BeCentral

BeCentral is a campus and coworking space in Brussels above the Brussels Central Station. In BeCentral has as mission to close the digital skills gap and various organisations have their offices, including Open Knowledge Belgium.

Building train station with BeCentral on 1st and 2nd floor

Entrance

Location

BeCentral is situated in the building above Brussels-Central railway station.

• Address: Cantersteen 10, 1000 Brussels (50° 50′ 44″ N, 4° 21′ 27″ E)
• Directions inside the railway station: If you are standing inside the main hall of the railway station facing the ticket offices and actual timetable, you go right up the stairs and walk outside to the left, BeCentral is the first entrance on the left.

History

• 9 October 2017 - BeCentral opened their doors officially   (source (archived))

Projects done in BeCentral

• Wiki Club Brussels
• Civic Lab Brussels
• Women in Tech edit-a-thon October 2018
• Hack The Gender Gap edit-a-thon January 2019

Related links

• BeCentral website
• BeCentral on Twitter
• BeCentral op Wikidata
• Photos of BeCentral op Wikimedia Commons

Announcements and notices

• (nl) Gratis leren coderen met BeCentral in het Centraal Station, 13 February 2017   (archived)
• (nl) BeCentral tovert leegstaande ruimte in Brussel Centraal tot digitale hub om, 14 February 2017   (archived)
• (en) BeCentral is the new digital heart of Belgium, 14 February 2017   (archived)
• (nl) BeCentral wil Belgische digitale vaardigheden verbeteren, 15 February 2017   (archived)
• (en) BeCentral brings digital hub to Brussels’ Central Station, 15 February 2017   (archived)
• (nl) BeCentral wil digitale kloof dichten, 17 February 2017   (archived)
• (nl) BeCentral opent deuren in Brussel Centraal, 10 September 2017   (archived)
• (nl) Koning Filip huldigt BeCentral in, 5 October 2017   (archived)
• (fr) Google ouvre un Atelier Digital à BeCentral, à la gare de Bruxelles-Central, 25 April 2018   (archived)
• (nl) Google opent Digitaal Atelier in BeCentral, in station Brussel-Centraal, 25 April 2018   (archived)
• (fr) Visite de BeCentral , 19 June 2018   (archived)
• (nl) Bezoek aan BeCentral, 19 June 2018   (archived)
• (nl) Premier Michel brengt bezoek aan digitale hub Be Central, 19 June 2018   (archived)
• (fr) En un an, BeCentral a touché plus de 12.500 personnes, 5 October 2018   (archived)
• (nl) Digitale campus BeCentral bereikt meer dan 12.500 mensen in één jaar, 5 October 2018   (archived)
• (fr) BeCentral grossit son capital et ses ambitions, 7 October 2018   (archived)
• (nl) Extra kapitaal én ruimte voor BeCentral, 10 October 2018   (archived)