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Events

FLOW facts

When

Summer season from July to September.
NEW: Winter swimming at FLOW!
▶︎ Click here for all practical details!

Where

Pont Pierre Marchant / Digue du Canal, Anderlecht (Google Maps - OpenStreetMap)
Access in winter via the rear entrance on the Digue du Canal.

How to get there

By metro 1&5 (Saint Guidon), bus 78 (Petite Île) or by bicycle

Reservations

SUMMER: Free of charge at the pool, or online for a little reservation fee.
WINTER: Reservation not necessary!

Click here for all the information about your swim.

Questions?

flow@flow.brussels

Upcoming events

POOL IS COLD! Winterzwemmen in Brussel

Jan 7, 2024 → Apr 28, 2024
10:00 - 12:00
Community based winter swimming in Brussels.
Every Sunday from 10am to 12pm at FLOW.
Reservation is not necessary, just drop by.
Pay what you can, starting from 5€.

previous events

POOL IS COLD! Winterzwemmen in Brussel

Jan 7, 2024 → Apr 28, 2024
10:00 - 12:00
Community based winter swimming in Brussels.
Every Sunday from 10am to 12pm at FLOW.
Reservation is not necessary, just drop by.
Pay what you can, starting from 5€.

POOL NOODLES 2023 ... MAMMA MIA!

Nov 25, 2023
12:30
For the occasion of the “World's Biggest Spaghetti Meal” of Brussel Helpt 2023 to support vzw Straatverplegers / Infirmiers de Rue asbl, our indispensable foam noodles will become real noodles!

▶︎ Reserve your spaghetti now!

Etat des Lieux #1: AFLOAT by nadine

Sep 30, 2023
14:00 - 16:00 (canal) & 16:00 – 20:00 (FLOW)
Etat des Lieux #1: nadine teams up with POOL IS COOL to organise an experimental event around SOUND AND WATER.

music, silk screen atelier, floating keyboards and a wandering boat – with BURATINAS & NGHE, Christian Handen, Francesa Chiacchio, Brillaut & Ribault

Free event.

FERAL @ FLOW

Sep 15, 2023
9:30
Feral visits FLOW! Feral is a festival that revives our relationship with the city (organized by CIFAS). Interventions in public space, knowledge and tactics. Multi-species alliances.

This year, Feral welcomes Stalker, a collective of Italian artists, architects and researchers.
Further information on the CIFAS website. Free festival, registration required.

Refreshing Reading Hour (FR/NL)

Sep 6, 2023
14:30 – 15:30
May bikes from the library in Ixelles to the Flow pool to read aloud. From her bakfiets she conjures kamishibai and books about rivers, storms, flatfish, pirates, mermaids and lifeguards. While you enjoy bobbing in the water, May reads aloud from the poolside or from her air mattress. Readings in French and Dutch!

Free event.

Chess'n Jazz with Surlepont

Sep 3, 2023
14:30 – 19:00
CHESS'N JAZZ on the Pierre Marchant Bridge organized by our friends of surlepont !

Open Blitz Chess (3 min + 2 sec) & Free Blitz Jazz with: Clara Lévy (violin), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Frans Van Isacker (sax), Stan Maris (accordion), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), Teun Verbruggen (drums)

See you on the bridge for music and mental exercises, and at FLOW for swimming, drinks and snacks! Free event

FORRO DANCE CONCERT

Aug 20, 2023
16:00 – 22:00
Welcome to the third edition FORRO OPEN AIR POOL DANCE! To celebrate beautiful summer incoming, be welcome to join and mix a fresh swim with a beautiful discovery of the Forró dance and its special atmosphere.

- Discover a beautiful talented all women Forró band from Brussels for this special occasion: banda Sardinhas!

Free!

Pool poetry (FR)

Aug 18, 2023
17:30 – 19:00
Do you dream of hearing poems about vacations, the ocean, swimming pools, sunshine and ice cream while you're splashing around in the water, or lounging by the shore?

FLOW turns your dream into reality! Poet Anna Ayanoglou will be reading poems to you during your visit to FLOW.
Let yourself be carried away...

Stories on the water (NL)

Aug 16, 2023
15:45 – 16:45
Stories on the water (NL)

Reading for children (6-12 years) on the water. An event of the Dutch-speaking library Anderlecht.

