Brussels Summer Festival

The grand buildings, streets and squares of Brussels are turned into concert venues during the Summer Festival with a varied programme of 150 concerts and shows for all.The entertainment ranges from hip hop, folk, reggae and electronic music, street performances, stand-up comedy and kids' entertainment.

The Festival runs from 12 to 21 August and tickets come in 4 and 10 day packages; the new 4 day pass is valid for the first four days of the festival from 12 to 15 August,and offers you access to all stages and activities.

The Brussels Summer Festival can be reached by…

Metro: lines 1 and 5 – ‘Parc’ or ‘Brussels-Central station’ stops

Tram: lines 92 and 94 – ‘Royale’ stop

Bus: lines 27, 38, 71 and 95 – ‘Royale’ stop

Train: Brussels-Central station

Bike: Villo (bike hire) station terminals: rue Royale 66, rue Royale 14, rue de la Régence 20, boulevard de l’Empereur 2 (villo.be)

Modern Design Hotel Brussels

The Pantone Hotel opened this week in Brussels, featuring modern design decked out in just seven very precise dominant colors: Pantones 478, 200, 137, 1215, 238, 353 and 298. For those of us less accustomed to the famed color-matching system, that would be approximately brown, crimson, orange, beige, lavender, seafoam and aqua. And yes, you can select your room by color.

Pantone, in case you're baffled at this point, is a company that specializes in color precision, making sure graphic designers get the exact shades they're looking for. Why they would theme a hotel around this is a separate question, one that shouldn't obfuscate the concept's general awesomeness.

Naturally, the modern hotel lounge serves colorful cocktails including the Pink Champagne Pantone 12-1107, the Lemon Drop Pantone 12-0736 and the Daiquiri Green 12-0435.

The 59-key design hotel offers free WiFi. Hotel room rates at the Pantone costs a very reasonable €59 per night.

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