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30 April 2023

Not the City of Brussels, but the municipality of Molenbeek is the Brussels candidate for the title of European Capital of Culture 2030. This may be a little unexpected, but it is certainly not without its logic. Molenbeek is a municipality that faces a number of challenges, but this medal also has a positive side. Jan Goossens, together with Fatima Zibouh in charge of preparing the Brussels 2030 project, pointed out in the press that Molenbeek is also a municipality with plenty of upward social mobility, a lot of – superdiverse – potential and a dynamic cultural life. The development of the Canal zone is also ensuring that Molenbeek is becoming less and less of an area to be avoided and more and more of a place to be…

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