Free of charge. With pre-registration. Reading in Dutch.

Sound River System x FLOW

Aug 5, 2023
17:00 – 22:00
Join us for four lives performances on Urban Boat, next to FLOW 🔥
Sound River System is a tour of collaborative creation residencies among European musicians, taking place aboard an itinerant cultural barge called Urban Boat. The project includes six dates in three cross-border countries, essentially creating a floating festival

💵 Free entrance

FORRO DANCE

Jul 30, 2023
16:30 – 22:00
Welcome to the second edition FORRO OPEN AIR POOL DANCE !

FLOW is delighted to host the Forro dance community ! But whether you already dance Forro or not, it is worth the detour. FORRO is a folk music, originated in North East Brasil, with warm and lively rythms... and a generous and joyful couple dance.

Pool noodles @ FLOW? Mamma mia!

Nov 26, 2022
12:30 - 15:00
For the occasion of the “Big Brussel Helpt Spaghettislag” 2022 to support the vzw Kinumai, our indispensable foam noodles will become real noodles!

▶︎ Reserve your spaghetti now!

JE VEUX NAGER mini festival

Sep 18, 2022
14:00 – 22:00
A successful campaign + last day of the season + car free Sunday = three great reasons to celebrate!

With PEGA, Vieze Meisje, Tropicant, Dektro...
free and without reservation

╰☆╮ BORN 2 BE WAVE ╰☆╮

Sep 10, 2022
14:00 – 18:00
Radio party with Collectif Bien Dit! and Radio Moskou

Aquaboxing, Live Radio Show, Karaoke, Francesca Fulmini DJ Set – free and without reservation

ANDERLECHT ARTIST WEEKEND @ FLOW

Sep 10, 2022
ANDERLECHT ARTIST WEEKEND is a two-day route dedicated to explore artist-run spaces, independent collectives and studios in Anderlecht.

On Friday the ANDERLECHT ARTIST WEEKEND stops at FLOW to say hi, share some thoughts on working in collectives – swimming included.

Let's make music at the pool

Sep 3, 2022
15h - 19h
Music sharing, tenderness and gathering with Club 55 and Papottes Musicales

Stories on the water (NL)

Aug 31, 2022
14:15 – 15:15
Stories on the water (NL)

Reading for children (6-12 years) on the water. An event of the Dutch-speaking library Anderlecht.

Free of charge. With pre-registration. Reading in Dutch.

FORRO DANCE

Aug 21, 2022
from 16:30
FORRO DANCE by the pool
With dance initiations

Forro is a folk music, originated in North East Brasil, with warm and lively rythms... and a generous and joyful couple dance.

Canceled! Zukunft Pool Party Open Air

Aug 18, 2022
16:30 – 22:00
Canceled for reasons beyond our control!

DJ-Set. Afterwork Apéro organized in collaboration with Piknik Elektronik.
* free, no registration

Come and dance with us! Easy chilled Afterwork Apéro with Piknik Elektronik and some of their favorite DJs.

Midsommar – L'heure d'été

Jul 24, 2022
21:00
Cinéma Galeries Outdoor cinema
Midsommar – Ari Aster (VO st FR/NL)
*free without reservation

A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

Le rendez-vous des Quais – L'heure d'été

Jul 23, 2022
21:00
Cinéma Galeries Outdoor cinema
Et si le canal c'était la mer? – Jean-Pierre Canal
Le rendez-vous des Quais – Paul Carpita (VOF + st EN)
* free without reservation

Marseille, 1953. Robert Fournier, a young dockworker, wants to live with Marcelle, an employee of a cookie factory. But the apartments are inaccessible to the finances of the two young people. To obtain housing more easily, Robert reduces his union activities and, during a big strike, disassociates himself from his comrades and becomes a "yellow".

Corniche Kennedy – L'heure d'été

Jul 22, 2022
21:00
Cinéma Galeries Outdoor cinema
Corniche Kennedy - Dominique Cabrera (Version Originale Français)
* free without reservation

In the space of one summer, a group of idle teens attempt to defy the laws of gravity by diving along the Kennedy cliffs near Marseille. When the path of a narcotics agent assigned to a local case crosses theirs, she tries to bring them under her wing and prevent them from risking their lives.

