SPOTLIGHTING...

Comic Strip Year in Brussels
This fun year (and we all need some fun this year!) kicks off on 28 February with a big Balloon Day Parade like those in New York. A new brochure highlights all the many exhibitions & events throughout Comic Strip Year 2009.
www.brusselscomics.com

Reopening Cinema Museum, 31/01
Cinematek in the BOZAR complex has had a complete facelift. One of the biggest cinema archives in the world, it houses 60.000 films. Great venue for group viewings. Also History of Cinema room available for up to 117 conference-style.
www.cinematek.be

Magritte Museum Opening 02/06
On 2 June the 3D canvas cover comes down and the largest collection of works anywhere in the world by Belgian surrealist painter, René Magritte opens here in its rightful home…in Brussels. It’s the big moment we’ve all been waiting for.

On display…over 200 of the artist’s works and this new centre will certainly rival
the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Paul Klee Museum in Bern in its tribute to individual artistic genius. It will also be a unique backdrop for special events – 170 for banquets and 105 for concert-style.
www.musee-magritte-museum.be

SQUARE, Brussels Meeting Centre opens 20/09
…only some 200 days to go before the opening of 10.000 m2 of meeting & event space, right in the city centre and within walking distance of shops, hotels, restaurants and the Brussels cultural scene.
www.square-brussels.com

BIP (Brussels Info Place) on the Place Royale in the heart of the Museums’ quarter is also available as a venue for 6 to 300 guests. For an excellent overview of different rental possibilities in these elegant surroundings, consult…
www.biponline.be

Experience Brussels @ BIP is a wonderful new interactive exhibition. A real journey of discovery into Brussels past, present and future…and it’s free.
www.biponline.be

Coudenberg, Former Palace of Brussels
Built in the 11th century on ‘Cold Hill’ (in old Dutch) and destroyed by fire in 1731, the underground vaults of this once impressive palace spread out like the tentacles of an octopus under the Place Royale, the BIP and adjacent buildings.

Reopening in February after extensive works, Coudenberg will house a new museum displaying all the discoveries from the last 20 years of excavations, as well as special exhibition areas.

The whole Coudenberg complex, including the BELvue Museum and the Palace Cellars, now offers an extraordinary range of elegant & unusual possibilities for meetings & events for 8 up to 200.
www.coudenberg.com
www.belvue.be