During this week, the festival has turned the Brussels Museum of Art and History, located in the iconic Cinquantenaire Park, and its surroundings, into a fair of architectural projects, debates with experts and European art open to hundreds of visitors.
On its last day, the NEB has organized a day in which the little ones have gotten to work to explore their most creative side using natural materials in a series of workshops surrounded by historical pieces within the museum itself.
There have also been dozens of activities for adults and families, such as workshops creating tapestries made with recycled fabrics, for example, T-shirts turned into ribbons for knitting.
Other workshops, organized by artists from various European countries, have invited visitors to decorate lamps and other objects with dried plants, or to reinvent metal coins into seed containers.
Likewise, performing art has made its way with the performances of Panos Malactos, a Cypriot dancer and choreographer, and the Valencian dancer Irene de la Rosa, who has presented her flamenco project adapted for deaf people.
The Italian gypsy jazz, swing and blues group, Patagarri, closed the festival this afternoon followed by a performance by the band Mielotxin, with their own version of the traditional music of historic Navarre and lyrics in Basque and Spanish.
The NEB, which will be held again in 2028, is an initiative promoted by the European Commission to give a voice to young designers and innovative architectural projects with the aim of exploring new ways of building spaces from sustainability, aesthetics and resilience in the face of a changing world.