With Empanadas.be, restaurateur Edgar Carrasco has introduced Brussels to authentic Argentinean cuisine. Not only at the Sablon, where he is at the gourmet market every Thursday, but also through ...

She was born in Iran, had a career in Silicon Valley and has now moved to Belgium with her family. Layla talks about her life and the app Chef Koochooloo, made with the help of her daughter Delarai.

Ethnomusicologist Tom Beardslee is a professional musician and teaches ukulele and guitar at every level. He also composes music for film and theatre. "I have played West African music all my life. I ...

Oud player Hussein Rassim moved from Baghdad to Brussels in 2015. His group Jaqâmaz released their first album this month: 'Terre Intime'. "Jaqâmaz consists of five musicians. It's a collective ...

We meet Gintaras Marijauskas, the chairman of the Lithuanian community in Belgium. "Around the year 2000, there were only about 100 Lithuanians living here. But with Lithuania's accession to the ...

Juliana Santos Wahlgren is originally from Rio de Janeiro and has lived in Brussels since 2006. She is a single mother of two children. Through various organisations, she has been actively working ...

A former pilot and current Eurocontrol official, Massimo Bernacconi has always had a passion for flying. A passion that is also reflected in his partly autobiographical novel 'Elio e Anna'. But ...

Fayçal and Antoine met four years ago and decided to set up Prose Studio together, focusing mainly on vintage, second-hand clothes that they source from various EU countries and beyond. "Vintage is ...

Dance classes that focus on feelings, expression and fun were already offered by Body Expressive Leuven. But since 2024 they also have classes in Brussels. "After a busy day, I channel my sadness ...

Asli Çiçek is a Turkish architect and exhibition architect who moved to Brussels 18 years ago. She immediately fell in love with the city because it reminded her of her native Istanbul. "For the ...

Leo Cendrowicz heads The Brussels Times magazine, which comes out five times a year and focuses on the foreign community in our country. "Thinking about policies really accelerated during the pandemic ...

Michael Eftekhari arrived in Brussels after the Iranian Revolution. And in 1981 he founded Beer Mania, where you can now buy more than 500 Belgian beers. "When I started this shop, beer never ...