Cultural centers

The cultural centres run all sorts of cultural and leisure activities for residents, including courses, activities for children and adults, festivals and room hire. They also put together an attractive cultural programme.

• There are Opens in new window15 official cultural centers in Brussels (FR).
• Opens in new windowLes Halles de Schaerbeek (FR) has special status as European cultural centre of the French Community.
• L’Opens in new windowiselp (FR) the Higher Institute for the Study of the Visual Arts Language, is the perfect place to discover and explore contemporary art in the Federation Wallonia-Brussels, in Belgium and by international artists. In addition to its exhibitions, ISELP also organises conferences, screenings, symposiums, lectures, guided tours, cultural trips and educational activities.

• Opens in new windown22 is the network of the 22 Dutch-speaking cultural centres in Brussels.

• Opens in new windowOrganisation and promotion of the arts and culture at the ULB
  This student union aims to promote the arts and culture to ULB students. The union joins forces with other organisations and student unions at the ULB to organise cultural activities

Other ULB cultural circles on the university website Opens in new windowwww.ulb.be.

Brussels is a melting pot of different cultures, so many countries and communities organise cultural activities in Brussels and even have their own cultural centre. A selection of these centres is listed below:

• Opens in new windowAlliance française de Bruxelles-Europe (France)
  French language courses, resource and documentation centre
  
• Opens in new windowVlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren (Netherlands)
  Performing arts, debates, conferences, seminars, exhibitions
  
• External linkGoethe Institut Belgique (Germany)
  Cultural events, German language courses, conferences, film, cultural information
  
• Opens in new windowBritish Council Brussels (EN) (United Kingdom)
  English language courses, cultural projects, joint projects
  
• External linkInstituto Cervantes Bruselas (Spain)
  Exhibitions, film, Spanish language courses, library
  
• Opens in new windowIstituto Italiano di Cultura (Italy)
  Film, exhibitions, Italian language courses, concerts, conferences, library
  
• External linkDas Österreichische Kultutforum in Brüssel (Austria)
  Cultural exchange, music, exhibitions, German language courses
  
• Opens in new windowSweden Abroad - Ambassade de Suède (Sweden)
  Exhibitions, Swedish language courses, themed activities, concerts, film
  
• Opens in new windowNorvege.be (NL/NO) (Norway)
  Music, exhibitions, dance, design, film
  
• External linkFinnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux (Finland)
  Cultural exhibitions, Finnish language courses and Finnish culture courses
  
• Opens in new windowPolish Institute - Cultural Service of the Polish Embassy in BelgiumExternal link(Poland)
  Concerts, film, exhibitions, debates
  
• Opens in new windowCzech Center in Brussels (Czech Republic)
  Exhibitions, film, library (books and videos), workshops, conferences
  
• Opens in new windowHungarian Culture Brussels (EN/HU) (Hungary)
  Exhibitions, concerts, Hungarian language courses, library
  
• Opens in new windowArthis  - Belgian-Romanian House of Culture (Romania)
  Sociocultural projects, training, language courses, concerts, gallery, library
  
• Opens in new windowArab Cultural Center (FR/NL)
  Studies, music, artistic projects, conferences, language courses and Arab civilisation
  
• Opens in new windowDarna - Maroccan-Flemish Cultural Centre (FR/NL) (Marocco)
  Cultural exchange
  
• Opens in new windowCultural and Information Center of the Embassy of Japan in Belgium (EN/JP) (Japan)
  Exhibitions, film, library, conferences, demonstrations, concerts
  
• Opens in new windowKorean Cultural Center (Korea)
  Exhibitions, film, language and cooking courses, conferences

You can contact the Opens in new windowembassies of foreign countries to find out about their cultural programmes.