Inspired by the success of the BANAD Festival which takes place every spring, Explore.Brussels is launching a new event in the autumn: the ANTE Festival. Organised over two weekends and during the intervening week, the brand new programme focuses on Brussels’ architectural treasures of the “long 19th century” (from 1780 to 1920) – thus over a century of evolution, transition, division, and technical and stylistic experimentation. An invitation to delve into the many styles in question – from Neoclassicism to Eclecticism – the ANTE Festival sets out to reveal the roots of Modernity and the incredible richness of Brussels-Capital Region buildings.
The programme comprises guided visits of interiors that are normally closed to the public, walking or bike tours on a theme, lectures, visits adapted to people with a disability (Explore +), workshops and activities for schools and families, and visits for people learning French or Dutch as a foreign language or attending literacy classes, etc.
A rare opportunity to (re)discover some historical and architectural gemsExplore.Brussels invites you to 11 & 12 and 18 & 19 October 2025 across the municipalities of Brussels-City, Etterbeek, Forest, Ixelles, Saint-Gilles, Schaerbeek, Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
Saturday 11th October
Sunday 12th October
Thursday 16th October
- Conference: Architecture as an Expression of Power by Manuel SCHMITZ More information at FR, in NL, in EN
Saturday 18th October
Sunday 19th October
Tuesday 14th to Sunday 19th October:
- Exhibition: New 19th Century Decorative Arts Room at the Art & History Museum – More information at EN
Former Brunner Bank ©EB - Endre Sebok
Hap House ©EB - Endre Sebok
Former Hôtel du Chastel de la Howarderie
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