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The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (French: Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, Dutch: Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Film van Brussel) was created in 1983 as a venue for horror, thriller and science fiction films. It takes place in Brussels, every year in March. Initially organized by Annie Bozzo, Gigi Etienne, Freddy Bozzo, Georges Delmote and Guy Delmote, it now has prizes in both feature-length and short films, and also hosts an international body-painting competition. The festival is accredited by the FIAPF as a competitive specialised film festival. Winners of the grand prize, the Golden Raven statuette, include Army of Darkness, Radioactive Dreams, and Dog Soldiers.

Materials Quay (French: Quai des Matériaux; Dutch: Materialenkaai) is a quay and park located along the Brussels Canal, on the border between the City of Brussels and the Molenbeek municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Once a key logistical hub for the city's construction industry, the site has since been redeveloped into a contemporary public green space and is crossed by the Suzan Daniel Bridge.

The Pixel Museum (French: Le refuge des pixels et des jeux vidéo) is a video game museum located in Brussels, Belgium, on the site of the Tour & Taxis neighborhood, open from October 2020 to December 2024.

The Suzan Daniel Bridge (French: Pont Suzan Daniel; Dutch: Suzan Danielbrug) is a bridge crossing the Brussels Canal and Beco Park in Brussels, Belgium. Opened in 2022 to designs by Bureau Greisch, it connects the Rue Picard/Picardstraat on the border of Tour & Taxis and the Maritime Quarter of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean on the west side to the Boulevard Simon Bolivar/Simon Bolivarlaan in the Northern Quarter on the east side. The bridge is named in honour of the lesbian activist Suzan Daniel, who helped found the gay rights movement in Belgium.

Ric's Art Boat and Ric's River Boat are two boats moored in the port of Brussels, seeking to highlight the artistic activities and events. They support initiatives for social integration and cultural entertainment projects.

UP-site is a residential skyscraper in the Northern Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Built between 2011 and 2014, the tower stands at 142 metres (466 ft) tall with 42 floors and is the third tallest building in Belgium.

The Citroën Garage (French: Garage Citroën, Dutch: Citroëngarage), originally a garage and showroom, is located at Place Yser/IJzerplein in the City of Brussels. It served as Citroën Belux's headquarters until 2012 and continued as a showroom until 2017. The building was designed by Alexis Dumont, Marcel Van Goethem, and Maurice-Jacques Ravazé, and constructed from 1933 to 1934.

The Kaaitheater, is a theatre located in Brussels, Belgium, housing a theatre and cultural institutions. It occupies a block between the Quai des Péniches/Akenkaai and Quai de Willebroeck/Willebroekkaai, with its main entrance on the Square Sainctelette/Sainctelettesquare. The theatre is located next to and connected with the former Citroën Garage, forming part of the continuous urban block. The complex includes two buildings, one with apartments and a café and the other a theatre hall. It was designed by architect Marcel Driesmans and constructed between 1929 and 1931 in a modernist and Art Deco style. It takes its original name from the Luna amusement park that once stood on the site. The theatre opened in 1932 and after several transformations and renovations was renamed Kaaitheater in 2001.

Tour & Taxis Park (French: Parc Tour et Taxis, pronounced [paʁk tuʁ e taksi]; Dutch: Thurn en Taxispark, pronounced [ˈtʏr(ə)n ɛn ˈtɑksɪsˌpɑr(ə)k]) is an urban public park located in and named after the neighbourhood of Tour & Taxis in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Bureau Bas Smets. The park forms part of the redevelopment of the former Tour & Taxis industrial and railway site and is one of the largest new green spaces created in Brussels in more than a century.

KANAL - Centre Pompidou is museum for modern and contemporary art located in Brussels, Belgium, near the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, in the former buildings of a Citroën garage. The definitive opening is scheduled for 2025.

The Human Rights Monument (French: Monument aux Droits de l'Homme; Dutch: Monument voor de Mensenrechten) is a monument in Tour & Taxis Park, in the City of Brussels, Belgium, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Inaugurated on 10 December 2018, it was designed by the landscape architect Bas Smets and commissioned by the former Brussels Minister of the Environment and Energy, Céline Fremault. The monument was created to provide a dedicated space for reflection on human rights, addressing the lack of such a space in Brussels. While human rights texts have been displayed in other public areas, such as Parvis de Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillisvoorplein premetro station, this monument offers a space for deeper contemplation. The design was inspired by Memorial 22/03, a land-art work by Smets honouring victims of the 2016 Brussels bombings, and it aims to serve as a physical representation of human rights. The 12-metre-high (39 ft) obelisk features thirty coloured stone blocks, each inscribed with an article of the UDHR in French, Dutch, German, and English. The colours range from dark at the bottom to light at the top, symbolising the diversity of human rights and cultures. Surrounded by a circle of Scots pines, the monument invites reflection on the values of equality and dignity. The design was developed through consultations with human rights groups, political parties, and architects, emphasising the importance of collaboration and interdisciplinary dialogue. The monument encourages visitors to engage with the principles of human rights and consider their relevance today. Financed by Brussels Environment with a budget of €140,000, the monument was completed in time for Human Rights Day (HRD) in 2018.

The 2023 Brussels shooting was an Islamist terrorist attack carried out at about 19:15 (CEST) on 16 October when Abdesalem Lassoued, a 45-year-old Tunisian living illegally in Brussels, Belgium, opened fire on Swedish football supporters at the intersection of two boulevards just off the Square Sainctelette, leaving two dead and one injured. The victims were on their way to a football match at the King Baudouin Stadium. Lassoued fled the scene, and soon after a video was posted on social media in which he claimed responsibility for the attack. The Belgian federal prosecutor immediately concentrated its investigation on a terrorist motive. The following morning, Lassoued was tracked down to a café in the Schaerbeek municipality where he was shot by Belgian police and died on the way to hospital. Following the attack, the terror threat level for Brussels was raised from 2 to 4, the highest level. In the rest of Belgium, it was raised from level 2 to 3. After Lassoued's death, Brussels was lowered to level 3, the same as the rest of the country. Four days after the attack, Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne resigned after it emerged that an extradition request by Tunisia for Lassoued in August 2022 had not been followed up by Belgian magistrates.