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The realization of metro line 3 involves major works: adapting the existing part of the line, drilling a tunnel (between Bordet and the Brussels-North station) and the construction of a depot (in Haren) and 8 new stations (including the Toots Thielemans station that will replace Lemonnier).

Homegrade is the advice and guidance centre for housing in the Brussels Capital Region. It is aimed at all families, tenants and owners who want to improve the quality of their home.

Do you want to make your neighborhood cleaner and greener? Then why not become a 'beautifier'.

On Wednesday 19 February 2020, the City of Brussels signed an agreement with the Solar Impulse Foundation. This foundation is committed to identifying and assessing 1,000 clean technologies that have a positive ecological and socio-economic impact.

Within the Neder-Over-Heembeek - Mutsaard District Council, the Citizen Budget (of 1 million euros) has been approved. In the end, 14 investment projects were selected that meet the needs of the neighborhood.

From 1 March 2020, plastic bags for fruit and vegetables will be banned throughout the Brussels Capital Region, even for bags that are biobased and compostable at home.

Nearly 10 million lamps and light fixtures were collected by the Belgians in 2018. To reward that, Recupel launched a campaign in which every Belgian could identify his or her 'hidden treasures': beautiful but undervalued places that deserve to be put in the spotlight. 'Memory of Expo 58' in Laeken was one of the winners.

The consumption of alcoholic drinks in public spaces is banned in a large part of the city centre of Brussels, 24 hours a day. This alcohol ban applies until 6 October 2030.

The 'Energy Pack' of Buxelles Environnement (Leefmilieu Brussel) is particularly aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, companies and the liberal professions in the Brussels Capital Region. This allows them to benefit from free professional and personalized energy coaching in order to reduce their energy consumption and bill.

On 11 December 2019, UNESCO registered the Ommegang on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This list aims at a better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide. The Ommegang is a historical procession which gathers thousands of spectators each year on the Grand-Place of Brussels.