Persona - L'heure d'été

Jul 21, 2022
21:00
Cinéma Galeries Outdoor cinema
Persona – Ingmar Bergman
*free without reservation

After Elisabet, a famed actress, lapses into silence from what appears to be a breakdown, she goes to a beach house with only Alma, a nurse, as company. Over the next weeks, as Alma struggles to reach her mute patient, they both find themselves experiencing a strange emotional convergence.

CANCELLED: Stillwater – L'heure d'été

Jul 20, 2022
21:00
Cancelled due to bad weather!

Cinéma Galeries Outdoor cinema
Stillwater - Tom McCarthy
* free without reservation

A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Faced with language barriers, cultural differences and a complex legal system, Bill makes it a point to clear his daughter's name.

Zukunft Afterwork - Pool Party

Jul 14, 2022
17:00 – 22:00
DJ-Set. Afterwork Apéro organized in collaboration with Piknik Elektronik.
* free, no registration

Come and dance with us! Easy chilled Afterwork Apéro with Piknik Elektronik and some of their favorite DJs.

Wandeling: Stad in ontwikkeling

Jul 10, 2022
14:00 – 16:00
Guided Walk and Summer Festival Program Zicht op Zuid with Muntpunt in the framework of Vlaanderen Feest - Brussel Danst

The Canal Zone in Anderlecht is the prime example of a district in full swing. Projects like FLOW, Brussels Beer Project and COOP are springing up like mushrooms. They make us think about how living, working, production and leisure can form a symbiosis in the city.

ZINNEMA FLOW UP FESTIVAL

Jul 8, 2022 → Jul 10, 2022
*free without reservation

Get yourself a tan this summer during Flow Up! Zinnema prepared a program for you around the only outdoor swimming pool in Brussels for all ages, all weekend long. On the sun decks, you can expect mouth-watering catering from local initiatives, sweaty boxing initiation courses, lively workshops for children, energetic animators, dance shows, concerts, DJs and much more.

Antoine Grenez – Photo installation

Jul 7, 2022 → Aug 31, 2022
ongoing
Photo installation on flags by Antoine Grenez - created in the frame of FLOW UP Festival (Zinnema and others), curated by ECHOS.

JE VEUX NAGER @ FLOW

Jun 11, 2022
14:00 – 17:00
Get to know more about us and our crowdfunding campaign JE VEUX NAGER, how FLOW works and about our ambitions for the future. Come to FLOW on Saturday 11/06. At this JE VEUX NAGER event you will get a guided tour and performances by 'Karavan' and 'Ik en den Theo'.

FLOW BALL POOL

May 8, 2022
13:00 - 17:00
During the STADSKRIEBELS FESTIVAL 2022, FLOW will become the largest ball pool of Brussels for one day!
Pass by for the fun you dreamed of as a 6-years-old.
→ More info

FLOWING 21-22

Feb 23, 2022
19:30
At FLOWING 21-22 we will share with you first results of our survey about FLOW 2021 and present ideas for the FLOW summer season 2022, followed by an open discussion with you. We are looking forward to hear your feedback and ideas!

Due to the ongoing Covid pandemic, the number of places are limited and we therefore ask for reservation, click below for more info. Thanks for your understanding.

Location:
ZINNEMA, Rue de Veeweyde 24-26, 1070 Anderlecht, Metro 1 & 5 "Saint-Guidon", 10 minutes by foot from FLOW
→ More info

Let's get FLOW ready for winter!

Nov 27, 2021
11:00
Are you keen to help FLOW? Winter is coming, so on Saturday 27/11 from 11:00 we will roll up our sleeves to make FLOW winter-ready: clean up, remove fragile items, make small repairs, etc. Don’t worry, it won’t be heavy works but rather a chance to meet some of the people behind FLOW and have a warm tea, coffee or glühwein with us.
Feel free to just pass by, or let us know beforehand for questions or ideas, via a mail to flow@flow.brussels
See you, thanks a lot lending us a hand!

