Le Lac

Brussels


This vast two-tier artists' studio opens onto the street and hosts ad hoc exhibitions and events. It sells beers and snacks, and you can look at the art work. Concerts happen in the street outside in summer, such as Moroccan gnaoua trance musicians performing against the surreal backdrop of the castellated Petit-Château, formerly barracks and now a migrant centre.


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