Article | 2 min. read | Close your eyes and listen to world music, come out of your house and garden and visit Cosmopolitan Brussels or meet expats who are craving new social networks. Have dinner at world kitchens restaurant, or make Mediterranean dishes at your place and […]

Article | 3 min. read | Childcare in Belgium should be highly encouraged by the government. Only one in every three families can not get the proper care they need because of the lack of availability. The sector urgently needs an image boost, because the work is not […]

Article | 5 min. read | In honour of today's World Water Day, we dedicate an entire long article to the liquid gold that water is, that we must continue to protect at all times. Never should we take it for granted that water will still come out […]

Article | 2 min. read | Europe has the lowest proportion of births at home and is more common in other parts of the world, such as the United States. Countries like Germany, France and The Netherlands, with publicly-funded healthcare systems, tend to have lower rates of home […]

Article | 3 min. read | Belgium is not known for its organized streets. The houses in Belgium are put there exactly at random intervals between the houses, which seems to be guided by the basic idea that no house should be destroyed by the construction of a […]

Article | 2 min. read | As we have seen in recent times, more and more groups are emerging to oppose each other and create greater separateness in our society. In addition, fancy terms such as 'inclusion' and 'diversity' pop up repeatedly as a nice signboard to the […]

Article | 2 min. read | In many countries, there is a strong family culture. This means that people tend to stay close to their parents as they grow older and are often cared for by their children rather than moving away or into a care home. A […]

Article | 2 min. read | There is a major shift taking place in the way women look at themselves and their daily tasks. It is more about a reassessment of themselves at every stage of their lives than a feminist movement. Although women are by nature the […]

Article | 4 min. read | News deserts are a phenomenon that was originally blown over from the United States. According to an American study, its gradual rise is dividing society and making life more expensive. As a young newsroom, that started during the pandemic, we compared local […]

Investigation | Longread 7 min. | The Jehovah's Witnesses are a large worldwide church community that most people know from their door-to-door visits and have been in the spotlight in recent years because of allegations of child abuse and the exclusion of former members. But how do they […]