https://netflux.io/tags/brussels/ Recent content in Brussels on netflux.io Hugo en-us Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:20:00 +0100 https://netflux.io/posts/fosdem-2026/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:20:00 +0100 https://netflux.io/posts/fosdem-2026/ <p>This weekend I attended the <a href="https://fosdem.org/2026/">FOSDEM</a> conference in Brussels. FOSDEM is a conference for all things free and open source software. It was my first time attending, and I enjoyed it immensely. While it&rsquo;s fresh in my mind, here are a few notes and learnings.</p> <p>I had only passed briefly through Brussels before and did not know what to expect from the city. For the record, I spent most of my time between Schaerbeek, where I stayed, and the site of FOSDEM in Solbosch. It turns out that the city, or at least the parts that I saw, is clean, modern and vibrant. There is history everywhere, but it&rsquo;s also obvious that a ton of investment has been dropped on the city over recent years. On every turn there is the contrast of old and new, bricks and steel girders, and privilege and struggle. In this way, for better and worse, it reminded me strongly of London - more so than any other city I have visited, in fact. I found the overall effect exhilarating and would definitely return to explore more meaningfully.</p>