A brochure will be available from the Belgian Tourist Office in New York as of November 2000. Folklore event and parade. Prestigious international orchestras and soloists perform in castles, abbeys and churches in the French speaking part of Belgium. A market themed around the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens and his time. Yearly competition on the River Meuse starts in the afternoon.
Admission is free.
Every five years Bruges celebrates it's famous canal festival. 600 actors, dancers and musicians create live scenes along the canals of the medieval city. A brochure will be available from the Belgian Tourist Office in New York as of November 2000. Hundreds of public buildings are open to the public free of charge on Heritage Days. Over 100 concerts of world class quality are held in the medieval atmosphere of abbeys, cathedrals and City Halls throughout Flanders.