Brussels STIB signs Google Transit

Google has launched a smartphone application for Brussels with live timetable information and route planning from the city’s public transport operator STIB. The new service, Google Transit, pinpoints the user’s exact location by GPS and can provide an itinerary to...

Brussels plans to improve mobility

Brussels has announced a renewed initiative to improve traffic mobility and public transport between the city and surrounding areas, which would see increased cycle routes, the extension of public transport and new road links. Transport operators STIB and De Lijn...

Prodecor goes solar in Brussels

The single biggest unit of solar production has been installed in Brussels, according to the city’s environment agency, indicating, it says, the city’s increasing awareness of the need for green electricity. Five hundred solar panels covering 2,500 square meters, with...

Brussels recycling gets tough

Brussels residents have a new band of investigators on their tail who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty. From 1 January it has been obligatory to sort all household rubbish in Brussels for recycling and a brigade of 25...

Brussels Molenbeek on tourist route

City authorities in one of Brussels most deprived areas have invited tourist sightseeing bus tours to include the area of Molenbeek – known for its mass social housing, poverty and street crime – in their classic tours of the Belgian...

Brussels burn centre

One of Europe’s biggest and most technologically advanced treatment centres for burns has officially opened in Brussels. The 10,000 square metre burns unit at Brussels’ Hôpital Militaire Reine Astrid has been enlarged and redesigned to house has 26 beds of...