Film and TV locations in Belgium
72 places to shoot in Belgium: 20 theatres, arenas and venues, 9 castles and estates, 9 offices, schools and public buildings and 34 more. 28 have a photo and 27 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What Belgium pays back
Belgium runs the Belgian Tax Shelter, worth 38-40% net effect as a tax shelter. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison, and find a studio, service company or post house in the 27 companies we list in Belgium.
Regions
- Brussels 19
- Antwerp 10
- East Flanders 7
- West Flanders 7
- Liege 6
- Namur 5
- Hainaut 5
- Flemish Brabant 5
- Limburg 4
- Luxembourg Province 3
And single locations in 1 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Theatres, arenas and venues in Belgium 20
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. All 20 on their own page.
Ancienne Belgique (AB)
Theatre, arena & venue
Concert hall on Boulevard Anspach in central Brussels with two stages, offering the venue for private hire and running its own in-house production and photography team.
Capacity: 2000 · Six rentable spaces: AB Connect 126 sqm (20-60 guests), AB Salon 63 sqm (54-110 guests), AB Antenna 145 sqm (50-120 guests), AB Rooftop 84 sqm (50-80...
Flagey
Theatre, arena & venue
1938 Art Deco former national radio building on Place Sainte-Croix in Brussels, now a music and cinema centre with studios and halls available for venue hire.
Halles de Schaerbeek
Theatre, arena & venue
Former covered market hall in Schaerbeek, Brussels, converted into a performing arts venue for dance and theatre, with its hall offered for hire.
Capacity: 2000 · Three rentable spaces: Great Hall 1200 sqm (up to 2000 people standing, sit-down or buffet dining possible); Small Hall 215 sqm (400 standing / 120...
Kortrijk Xpo
Theatre, arena & venue
40,000 square metre exhibition and conference campus in Kortrijk with six halls and a covered boulevard connecting them, rented out for trade shows, conferences and public events.
Six halls, a Meeting Center with five rooms, catering, ticketing, parking and technical support.
Kursaal Oostende
Theatre, arena & venue
Seafront concert and congress hall in Ostend with a large auditorium and casino, offering dedicated business and corporate event spaces.
Multiple event spaces: Lounge, Concert Hall, Entrance Hall, Foyer, Delvaux Hall, Main Studio and Studios; a new multifunctional hall is due to open...
Théâtre de Liège
Theatre, arena & venue
Contemporary performing arts theatre in Liège with a large auditorium and studio spaces, part of the city's cultural quarter near the Meuse.
Aquatopia
Theatre, arena & venue
A municipal indoor swimming pool complex in Aalst with a sports basin, recreational pools and slides used by local clubs and schools.
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Bozar
Theatre, arena & venue
Centre for Fine Arts in central Brussels hosting concerts, exhibitions and film screenings across several halls, with a dedicated team for private and corporate venue hire.
Seven hireable spaces: Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Hall M, Studio, Horta Hall, Terarken Hall, Suzanne Bertouille Rotunda and Royal Salon.
De Grote Post
Theatre, arena & venue
A former central post office in Oostende converted into a cultural centre with a concert hall, library and cafe behind its restored mid-century facade.
Euro Space Center
Theatre, arena & venue
Space-themed visitor and education centre in Redu-Transinne, Luxembourg province, with astronaut training simulators, a planetarium and full-scale space hardware replicas.
Handelsbeurs Concert Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
19th-century former merchants' exchange on the Kouter in Ghent, now a concert hall with a brasserie, offering its hall for private hire.
Concert hall with foyer, conference rooms, a mixing studio and dressing rooms (loges); modern theatre-technical infrastructure with climate control.
KVS (Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg)
Theatre, arena & venue
Brussels' Flemish-language city theatre, combining a restored 19th-century theatre building with a modern extension, used for stage productions and events.
La Bellone
Theatre, arena & venue
18th-century townhouse in central Brussels covered by a glass roof, now a house for the performing arts with an archive, exhibition space and courtyard.
La Monnaie / De Munt
Theatre, arena & venue
Belgium's national opera house in central Brussels, offering venue hire and audiovisual exploitation services alongside its main stage and the smaller Malibran room.
Sport Vlaanderen Gent (Wielercentrum)
Theatre, arena & venue
An outdoor cycling centre in Ghent's Blaarmeersen sports park with a velodrome track, clubhouse and surrounding playing fields.
Sport Vlaanderen Heusden-Zolder
Theatre, arena & venue
A regional sports centre in Heusden-Zolder next to the Circuit Zolder racetrack, with an athletics track and multi-purpose sports halls.
Sport Vlaanderen Hofstade
Theatre, arena & venue
A public sports and recreation domain in Zemst with a swimming lake, athletics track and sports halls set among woodland.
