't matter how long you have been a customer. Doesn't matter how good or bad of a customer you have been. They do not want to serve you anymore. Click here to read more »

What a surprise this weekend, when I noticed the Dallas Morning News (pretty much the largest newspaper here with 250,000 subscribers) recommended we all get on trip to Brussels - of all places. All the more strange as there are no direct flights from DFW to BRU - even worse, American Airlines doesn't even fly to Belgium any more at all. So what are the reasons why anyone should consider placing Brussels first on the places to visit list ? Click here to read more »

From May 2006 through June 2008 we lived downtown Antwerp, Belgium. We found a great penthouse apartment for rent, right outside the historic downtown area. It bordered the Groenplaats, one of the major event locations in the "city of A" as Antwerp is known in Belgium. For those of you visiting the city and looking for a great place to stay: at the other side of the square there is the Hilton Hotel.

Some pictures - first from the outside... Click here to read more »