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Flower Carpet 2026

Location:
Grand-Place
Grand-Place - 1000 Brussels
Period:
Thursday 13 August 2026 - Sunday 16 August 2026
Category:
Events

Every 2 years the Grand-Place of Brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. The carpet of 70 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers, with nearly 1 million flowers in less than 4 hours.

Theme of the 2026 Flower Carpet

For this 24th edition of the Flower Carpet, Japan will be honoured on the Grand-Place. After a first collaboration in 2016, the Land of the Rising Sun is back this year with a new artistic fresco.

Opening hours and tickets

More info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view from the City Hall:

External siteFlower Carpet 2026

Webcam

The construction and the result can be seen via the webcam on the Grand-Place.

Flower Carpet 2024 photo album

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