Sport Vlaanderen Waregem
Theatre, arena & venue
A regional sports centre in Waregem with an athletics track, sports halls and outdoor pitches used for training and competitions.
Sport Vlaanderen Willebroek
Theatre, arena & venue
A national watersports centre on a canal in Willebroek with a straight regatta course, grandstands and boathouses used for rowing and canoe racing.
STUK, Leuven
Theatre, arena & venue
Multidisciplinary arts centre on Naamsestraat in Leuven with theatre spaces, a cinema and studios, offering rooms and rehearsal spaces for rent.
Castles and estates in Belgium 9
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. All 9 on their own page.
Alden Biesen Castle
Castle & estate
Moated former headquarters of the Teutonic Order in Bilzen with formal gardens and a museum, now a conference and cultural centre that lists availability for film shoots.
Château de Vêves
Castle & estate
Medieval castle with rounded towers and pointed roofs in Celles, Namur province, restored in the 19th and 20th centuries and open for tours.
Citadel of Namur
Castle & estate
Hilltop fortress complex above Namur spanning two thousand years of military building, with underground passages, a park and rooms offered for professional and private hire.
Capacity: 120 · Four rentable spaces in the former Terra Nova barracks (Salle Blanche, Salle Don Juan, Salle Vauban, and a bar), each accommodating up to 120 people,...
Gravensteen
Castle & estate
Moated twelfth-century stone castle with towers, battlements and a gatehouse standing in the middle of Ghent.
Seen in: The White Queen
Capacity: 99 · Knights' Hall (Ridderzaal) seats up to 99 people; the Suikerlade room is also bookable. Used for meetings, performances, lectures, presentations and...
Château de Beloeil
Castle & estate
18th and 19th-century château of the Ligne family in Beloeil, Hainaut, with formal French gardens, a long ornamental lake and rooms open to the public.
Seen in: Les Jeux de société, Angélique, L'échange des princesses, La Guerre des trônes
Château de Bouillon
Castle & estate
Medieval fortress overlooking the town of Bouillon and the Semois river in Luxembourg province, one of Belgium's oldest surviving feudal castles.
Château de Freÿr
Castle & estate
Renaissance chateau on a bend of the Meuse near Hastière with terraced 18th-century gardens, whose barn and orangeries can be booked for events.
Château de Jehay
Castle & estate
Renaissance-era castle with a chequered stone facade in Amay, Liège province, moated and set in a landscaped domain managed by the Province of Liège.
Loppem Castle
Castle & estate
Neo-Gothic castle built in the 1850s and 1860s near Bruges with original interiors and art collections, whose former stables now form a hall for hire.
Former stables converted into an event hall for 250 to 300 seated guests or 450 standing, plus vaulted cellars for smaller groups.
Offices, schools and public buildings in Belgium 9
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. All 9 on their own page.
Autoworld
Office, school & public building
Vintage and classic car museum in the Cinquantenaire park's Belvedere hall in Brussels, hired out as an event space for more than a thousand guests.
Event space for over 1,000 guests among the car collection, with escape-game and audio-guide experiences.
Grand Curtius
Office, school & public building
Museum of archaeology, decorative arts and weapons in Liège, housed in the restored 17th-century mansion of arms merchant Jean Curtius on the Meuse.
Kanal-Centre Pompidou
Office, school & public building
Former 1930s Citroën garage on the Brussels canal, now a contemporary art museum with raw industrial halls, a large open floor and a rooftop terrace.
Mundaneum
Office, school & public building
Archive centre and museum in Mons documenting Paul Otlet's early 20th-century project to catalogue the world's knowledge, recognised by UNESCO's Memory of the World register.
Red Star Line Museum
Office, school & public building
Museum in the former Red Star Line shipping company warehouses on the Antwerp quays, telling the story of transatlantic emigration to America between 1873 and 1934.
Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée
Office, school & public building
Comic strip museum in a 1906 Art Nouveau former textile warehouse designed by Victor Horta in central Brussels, with galleries, a library and a brasserie.
Hof van Liere (University of Antwerp city campus)
Office, school & public building
A restored Renaissance courtyard building on the University of Antwerp's city campus, with arcaded galleries and a walled garden used for lectures and events.
Lycee Emile Max
Office, school & public building
An Art Nouveau public secondary school in Schaerbeek with an ornate wrought-iron staircase and entrance hall behind an understated brick facade.
Wrought-iron staircase, exterior facade
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MAS (Museum aan de Stroom)
Office, school & public building
Tower-shaped museum from 2011 in Antwerp's old harbour district, with a spiralling public route past galleries to a rooftop panorama over the city and river.
Industrial and derelict locations in Belgium 7
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. Industrial and derelict locations across Europe.
