Events in Brussels

Europalia Festival
The first Europalia (from the Roman ‘Opalia’, meaning ‘rich harvest’) was conceived in Brussels in 1969, and the festival has been held annually since to showcase the visual and performing arts of a different designated guest country each year. The latest country to be featured was Italy, and in 2005 Russia will be the invited country. Numerous art exhibits, concerts, film screenings and other events are held in and around Brussels between October and early February of the following year.
Art Brussels
Tens of thousands of art experts and art lovers from all over the world eagerly await ArtBrussels, Belgium’s premier art festival, renowned for its high standard.. The Belgian Association of Contemporary Art Galleries instituted ArtBrussels in 1968 and today the work on view, selected by an international committee, represents more than 150 international galleries.
Brussels Flower Show
The magnificent and unique Basilica of the Sacred Heart in the Brussels suburb of Koekelberg is the venue for the city’s annual flower show. Each year in October the grounds of this massive Art Deco edifice are transformed into an Eden, spread with flowers, water features and plants arranged by close on 100 florists. Visitors can not only take delight in the flower show but also marvel at the Basilica itself, the largest neo-Gothic church in the world, decorated inside in 1930s style. A climb to the dome is rewarded with a beautiful panorama across the city and surrounds