Hacker & Maker Events in Brussels
This is the culture-heavy corner of the European tech event calendar: hackerspaces, community congresses, outdoor hacker camps, and the maker-faire circuit. It traces a lineage back to the Chaos Computer Club and has grown into one of Europe's most distinctive community-event traditions. Equivalents exist elsewhere in the world, but few are as long-running or as well-attended as the European ones.
This page narrows the Brussels calendar to Hacker & Maker events. It's a subset of Belgium's wider tech-event schedule, useful when you want something specific to go to in the city this month.
Brussels is unusually weighted toward tech-policy and open-source events because of the EU institutions concentrated in the city. FOSDEM each February is one of the largest open-source conferences in the world and draws tens of thousands. Around it, the calendar is full of AI-governance, data-protection, cybersecurity-policy, and platform-regulation events that reflect Brussels' role as the policy capital of European tech.
Upcoming Hacker & Maker events in Brussels
Open Coworking Day: Join and Cowork on Your Projects
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
Join us for a full day of collaborative work at HSBXL! This event is open to everyone who enjoys working in a community environment, whether you're advancing on business ventures, freelance projects, or creative endeavors. Bring your laptops, your enthusiasm, and your projects to collaborate, learn, and share in the main room of our spacious hackerspace.
During this 8-hour co-working event, you'll have the opportunity to work on your project, ask for feedback, offer help to others, and if you wish, share your achievements at the end of the day.
Please Note: While HSBXL has multiple rooms for various purposes, this coworking event is taking place in the main room. It's important to note that online meetings should be avoided during this event to prevent noise disturbance and to maintain a conducive work environment for everyone.
### What the day will look like:
1. Introduction and setting up: Find a comfortable spot in the main room, set up your workspace and grab a Club Mate, soft drink, or a coffee to get your day started.
2. Work Session: Dive into your project, seek assistance, and collaborate with others.
3. Sharing Session: Optional, but encouraged! Share what you've worked on, your challenges, and triumphs.
### How to get to HSBXL:
HSBXL is located in Brussels. For detailed instructions on how to get to the hackerspace, please visit here. If you encounter any issues while trying to get in, you can contact us at +32 28804004. Please note that the phone is inside the space. Alternatively, you can also reach out to us in our Matrix chatroom.
### Requirements
Please bring your laptop, and if you have, an extension cord. The space has WiFi, but having your own internet backup solution can also be useful.
Join us at this 8-hour co-working day in the main room of HSBXL, and we hope you'll have made progress on your projects, learned something new, and most importantly, enjoyed the power of community collaboration. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or creative, we welcome you to this day of productivity, sharing, and collaboration.
Open Coworking Day
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
Join and Cowork on Your Projects
Join us for a full day of collaborative work at HSBXL! This event is open to everyone who enjoys working in a community environment, whether you're advancing on business ventures, freelance projects, or creative endeavors. Bring your laptops, your enthusiasm, and your projects to collaborate, learn, and share in the main room of our spacious hackerspace.
During this 8-hour co-working event, you'll have the opportunity to work on your project, ask for feedback, offer help to others, and if you wish, share your achievements at the end of the day.
Please Note: While HSBXL has multiple rooms for various purposes, this coworking event is taking place in the main room. It's important to note that online meetings should be avoided during this event to prevent noise disturbance and to maintain a conducive work environment for everyone.
What the day will look like1. Introduction and setting up: Find a comfortable spot in the main room, set up your workspace and grab a Club Mate, soft drink, or a coffee to get your day started.
2. Work Session: Dive into your project, seek assistance, and collaborate with others.
3. Sharing Session: Optional, but encouraged! Share what you've worked on, your challenges, and triumphs.
How to get to HSBXLHSBXL is located in Brussels. For detailed instructions on how to get to the hackerspace, please visit here. If you encounter any issues while trying to get in, you can contact us at +32 28804004. Please note that the phone is inside the space. Alternatively, you can also reach out to us in our Matrix chatroom.
RequirementsPlease bring your laptop, and if you have, an extension cord. The space has WiFi, but having your own internet backup solution can also be useful.
Join us at this 8-hour co-working day in the main room of HSBXL, and we hope you'll have made progress on your projects, learned something new, and most importantly, enjoyed the power of community collaboration. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or creative, we welcome you to this day of productivity, sharing, and collaboration.
Sunday Electronics Workshop
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
This workshop series is a follow-up to the ESP32 Robotics workshop, but with a different concept. Here, there will be no subject set in advance, instead all participants are welcome to join at any point and at any level, from beginner to expert. Beginners will be guided though the basics (C programming, how to use measurement tools, soldering, PCB design, etc…) and can get advice on what tools and kits to start with, others can come with their own projects to get help or share some knowledge.
Requirements- Bring your own laptop (Windows, Linux or Mac)
- Any microcontroller/dev kit to develop your project(s). If you are a beginner and don’t know what to buy, come and we’ll find the best starter kit for you !
- A strong desire to learn stuff, good mood and some patience !
Sunday Electronics Workshop
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
This workshop series is a follow-up to the ESP32 Robotics workshop, but with a different concept. Here, there will be no subject set in advance, instead all participants are welcome to join at any point and at any level, from beginner to expert. Beginners will be guided though the basics (C programming, how to use measurement tools, soldering, PCB design, etc…) and can get advice on what tools and kits to start with, others can come with their own projects to get help or share some knowledge.
Requirements- Bring your own laptop (Windows, Linux or Mac)
- Any microcontroller/dev kit to develop your project(s). If you are a beginner and don’t know what to buy, come and we’ll find the best starter kit for you !
- A strong desire to learn stuff, good mood and some patience !
Sunday Electronics Workshop
Brussels, 🇧🇪 Belgium
This workshop series is a follow-up to the ESP32 Robotics workshop, but with a different concept. Here, there will be no subject set in advance, instead all participants are welcome to join at any point and at any level, from beginner to expert. Beginners will be guided though the basics (C programming, how to use measurement tools, soldering, PCB design, etc…) and can get advice on what tools and kits to start with, others can come with their own projects to get help or share some knowledge.
Requirements- Bring your own laptop (Windows, Linux or Mac)
- Any microcontroller/dev kit to develop your project(s). If you are a beginner and don’t know what to buy, come and we’ll find the best starter kit for you !
- A strong desire to learn stuff, good mood and some patience !