Blegny-Mine
Industrial & derelict
Former coal mine near Liège, one of four coal mines in Europe still offering underground visits through its original shaft and galleries.
Bois du Cazier
Industrial & derelict
Former coal mine at Marcinelle near Charleroi with preserved headframes and pithead buildings, site of the 1956 mining disaster, now housing industry and glass museums.
Seen in: Inferno Below (2003 documentary)
Grand-Hornu
Industrial & derelict
Neoclassical former colliery and workers' town near Mons, built 1810 to 1830 around an oval courtyard, now a design and contemporary art centre with rooms available for hire.
Tour & Taxis
Industrial & derelict
Former customs and rail freight depot on the Brussels canal, with 19th-century brick, glass and iron warehouse halls now used as a large indoor event and exhibition venue.
C-mine
Industrial & derelict
Former Winterslag coalmine in Genk with preserved headframes and a compressor hall, now a creative cluster of more than 30 spaces that are rented out for events.
Seven renovated former mine buildings around C-mine square with more than 30 rental spaces, indoor and outdoor, ranging from small to large; includes...
Cristallerie du Val Saint Lambert
Industrial & derelict
Crystal glassworks founded in 1826 on the site of a former abbey in Seraing, near Liège, still producing crystal, with a factory, shop and heritage buildings open to visitors.
Tour a Plomb
Industrial & derelict
A former lead-shot factory tower near Brussels' old abattoir district, now a community and sports centre that keeps its raw industrial brickwork and stairwells.
Stairwells, exposed industrial interior
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Film studios and backlots in Belgium 6
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them. Film studios and backlots across Europe.
AED Studios
Studio & backlot
A studio complex on a former factory site in Lint near Antwerp, with 16 sound stages from 45 to 3,000 sqm, a deep water tank, backstage wings, workshops and a helipad.
Seen in: Grace of Monaco, Kursk, Largo Winch: Le prix de l'argent, Familie
16 sound stages ranging from 45 sqm to 3,000 sqm, including one of Europe's largest water-tank stages (25m x 35m, 4m deep); 5 separate backstage areas...
Lites Studios
Studio & backlot
Modern studio complex near Brussels with five stages, including Europe's largest heated indoor water tank for underwater filming.
Seen in: The Swarm, Comandante
Stage 1: 1,250 m2 (13,500 sq ft); Stage 2: 1,700 m2 (18,300 sq ft); Water Stage: 1,450 m2 (15,600 sq ft) with a 24 x 21 m deep section, up to 10.8 m...
NEP Belgium
Studio & backlot
Three broadcast sound stages on an industrial estate in Londerzeel between Antwerp and Brussels, ranging from a small green-key room to a large stage with a 60m cyclorama and adjustable lighting grid.
Studio 1: 1,341 sqm inside the cyclorama (42.3m x 31.7m, 7.95m high), six independently adjustable grid frames each lifting 6,800kg, an 18m x 7m...
Option Media
Studio & backlot
A post-production house in Mechelen, between Antwerp and Brussels, that includes a 140 sqm green-key stage for compositing, virtual production and content shoots alongside its grading and sound suites.
2,400 sqm facility including a 140 sqm chroma-key (green screen) studio for shoots and virtual production, image and sound post-production suites, a...
Pixel Kinetics Alliance
Studio & backlot
A green-screen production stage with a motorised turntable and broadcast control room in Buggenhout, run by a virtual-production and LED-wall specialist that also operates a stage inside AED Studios in Lint.
Green screen studio in Buggenhout with an infinite chroma-key cyclorama, a motorised rotating platform for talent or product turns, a programmable...
RV Studio
Studio & backlot
A black-box event and TV studio on the Mechelen-Noord industrial estate, just off the E19 between Brussels and Antwerp, built around one large hall with a seamless concrete floor.
Main hall of 1,100 sqm (30m x 36m, 6.6m ceiling height) with a seamless paintable concrete floor and 174 rigging/anchor points, one circuit of black...
Churches and monasteries in Belgium 5
Cathedrals, churches, chapels, monasteries and cloisters, plus the crypts and refectories behind them. Churches and monasteries across Europe.
Abdij van Herkenrode
Church & monastery
A former Cistercian abbey site on the edge of Hasselt with a walled herb garden, monastic outbuildings and a restored gatehouse.
Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent
Church & monastery
Former Benedictine abbey by Sint-Pietersplein in Ghent with a baroque church, historic cellars and a south-facing vineyard garden, whose rooms are hired for receptions and conferences.
Historic cellar and loft rooms, courtyard and south-facing garden with vineyard, underground parking nearby.
Abbaye d'Orval
Church & monastery
Cistercian abbey near Florenville in Luxembourg province, with medieval ruins beside a working monastery known for its Trappist beer and cheese.
