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DeDicateD to BRUXPATS&BUSiNeSS PEOPLe iN Brussels FREE-N°3/MaY-JUNe 2007 magazine BruXpats : who are you ? INTERVIEWS Princesse tam-tam Benoît Meurens COmpetitiOns Hamilton & Tollet Porsche Centre & Piper-Heidsieck G&CO BMW X5 Sheer Driving Pleasure We’ve expanded on a great idea. The new BMW X5. The pleasure of driving a Sports Activity Vehicle is now heightened thanks to the arrival of the new BMW X5. The numerous high-tech extras such as Active Steering, are unsurpassed in this vehicle category. Thanks to While this entirely new vehicle’s appearance remains compact, its longer wheelbase and greater overall length its integral xDrive traction system, the BMW X5 is unequalled when it comes to agility and providing a safe ride, make for more passenger comfort (up to 7 people) and greater load capacity. whatever the road conditions may be. An experience that we warmly recommend, and which can start by From a technical point of view, BMW has also raised the standard. The new and larger BMW X5 consumes less fuel visiting www.bmw.be/X5. with reduced CO2 emission, thanks to an even more powerful and effi cient engine. BMW Serenity Essential: from € 575 VAT inclusive, an amount you only have to pay once and your BMW X5 will be serviced for 4 years or 80,000 km, whichever is reached fi rst. Ask your approved BMW Partner for more information. BMW Financial Services offers innovative fi nancing options for both private and business users. For further information, call 03 890 51 06. Average fuel consumption (l/100 km) / CO2 emissions (g/km):12.5-8.7/299-231 Environmental information: www.bmw.be Your BMW is covered by the mobility services BMW Mobile Care for 5 years. See www.bmw.be/mobilecare for more information. 45285_together_EN.indd 1 1/03/07 13:53:54 S _N v e_ 5_G /03/07 0:33 age eDITORIAL KNOWING EACH OTHER TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE SAME DIRECTION now made us launch “Together let’s not lose sight of the fact Thyself.” Magazine” : to help that before being Belgians, Inscribed the builders of Europe Spaniards, Romanians, on the integrate into Brussels life. Swedes, Germans, French or doorway Irish, we are first and “of the Delphi Temple, this From this point of view, foremost citizens of the K famous adage was adopted by “Know thyself and make capital of Europe, our capital. Socrates to form the basis thyself known”. Because the And as you will discover from of his philosophy. The Delphic lack of integration affecting Arjan Van Daal’s study, this motto implies that we don’t European workers in Brussels similarity is far from being really know ourselves, is, mostly, merely a reflection of the only thing we have in that self-knowledge is not how uninformed the people of common. an immediate element of Brussels are about this the consciousness. It therefore international population. The Enjoy your reading and happy invites us to embark on reverse is also true. The odds summer holidays. a quest, an exploration of are, for example, that if the the depths of our inner selves “Bruxellois” and the Bruxpats Jérôme Stéfanski to find the essence of our being. had a better knowledge of each Editor in Chief smart: a brand of DaimlerChrysler. other, they would live even This led us to publish the more harmoniously. And the study carried out by Arjan Van respective prejudices affecting Daal on the concept of the both these communities would “Bruxpat”. Far be it from us to no longer existe. compare ourselves with the >> The new smart. most famous of Greek As a media player, the role philosophers; the main of “Together Magazine” is to reason for publishing this encourage the union of the And the city breathes again. previously unpublished work social participants living and is the same as the one that working in Brussels. After all, Emission de CO2 (gr/km): 88 - Consommation moyenne (l/100km): 3,3. Informations environnementales AR 19/03/2004: www.smart.com - Donnons priorité à la sécurité. rigo Designers A4 DD 1/12/06 17:18 Page 1 CONTENtS www.dominiquerigo.be To have Together Magazine delivered free, subscribe at www.together-magazine.eu We work with national and international advertisers. If you are interested, please contact. Jérôme Stéfanski : [email protected] or +32 475 41 3 2 HamilTon & Tollet Win a fabulous Hamilton watch 9 Nothing in this magazine may be reproduced in whole Porsche cEntre brusselS & piper-heidsiecK or in part without the written Jewels & Bubbles 10 permission of the publisher. The publisher cannot be TemptationS held responsible for the views Summer’s just around the corner… and opinions expressed in this and so are the brands 12 magazine by authors and DRess To impresS BONAPARTE SERIES 7 TULIP CHAIR & STOOL contributors. Together DESIGN EILEEN GRAY 1935 DESIGN ARNE JACOBSEN 1955 DESIGN EERO SAARINEN 1956 Magazine is neither responsible A Short History of a Very Small Costume 14 for nor endorses the content Meet Princesse tam-tam 17 of advertisements printed on its Eu WoRKER pages. Together Magazine Meet Enrico 22 cannot be held responsible for any error or inaccuracy MONEY in such advertising material. Relocation Issues 24 Founder : REAl ESTATE Jérôme Stéfanski Architecture, an expression of life 30 Project Manager : Upptown and its Home Interior department, Salwa Souirat an art de vivre… 31 [email protected] SPEcIAl FEATuRE PR Assistant : Sophie Van Cruchten BruXpats, Who Are You ? 34 Translation : SoMEWHERE In BRuSSElS Attimedia S.A. Brussels, Metropolis of Europe, James Drew Capital of the European Union 48 Proofreading : SoMEWHERE In EuRoPE Attimedia S.A. Springtime in Rome 52 James Drew Graphic Design : ON THE RoAD Dansaert&Fils® Even Smarter ! 54 Journalists : READInG Martin Banks Waterstone’s Selection 56 Philomène Bouchon James Drew FITnesS Christophe Dufournier Getting in Shape for the Summer Season 58 Sarah Higgs News froM the Green Valérie Marchat Golf : Private Advantage and Professional Benefits 6 0 Jessica Nibelle Hélène Nöel Networking on the Green 61 Jérôme Stéfanski FInE Arts DiarY Cover Credit : Kaleidoscope Birthday Party 63 Armani DIARY 65 Drama DiarY Togethermedia Strolling Through the Kingdom of the Elves 66 Editor in chief : DIARY 68 Jérôme Stéfanski THE PlAcES To BE Together Magazine March-April Snapshots 70 Rue d’Alost 7 (Centre Dansaert – 2nd C) BY the GlasS B-1000 Brussels Quality Rosé wines 72 Phone: +32 475 41 3 2 EAT AnD DRInK [email protected] Terraces & Gardens 74 concepT Brussels by Bike 77 Cover precision DESIGN CLASSICS AT ESPACE DOMINIQUE RIGO 210 RUE DE STALLE 1180 BXL comic StriP Competition : ESPACE LOUISE 152 AVENUE LOUISE 1050 BXL VITRAPOINT 35 PLACE DU GRAND SABLON 1000 BXL THE WORK PLACE 210-212 RUE DE STALLE 1180 BXL Porsche Centre Brussels Le Chat 78 info + 32 (0)2 649 95 94 – Together May June 2007 © Vilebrequin © HaMiLtoN & tollet SHOPPING WIN A FABULOUS pages 8 - 18 HAMILTON WATCH he history the story in the next edition of Hamilton of “Together Magazine”... - Competitions : watches is Hamilton & Tollet as captivating as Your chance to win the meticulous a KhaKi GMt air race - Porsche Centre Brussels Tmanufacturing process that bY haMilton & Piper Heidsieck produces these time-keeping Hamilton and the celebrated Maison Tollet are giving you marvels. 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