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 External link15 official cultural centers in Brussels (FR).
• External linkLes Halles de Schaerbeek (FR) has special status as European cultural centre of the French Community.
• L’External linkiselp (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.

• External linkn22 is the network of the 22 Dutch-speaking cultural centres in Brussels.

• External linkOrganisation 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 External linkwww.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:

• External linkAlliance française de Bruxelles-Europe (France)
  French language courses, resource and documentation centre
  
• External linkVlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren (Netherlands)
  Performing arts, debates, conferences, seminars, exhibitions
  
• External linkGoethe Institut Belgique (Germany)
  Cultural events, German language courses, conferences, film, cultural information
  
• External linkBritish Council Brussels (EN) (United Kingdom)
  English language courses, cultural projects, joint projects
  
• External linkInstituto Cervantes Bruselas (Spain)
  Exhibitions, film, Spanish language courses, library
  
• External linkIstituto 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
  
• External linkSweden Abroad - Ambassade de Suède (Sweden)
  Exhibitions, Swedish language courses, themed activities, concerts, film
  
• External linkNorvege.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
  
• External linkPolish Institute - Cultural Service of the Polish Embassy in BelgiumExternal link(Poland)
  Concerts, film, exhibitions, debates
  
• External linkCzech Center in Brussels (Czech Republic)
  Exhibitions, film, library (books and videos), workshops, conferences
  
• External linkHungarian Culture Brussels (EN/HU) (Hungary)
  Exhibitions, concerts, Hungarian language courses, library
  
• External linkArthis  - Belgian-Romanian House of Culture (Romania)
  Sociocultural projects, training, language courses, concerts, gallery, library
  
• External linkArab Cultural Center (FR/NL)
  Studies, music, artistic projects, conferences, language courses and Arab civilisation
  
• External linkDarna - Maroccan-Flemish Cultural Centre (FR/NL) (Marocco)
  Cultural exchange
  
• External linkCultural and Information Center of the Embassy of Japan in Belgium (EN/JP) (Japan)
  Exhibitions, film, library, conferences, demonstrations, concerts
  
• External linkKorean Cultural Center (Korea)
  Exhibitions, film, language and cooking courses, conferences

You can contact the External linkembassies of foreign countries to find out about their cultural programmes.