IMPORT/EXPORT: FLOW

Sep 29, 2021
19:30
Architalk by POOL IS COOL + Decoratelier

Conference and exchange around the issue of public space. How 'FLOW' presents a new model of spatial construction/occupation where several actors come together to create a public outdoor pool in Brussels, which turns out to be much more.

▶︎ At Recyclart (not FLOW)!
→ More info

Temporary architecture, permanent communities

Sep 12, 2021
16:00
Talk at HORST Festival (not at FLOW)
→ More info

San Ziméon Fest

Aug 31, 2021
18:00
Music, performances, activities for children

SAN ZIMEÓN, the holy dog that pisses, is the Zinneke that symbolises the cultural diversity of Brussels.
Welcome to a festive afternoon full of sport and music, a convivial moment for young and old.
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Kiosk Radio Pool Party

Aug 29, 2021
13:00
Music and good vibes

We celebrate the last Sunday of FLOW in 2021 with the KIOSK RADIO POOL PARTY ! DJ's from 13h to 22h non stop. Everyone is welcome, reservation is only necessary for swimming. See you, splish splash!
→ More info

Extra Muros: FLOW VI

Aug 27, 2021
16:00 - 22:00
Music, performances, activities for children

At the invitation of POOL IS COOL, Zinnema will bring a few Fridays of cultural entertainment in and around the brand new swimming pool FLOW in Anderlecht. Together with you we will literally dive into summer and find ourselves at the Pierre Marchant bridge at Brussels' first and only open air swimming pool.
Everyone is welcome, reservation not required (only for swimming).
→ More info

Radio Moskou au bord de l'eau

Aug 21, 2021
14:00 - 20:00
See you on Saturday 21 August for radio, open mic, concerts & other surprises as you like them.
Stay tuned! See you soon Moskovites...
→ More info

Extra Muros: FLOW V

Aug 20, 2021
16:00 - 22:00
Music, performances, activities for children

At the invitation of POOL IS COOL, Zinnema will bring a few Fridays of cultural entertainment in and around the brand new swimming pool FLOW in Anderlecht. Together with you we will literally dive into summer and find ourselves at the Pierre Marchant bridge at Brussels' first and only open air swimming pool.
Everyone is welcome, reservation not required (only for swimming).
→ More info

Bains Publics – L’heure d’été (new date)

Aug 18, 2021
21:00
Outdoor cinema

Nearly 65 years after its inauguration, the Brussels Bath in the Marolles still offers two swimming pools and public showers to the inhabitants of this popular district. People of different ages, origins and social classes find there a place to exchange. This movie illustrates a melting pot where people swim, wash, talk and meet.

As part of its annual festival L’heure d’été, Cinema Galeries invites you to a week of open-air cinema on the theme of water and swimming in FLOW.
→ More info

Water Lilies – L’heure d’été (new date)

Aug 18, 2021
22:00
Outdoor cinema

Summer when you're 15. Nothing to do but look at the ceiling. They are three : Marie, Anne, Floriane. In the locker room, their destinies cross and desire arises.

As part of its annual festival L’heure d’été, Cinema Galeries invites you to a week of open-air cinema on the theme of water and swimming in FLOW.
→ More info

Vincent – L’heure d’été (new date)

Aug 17, 2021
21:30
Outdoor cinema

Unemployed, Vincent, a reserved 30-year-old, left Paris to seek opportunities in the South. If he chose a small village in Provence located near a lake, it is mainly because he discovered his extraordinary gifts. His strength increases when he comes into contact with water, he swims like a dolphin and breaks down walls with one hand. During one of his aquatic journey, he crosses Lucie's path.

As part of its annual festival L’heure d’été, Cinema Galeries invites you to a week of open-air cinema on the theme of water and swimming in FLOW.
→ More info

The Shape of Water – L’heure d’été (new date)

Aug 16, 2021
21:30
Outdoor cinema

A modest employee of a top-secret government laboratory named Elisa leads a dull and lonely existence, even more isolated as she is unable to speak. Her life changes forever when she and her colleague Zelda discover an experiment that is even more secret than the others...

