This Benelux Life

This is the strangest, lightest, sweetest brown beer I’ve tasted in a long time. The beer is flavoured with “sour cherry juice” which initially makes for a very sweet drink, but one with a very satisfying bite to it.

I was really thrown when I first tasted it, but it does grow on you quite quickly. This is definitely a beer to enjoy on a warm summer afternoon.

This could turn out to be interesting…

More English in Flemish schools

As from September, nine secondary schools across Flanders are to take part in a multi-lingual pilot project, a first for Flanders.

A maximum of 15% of the courses will be taught in a foreign language - English or French - instead of Dutch.

Similar pilot-projects have been set up in other European countries before, but it is a first for Flanders.

The pupils will not be forced to take part, they have the freedom of choice.

The schools joining the project will receive subsidies to cover for the extra cost.

The project will be followed from close by and a report will be compiled.

Flemish education minister Frank Vandenbroucke (socialist) will use the report to decide about future moves towards multi-lingual education in Flanders.