Brussels Flower Carpet 2026
Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 2026; sound-and-light show 21:00–23:00 every half hour · Grand-Place, Brussels (second carpet at the Bourse) · Brussels
Details & booking — City of Brussels
via City of Brussels · Checked 8 Aug 2026
About this event
Every two years the Grand-Place disappears under a carpet of dahlias. The 2026 edition marks 160 years of Belgian-Japanese relations with Hokusai's Great Wave reinterpreted by artist Hiro Sugiyama in more than 500,000 flowers, plus a first-ever second carpet at the Bourse on a brewing-heritage theme. A sound-and-light show runs half-hourly each evening.
Why we picked it
Brussels' biggest free spectacle, only held in even years, and this edition adds a second carpet at the Bourse for the first time.
Free entry
Free to view from the Grand-Place and the Bourse. The elevated view from the City Hall balcony is ticketed and is NOT included.
Registration
Registration needed
None for street-level viewing
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