As part of its annual festival L’heure d’été, Cinema Galeries invites you to a week of open-air cinema on the theme of water and swimming in FLOW.
→ More info

The Red Turtle – L’heure d’été (new date)

Aug 15, 2021
21:30
Outdoor cinema

A man is stranded on a tropical desert island. Alone, he must learn to survive thanks to nature, which is not always welcoming, with only birds and small playful crabs for companions. However, as he tries to escape on his raft, he meets a mysterious turtle that emerges from the water. His life will change forever.

As part of its annual festival L’heure d’été, Cinema Galeries invites you to a week of open-air cinema on the theme of water and swimming in FLOW.
→ More info

Jaws – L’heure d’été (new date)

Aug 14, 2021
21:30
Outdoor cinema

A few days before the start of the summer season, the inhabitants of the small seaside resort of Amity are devastated when the atrociously mutilated body of a young vacationer is discovered on the shore. For Martin Brody, the chief of police, there is no doubt that the young girl was victim of a shark.He decides to ban access to the beaches, but encounters the hostility of the mayor, who is only interested in the number of tourists.

As part of its annual festival L’heure d’été, Cinema Galeries invites you to a week of open-air cinema on the theme of water and swimming in FLOW.
→ More info

FLOATFIT @ FLOW

Aug 14, 2021
12:00, 12:40, 13:20
Fitness

Floatfit is a high intensity training (HIT) on a floating board, the aquabase. During the exercises, you stand, sit or lie on the board, but also often next to it. The waves that you and the other participants make during the exercises make it even harder. If that doesn't make you fit!
→ More info

Extra Muros: FLOW IV

Aug 13, 2021
16:00 - 22:00
Music, performances, activities for children

At the invitation of POOL IS COOL, Zinnema will bring a few Fridays of cultural entertainment in and around the brand new swimming pool FLOW in Anderlecht. Together with you we will literally dive into summer and find ourselves at the Pierre Marchant bridge at Brussels' first and only open air swimming pool.
Everyone is welcome, reservation not required (only for swimming).
→ More info

Extra Muros: FLOW III

Jul 23, 2021
16:00 - 22:00
Music, performances, activities for children

At the invitation of POOL IS COOL, Zinnema will bring a few Fridays of cultural entertainment in and around the brand new swimming pool FLOW in Anderlecht. Together with you we will literally dive into summer and find ourselves at the Pierre Marchant bridge at Brussels' first and only open air swimming pool.
Everyone is welcome, reservation not required (only for swimming).
→ More info

FLOATFIT @ FLOW

Jul 17, 2021
12:10 & 12:50
Fitness

Floatfit is a high intensity training (HIT) on a floating board, the aquabase. During the exercises, you stand, sit or lie on the board, but also often next to it. The waves that you and the other participants make during the exercises make it even harder. If that doesn't make you fit!
→ More info

Extra Muros: FLOW II

Jul 16, 2021
16:00 - 22:00
Music, performances, activities for children

At the invitation of POOL IS COOL, Zinnema will bring a few Fridays of cultural entertainment in and around the brand new swimming pool FLOW in Anderlecht. Together with you we will literally dive into summer and find ourselves at the Pierre Marchant bridge at Brussels' first and only open air swimming pool.
Everyone is welcome, reservation not required (only for swimming).
→ More info

FLOWING conversation

Jul 4, 2021
19:30
Debate

Starting from a listening session of the points of view of the makers, this discursive moment reflects on the right to leisure, the politics of spaces, and focuses on what’s at stake in the future months of this new Brussels project.
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Lina Lapelytė - What happens with a dead fish?

Jul 2, 2021 → Jul 6, 2021
20:00
Performance and installation

For the opening of the first public open-air swimming pool in Brussels, Lina Lapelytė creates new musical performance work for local choir singers about being a fish, going down, the fragility and eternity.
→ More info

FLOW facts

When

Summer season from July to September.
NEW: Winter swimming at FLOW!
▶︎ Click here for all practical details!

Where

Pont Pierre Marchant / Digue du Canal, Anderlecht (Google Maps - OpenStreetMap)
Access in winter via the rear entrance on the Digue du Canal.

How to get there

By metro 1&5 (Saint Guidon), bus 78 (Petite Île) or by bicycle

Reservations

SUMMER: Free of charge at the pool, or online for a little reservation fee.
WINTER: Reservation not necessary!

Click here for all the information about your swim.

Questions?

flow@flow.brussels