Linda A. Thompson
22 January 2025
A walk through Brussels’s vanishing neighbourhood
The Marolles, the city’s popular cultural heart, has been changed by tourism
Read the full article05 January 2025
Taking the Pis in Brussels
Belgium is a funny old nation and that's what the most famous statue in Brussels, the Manneken Pis, represents to me
Read the full article27 November 2024
Who took Belgium’s national biscuit?
Despite the new globalised name, speculoos, thankfully, still taste like home
Read the full article07 November 2024
A US election party in the ‘hellhole’
As locals, we know that Trump doesn’t think too highly of Brussels
Read the full article30 October 2024
Turning a colander into a sponge in Belgium
In Brussels, rain has become all we talk about; we plan our social life around it
Read the full article23 October 2024
Joining the 75% of Sunday voters in Belgium
Despite being compulsory, voting in Belgium has become a real community experience for some residents
Read the full article11 September 2024
Pedalling stolen goods in Brussels
The city’s improved cycling infrastructure has caused e-bike sales to shoot up. So, too, have thefts
Read the full article04 September 2024
Spending time with the oatmilk elite in Brussels
Without a dominant culture, it appears everyone can fit in in Brussels
Read the full article21 August 2024
A quiet revolution in Union Park
Police and demonstrators faced each other on the Chicago streets. The crowd chanted – but was anyone in the convention centre listening?
Read the full article31 July 2024
Belgium’s Babylonian mess
Knowing which language to speak to strangers in Brussels is a taxing task
Read the full article24 July 2024
Outside the Republican convention
With Biden gone, perhaps some of the truth might get through to Trump’s supporters after all
Read the full article12 June 2024
Welcome inside the EU parliament bubble
Brussels has become synonymous with the European Parliament, but the real city is far removed from the exclusive little EU island inside the capital
Read the full article28 February 2024
Belgium’s recycling success stinks
Belgians are meant to be recycling champions, but it’s a different story in Brussels
Read the full article14 February 2024
Steering clear of trouble in the heart of the EU
Brussels is accustomed to demonstrations but the farmers’ protests were a different story
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