Culture and traditions

How about a page about Belgian, Walloon and French-speaking culture and traditions, but also foreign ones? A place to share, be open to others, understand and have fun! Would you like to share an article about a tradition that is dear to you? Send us your contribution, we will be happy to put it online!

Carnaval: Een feest van traditie en verandering!

March 3rd, 2025|Comments Off on Carnaval: Een feest van traditie en verandering!

Carnaval: Een feest van traditie en verandering! De oorsprong van Carnaval Carnaval is van oorsprong een katholiek feest dat voorafgaat aan de vastenperiode. Waarschijnlijk begon het in het middeleeuwse Italië, waar gemaskerde bals veel [...]

  • Black History Month

Black History Month

February 25th, 2021|Comments Off on Black History Month

Black History Month  In Belgium, February represents the month of love (with Valentine's Day) or of celebration (with our countless carnivals). In America, however, another event also marks this period: The Black History [...]

  • La chanson de St-Nicolas

A song for Sint Nicolas

November 16th, 2020|Comments Off on A song for Sint Nicolas

A song for Sint Nicolas Saint Nicholas' day cannot be conceived without songs. Children know many of them and often go to great lengths to sing them well. How about learning [...]

10 good reasons to learn French in Brussels

July 30th, 2020|Comments Off on 10 good reasons to learn French in Brussels

10 good reasons to learn French You are an expat in Brussels or elsewhere in Belgium and you are not sure yet that to learn French can be useful for you? [...]

Simplify your life in Brussels and learn French

July 27th, 2020|Comments Off on Simplify your life in Brussels and learn French

Simplify your life in Brussels and learn French! Are you wondering if it is possible to live in Brussels without speaking French? To work in Belgium without knowing Dutch and French? [...]