Abbaye de Maredsous
Church & monastery
Neo-Gothic Benedictine abbey near Denée in Namur province, founded in 1872, with a working monastery, cheese and beer production and a visitor centre.
Villers Abbey ruins
Church & monastery
The roofless ruins of a Cistercian abbey near Villers-la-Ville, with vaulted cellars, a ruined church nave and monastic gardens open for shoots by arrangement.
Transport and infrastructure in Belgium 4
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. Transport and infrastructure across Europe.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Transport & infrastructure
Seven-kilometre motor racing circuit through the Ardennes hills near Francorchamps, host of the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, with the track and facilities available to hire for private and business events.
Multiple hireable event spaces: Raidillon Loges (170 sqm, up to 160 people, with a 120 sqm private terrace); Endurance Loges (300 sqm, or two 150 sqm...
Station Mechelen
Transport & infrastructure
A working railway station in central Mechelen with platforms, an overhead concourse and surrounding public squares, listed by Screen Flanders with filming requests handled by national rail operator NMBS.
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Ascenseur de Strépy-Thieu
Transport & infrastructure
Boat lift on the Canal du Centre in Hainaut, part of a UNESCO-listed historic waterway with older hydraulic lifts nearby, raising vessels between two canal levels.
Stoomcentrum Maldegem
Transport & infrastructure
Volunteer-run heritage railway based at Maldegem station, running historic steam and diesel trains through the Meetjesland countryside.
Bars, restaurants and shops in Belgium 2
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Abattoir, Anderlecht
Bar, restaurant & shop
Historic livestock market and food-hall complex in Anderlecht, Brussels, with weekend markets, the FOODMET food hall and renovated buildings used for events.
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
Bar, restaurant & shop
Glass-roofed shopping arcade from 1847 in central Brussels, with three linked galleries of boutiques, cafes, a cinema and a theatre.
Historic towns and streets in Belgium 2
Old towns, squares and streets that can double for a period without dressing out a modern skyline. Historic towns and streets across Europe.
Bruges Historic Centre
Historic town & street
Intact medieval city centre of canals, cobbled streets, stepped-gable brick houses and the towering thirteenth-century Belfry.
Seen in: In Bruges, The White Queen
Janseniustoren
Historic town & street
A squat medieval defence tower on the banks of the Dijle in central Leuven, standing among old mill buildings and narrow riverside streets.
Hospitals, prisons and institutions in Belgium 2
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. Hospitals, prisons and institutions across Europe.
Grand Hospice
Hospital, prison & institution
A large nineteenth-century former almshouse in central Brussels with a neoclassical facade, an arcaded courtyard and long institutional corridors, now partly used for housing.
Entrance hall, corridors, interior courtyard, garden, carriage entrance
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Hôpital Erasme / Campus Erasme
Hospital, prison & institution
University hospital of the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Anderlecht, a large modernist 1970s hospital campus with wards, corridors and outdoor grounds.
Houses and apartments in Belgium 2
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. Houses and apartments across Europe.
Paleis op de Meir
House & apartment
1745 rococo mansion on Antwerp's main shopping street, once refurbished for Napoleon Bonaparte, now a heritage house offering rooms for dinners, receptions and meetings.
Villa Empain
House & apartment
1930s Art Deco mansion on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt in Brussels, home to the Boghossian Foundation, with salons, gardens and a bar that can be privatised for events.
Palaces and landmarks in Belgium 1
Palaces, state rooms and recognisable landmarks, the places an establishing shot is built around. Palaces and landmarks across Europe.
Coudenberg, Former Palace of Brussels
Palace & landmark
Underground archaeological site beneath Place Royale in Brussels, preserving the foundations and halls of the former Palace of Coudenberg, open to visitors and used for filming.
Villages and countryside in Belgium 1
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. Villages and countryside across Europe.
Doel
Village & countryside
Polder village on the Scheldt earmarked for demolition since the 1990s to expand the port of Antwerp, now with around 200 empty houses, street art and a small remaining community.
Seen in: National Geographic feature (2025)
Forests and lakes in Belgium 1
Woodland, forests, lakes and rivers, with the access tracks and permits that shooting in them needs. Forests and lakes across Europe.
Domaine des Grottes de Han
Forest & lake
Show caves carved by the Lesse river near Han-sur-Lesse in Namur province, combined with a wildlife park and adventure trail on the surrounding land.
Modern architecture in Belgium 1
Contemporary buildings with a strong shape: museums, concert halls, campuses, glass towers and brutalist concrete. Modern architecture across Europe.
K-Tower
Modern architecture
A slender, diagonally tilted residential and office tower beside the Leie river in Kortrijk, built in the early 2010s as a landmark of the city's redevelopment.