Czech Centre Brussels

12/06/2026

Introducing the winner of our Open Call for the visual identity of Czech Street Party 2026!🎨🕺

From all the submitted designs, the expert jury selected the winning work of Adéla Janatová, a graphic design student at the Faculty of Art and Design at UJEP in Ústí nad Labem.

Adéla’s work is inspired by landscapes, algorithmic entities, and the hidden meanings of everyday symbols. She has long focused primarily on book design and explores processes of transformation and renewal in both digital and natural environments.

Congratulations to Adéla on her winning design, and thank you to everyone who participated in the open call.

👉 In our next post, we’ll showcase the other nine designs that made it into the TOP 10 selection.

09/06/2026

A Day in BOOK SPACE at Bibliotheek De Krook, 18 June 📚

Enjoy workshops, screenings, and creative activities for all ages, including a special programme presented in collaboration with the Galerie a muzeum Vysočiny Havlíčkův Brod (Gallery and Museum of the Vysočina Region in Havlíčkův Brod) and artist Tereza Říčanová.

With thanks to the Kraj Vysočina (Vysočina Region) for supporting this part of the programme!

08/06/2026

Keep your Czech🇨🇿 alive this summer☀️

Our online Summer Czech Conversation Courses are here for everyone who wants to keep speaking, practising and learning — without losing the summer mood.

Join Czech Centre Brussels for a friendly online course focused on everyday conversation, useful phrases and building confidence in Czech.

More information and registration are available on our website.

06/06/2026

The most beautiful Czech books of 2025 have their winners!📚✨

The prizes of the 61st edition were presented on June 2, 2026 at Studio Hrdinů in Veletržní palác in Prague. The jury honored, for example, a monograph about samizdat, a juvenile publication about Prague trams' "ancestral heritage," and an original poetry collection made from recycled quotes and song lyrics.

The competition has been organized since 1965 by the Memorial of National Literature and the Ministry of Culture, which cooperates with the Czech Centre Brussels on the BOOKSPACE project. Its spaces feature this year's nominated and awarded books as well as a selection from previous editions. Through this partnership, we showcase the best of Czech book design to audiences in the Benelux region.

05/06/2026

BOOK SPACE opens at De Krook Library on 18 June! 🌀
From all-day workshops to an evening vernissage at 17:30, the opening day invites visitors to create, explore, and connect through books and design.

The exhibition will remain on site all summer long as a space to create, read, and relax.📖

04/06/2026

📚 We were honoured to attend the award ceremony for The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2025!

It was a great opportunity to learn more about this year’s selection of outstanding Czech book design — and to experience first-hand the creativity, craftsmanship, and diversity shaping contemporary Czech publishing.

We are proud to collaborate with the Museum of Literature and The Most Beautiful Czech Books, and to bring these beautiful books to audiences in the Benelux region through the BOOKSPACE project. 📖

On June 2, 2026, awards for the best domestic book design were presented at Studio Hrdinů in the basement of Prague’s Trade Fair Palace. The jury of the 61st edition of the competition recognized, among other works, an extensive account of samizdat literature, a children’s book about the “fam...

21/05/2026

At this year’s JEM International Puppet Festival 2026 in Brussels at Théâtre Royal du Péruchet Czech participation will also be part of the programme.

From 22 to 31 May, the festival will present, among others, DAFA Theatre from Prague, Katanari, based in Prague, and Naivní divadlo Liberec (Naive Theatre Liberec).

The festival will offer contemporary puppet, object and visual theatre for children and adults, including several international premieres.

More information is available on the festival website here: https://theatreperuchet.be/jem-festival-2026/

Photo credit: Naive Theatre Liberec, Production by director Michaela Homolová entitled The Red Balloon

12/05/2026

Echo of Opening Concert of Festival Pražské jaro / Prague Spring Festival 2026

The Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra opens the 81st edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival with an exceptional evening that also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of this renowned Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Chief conductor Petr Popelka leads Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra through Bedřich Smetana's cycle of six symphonic poems, Má vlast (My Country).

You can watch the concert live on our page on May 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Concert partner and general partner of the Prague Spring: Group ČEZ
Live broadcast partners: Prague Spring, Czech Centres, Czech Television, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

06/05/2026

Join us LIVE for the opening Concert of Festival Pražské jaro / Prague Spring Festival 2026 🎻

Tuesday 12th May, 8.00 pm

This year's 81st edition is celebrating a double milestone:
- 100 years of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra
- 80 years of the Prague Spring Festival

Under chief conductor Petr Popelka, the Orchestra performs Bedřich Smetana's Má vlast, cycle of six symphonic poems

🎥 You can watch the concert LIVE on our page

Concert partner and general partner of the Prague Spring: Group CEZ
Live broadcast partners: Prague Spring, Czech Centres, Czech Television, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra