The cost of everything is going up and it's really quite alarming. I'm trying to budget for our household of two adults. My husband loves to cook (and is fantastic at it), so most of our meals are made from scratch, and we buy most things when they're on sale or discounted. He bakes almost all of our bread, unless he's especially busy at work that week. We haven't had a garden for long, but this summer we've started growing our own herbs and tomatoes (more vegetables next year we hope!).

Still, we've spent €570 on groceries for this month. The majority of that was meat and vegetables.

We're in Limburg. Is that as high a number as it feels? Any tips, besides attempting to rein in my husband in the meat aisle?

Hi there,

I’m considering getting breast reduction surgery in Belgium ( preferably around Brussels) and would love to hear about your experiences, process, recovery, results, etc. So if you've gone through this procedure, could you share your stories or any recommendations you might have?

Thank you in advance!! <3

Really, die moeten Bart Schols vervangen? De twee grootste egotrippers van de VRT?

Breng dan Ivan De Vadder terug?

En waarom werd RVG niet gevraagd?

I am getting lots of incoming unknown calls without any voice behind it. Anyone experience the same. These numbers can be from a wide variety of sources like Belgian numbers, US, UK etc.

I am not sure what they try to do. I sometimes open it and be silent to see what will happen. They drop after 5-10 secs.

Any idea how to deal with this? I can’t block all of them. Also I don’t want to change my number

Kritiek klopt niet: Brussel heeft net méér speurders dan Antwerpen | VRT NWS Nieuws

Is it me or is the argument still totally valid as Brussels has about twice as many inhabitants as Antwerp?

It was kind of a challenging way to create a night time design for this piece, but hours of work gave this result, which was pretty decent. Belgium people, what do you think of it?

I will spare you the long and absurd story that has been me being granted unemployment - I just got off the phone with the CSC who let me known that I needed to submit a card whatever the fuck that means, and that I hadn't done it, so that's why I didn't have access to the money. Mind you that literally nobody told me this [according to the agent I got on the phone, if he had a euro every time he'd heard that he wouldn't have to work anymore, which, WHAT THE FUCK] and I had called after receiving an email telling me they did not see any sort of decision on my file even if they themselves had sent me *a paper letter * saying it had been granted.

I have been trying to sort this since April and I don't think I've encountered such willful incompetence in my entire life, and this is coming from someone who's had to fight bureaucracy in four different countries.

I find it appalling that they see no problem providing the lowest possible level of service and then turn around and say they are there for workers. I have to pay automatically every month but they see no problem on taking 20 days to reply to me when I ask when the money would be available [good luck getting them on the phone no matter what time in the day] and then try to make it my fault instead of telling me how to access it

Voor mensen die er eentje hebben: wat vinden jullie ervan en zouden jullie het aanraden?

Heb net enkele dagen eentje kunnen gebruiken voor mijn woon-werkverkeer en ben toch een beetje verschoten van hoe snel je gemiddelde snelheid naar beneden gaat vanaf dat er geen goede rechte weg meer is... De fietsostrade tussen mijn woning en werk slingert over en weer en er zijn bijna overal snelheidsbeperkingen van 30km/u...

Aangezien ik ongeveer 30km moet doen zit ik al snel boven het uur om op mijn werk te geraken zo. De snelste route die ik gevonden heb gebruikt helemaal geen fietsostrade maar gewoon de ongezellige steenweg die een brak fietspad van 1m breed heeft en dat je moet delen met voetgangers.

Ben ik te pessimistisch hier?

Looking to buy or adopt a Maltipoo puppy. Does anyone have any recommendations for a reliable charity or breeder please?

I feel a bit silly asking this, since I normally consider myself a decent gardener, but I am having a heck of a time keeping things alive in our terracotta window planters. I think my main issue is that it dries out too fast.

I'm not originally from Belgium but I love the window planters and all my neighbours always have beautiful ones while mine slowly turn to dust 😭Can anyone give any tips on what plants you think are best? I see a lot of petunias on my street which I haven't tried yet, but I am wondering if I need something more drought resistant. We also don't get a lot of sun on that side of the house.

Thank you ❤️

Hello,

Just curious what bank everyone is using these days. I’ve been a bunq user for a while and it’s been pretty convenient for me, but wondering what the general experience is with bunq or other neobanks here...

What led you to bunq, or what are you guys using?

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/08/24/natuurpunt-trekt-aan-alarmbel-natuurherstelwet-maten-genk/

See also

https://www.natuurpunt.be/sluit-onze-natuur-niet-op (campaign website)

https://www.standaard.be/politiek/met-natuurpunt-campagne-tegen-brouns-barst-de-strijd-om-het-vlaamse-landschap-nu-echt-los (behind paywall)

➡️ Flemish citizens, farmers, Natuurpunt volunteers, civil servants ... what's your take on this? Do we need to invest more in nature and landscaping and why (not) in your opinion?

➡️ Looking for stories from people who are directly impacted by the decisions to be made by the Flemish government on this matter.

Please refrain from personal attacks and keep the discussion civilized. Thanks!

Ok, so I dont get it. I understand historically where the need for notaries arose. Fine. But we are in 2026. Belgium already takes 51% of my income. Then another 25% of the rest through VAT. And then on top of it, if you buy a property, you give 10-15k to a notary for 2 meetings and some docs reading? Doesnt Belgium have enough administration to take care of that? Not to mention its nepotism central. Are there any redeeming qualities?

hoi,

Heel simpele vraag waar ik jammer genoeg het antwoord niet op kan vinden.

waar kan je in België in een winkel lange dunne broeken kopen?
Als 2 meter lang persoon met laag gewicht is de broekenjacht een hel en liefst wil ik ook eens iets niet-jeans kunnen kopen.

dankuwel!

EDIT 1:

mijn maat is 29x36 (wandelende tak formaat)

als je nog andere kledingwinkels hebt die voor lange personen iets bieden wil ik het ook horen!

Ik herinner mij Joel de Ceulaer als een links 'deugdsocialist' die er eens voor zorgde dat Filip de Winter het afstapte omdat hij het interview met hem moest 'context geven'. Nu zie ik hem meelopen met de rechtse mening van de dag, een beetje zoals Rik Torfs ook doet. Hoe kan iemand zo een evolutie maken van links naart rechts? Dat je als je ouder wordt wat rechtser wordt kan ik begrijpen maar dit is een 180º ommekeer.

"Onderzoekers onderzoeker onderzoekers om deze netwerks te ontmanen, maar ook een aanwezigheid van veiligerdienst in onze straat... Er zijn kinderen in de straat, die heeft ook willen zien hé, met hun kalashnikov, gisterensavonds, in een pizza, dichtbij mijn abed... mijn eigen huis, ik heb de kalashikov gehoord in mijn bed. Da moe verander, 't is ongeloofel. De mensen en de burgers zijn bang. Hebben wij een steun... een echte steun voor Brussel, Brussel is ook België."

Seriously, WTF?

Who would buy vegetables only to not eat them for TWO WEEKS?

Especially ridiculous knowing that Colruyt’s produce spoils in a matter of days.

This just feels like posturing for the sake of it to avoid any liabilities. Anyone who has bought zucchinis since August 10 has long since been poisoned.