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Ika Schwander ‘Two of Swords’, Apolemia © Julien Janssens

Horst Festival is a blueprint for a creative, collective future

Hymn — Highlighted by an engrossing performance directed by Fallon Mayanja, the 2026 edition was a showcase of ASIAT Park’s ever-evolving space as an incubator for art, music and creativity.

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk

Life, love and heartbreak in a Congolese community

The beauty of Ubuntu — In her Sony World Photography Award-winning project Ubuntu, Rebecca Fertinel captures the collective spirit of a Congolese community in Belgium.

  • Photography
  • Eva Clifford

‘It seems like I have this sexual fixation, but I don’t’

Meet Charlotte Adigéry — ‘A riot of surrealism’: Belgian-Guadaloupean electro star Charlotte Adigéry talks colonialism, wigs, and her new Soulwax-produced EP, Zandoli.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

The DIY Brussels skatepark creating a community against the odds

For skaters, by skaters — Looking to bring his community together and protect them from the cold, Youssef Abaoud and his friends hand built the Byrrrh – Brussel's first official DIY indoor skate park to open in over a decade.

  • Skate
  • Biju Belinky

Artists respond to the Brussels terror attacks

U.N.I.T.Y. — After Brussels is hit by coordinated terrorist bombings, illustrators and artists around the world share their responses.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

Free flowing jazz meets UK bass music on LV’s remarkable Ancient Mechanisms

Clicks, echoes & imperfections — South London production duo LV feature Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan on their new LP Ancient Mechanisms to create a living and breathing album that organically fuses live performance, far-out sampling and electronic beats.

  • Music
  • Alex King

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Zine Scene — Photographer and graphic designer Sam Roberts captures a cycling and skating adventure through Belgium.

  • Zine Scene
  • Alex King

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