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📸 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 #𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱/𝗼𝗿 #𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻... 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮!

🎯 Denderstreek: pubs & breweries 👉🏻 w.wiki/EWYQ
🌍 All of Belgium: castles, processions, museums... 👉🏻https://w.wiki/ExP8

📅 Deadline: September 30
💰 There are even prizes to be won!

🐶✨ 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 #𝗜𝗔𝗗𝗪 - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗴 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 (𝟯-𝟵 𝗔𝘂𝗴)!

👁️ Guide dogs for the blind
🦻 Hearing dogs
❤️ Autism & Buddy dogs
🩺 Diabetes and epilepsy dogs

They make their owner's life safer and more valuable.
💬 Give them the recognition they deserve.

#AssistanceDogs #Inclusion

📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!

New style, fresh look, packed with updates on heritage, knowledge sharing and Wikimedia.

📬 Read it here: be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newslet...
📩 Or subscribe via the pop-up form at www.wikimedia.be

#Wikimedia #Newsletter

Wikimania is 20! 🎉

📍Aug 6-9 → Nairobi 🇰🇪 + online
📢 400+ speakers
🗣️ Translation in 5 languages
💻 Online participation = open!
→ Chat, choose tracks, save recordings, swap audio.

🎟️ Tickets : ap.lc/aptUe

#Wikimania2025 #Wikipedia #FreeKnowledge

💙 It’s #InternationalSelfCareDay — drink some water, take a breath, and put yourself first for a moment.
You deserve it. 🌱

Need some self-care inspiration? 👉🏻https://w.wiki/7d$2

#SelfCare #MentalHealth

🎉Belgium is celebrating today!

You can find our country's most beautiful heritage on Wikipedia & Commons.

📷 Which place in Belgium do you think deserves more attention?

#NationalHoliday #Belgium #Wikimedia

Have you ever seen a celebrity's Wikipedia photo that looked like it was taken with a potato? It is not laziness, it is licensing. 

Now, through WikiPortraits, a global group of photographers is changing things, one portrait at a time. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

🎭 Ghent prepares from today for 10 days of partying. Street, square & stage buzz as of old - during Gentse Feesten, recognised as intangible heritage.

Get to know the rebellious history:
👉 w.wiki/EgHT

#GentseFeesten #heritage

😀🌍 It's #WorldEmojiDay!

They sometimes say more than words, make your message just a little more light-hearted or just plain fun. But did you know they were invented in Japan back in the 1990s?
Dive into their colourful history 👉 w.wiki/6HG

Drop your favourite emoji below! 👇✨

Our newsletter got an upgrade! 📬

👉 Not signed up yet?
Do so here: newsletter@wikimedia.be

👉 Already received it?
Let us know what you think!

🎶 Today: #FlandersCelebrates!

More than 1,000 parties in streets & neighbourhoods bring Flanders together with music, pints and fun.

Celebrate along and contribute to #Wikipedia: record your favourite Flemish topic on Wikipedia.
How? 👉https://w.wiki/EfxF

#FlemishCommunityDay

🍫 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆: because there is always a good time for chocolate.

On 7 July 1550, chocolate came to Europe. The Aztecs used it as a luxury product and we still enjoy it, from dark bars to Belgian chocolates.

👉 Discover & improve: w.wiki/3oS3

#WorldChocolateDay #Wikipedia

📢 Joining Wiki Loves Denderland, but new to Wikipedia or Commons? Erfgoedcel Denderland will help you get started in a free workshop!

📍 Lede Library (lede.bibliotheek.be)
📅 Saturday 28 June 2025
🕒10h to 12h
🔗 Register: ap.lc/MbScM

#WikiLovesDenderland

𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟰 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵! 🎉

🎂 19th of June 2025: a milestone for free knowledge: the Dutch-language Wikipedia blows out 24 candles.

✨ Built by volunteers, for everyone.
📚 Check nl.wikipedia.org today and find out how you too can contribute.

#Wikipedia #FreeKnowledge

𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

Blanket in the grass, a nice lunch in the bag, and... an open browser with Wikipedia? Sure, why not.

Need inspiration for your picnic setting? Check Wikimedia Commons 🍇📷. Or head out yourself, take a picture and upload it.

#InternationalPicnicDay

🧠✨ 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲? 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺!

👩‍💻 Editors = free
🧾 Others = €20/year

Support open knowledge, projects, even vote for the board if you want to go full governance-mode. 😉

📧 Email membership@wikimedia.be with your info!
🌐 More info: w.wiki/EVRJ

#Wikimedia #FreeKnowledge

🚨 Call for Contributions OPEN!

Celebrate with us on Public Domain Day 2026 in Brussels. Do you work in heritage or fight for free access to knowledge and want to contribute?

Submit your proposal by 31/09/2025.
📝 ap.lc/aVTLo

#PublicDomainDay

🗓️ 11 June - Wikipedia-edit-a-thon focusing on artists from Ypres and the Westhoek!

Together with Yper Museum, we are putting local heritage on the digital map.

Do you have a passion for art and history?
Join our write-a-thon:🔗https://w.wiki/DqgB.

Everyone welcome!

#Wikipedia #Ieper #Westhoek

La Nuit des Archives! • Mundaneum Venez découvrir les réserves du Mundaneum !

Today at the ODIS Meeting Day in Antwerp, we dive into archives, databases and history! 🏛️📚

Later in the evening, the Mundaneum in Mons opens its doors for La Nuit des Archives - mystery, exhibits and archive love until midnight. 🌙🗂️

mundaneum.org/activite/la-...

𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲!

👀 Highlights:
🏦 First edition of Wiki Loves Public Domain
🧑‍🎓 Doctorandi write articles on art
🍻 New edition of Wiki Loves Denderland (theme: pubs & breweries!)
🎉 24 years of Dutch-language Wikipedia

More to read? 🔗 w.wiki/ENfU

#wikimedia #freeknowledge

🚴‍♀️ World Bicycle Day! 🌍

Are you pedalling today? Your body, the planet and your mood will thank you.

Fun fact: Wikipedia has a page on cycling so extensive that all that info will almost give you a flat tyre 😉
📖 w.wiki/ENAZ

Cycle along and tag your ride.

#WorldBicycleDay

The 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 has been awarded! Women of Paper from the Gezelle Archive did not win, but remains an inspiring project.

👏 Congratulations to the winner: Museum of Deinze and the Leie region!

🎥 Check out the reel:
www.facebook.com/share/r/16Hi...

#Ultimas #WomenFromPaper

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆.

The wolf is back. the otter comes peeping.
But...hedgehogs: halved. Butterflies: decimated. Ground beetles: running away.

I scroll through wikis of species I will never see, just to remember.

📚 Wikimedia = knowledge.
#biodiversity #naturerestoration

🌈 Today is #IDAHOBIT - the day against hate based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender characteristics.

Not Pride, but protest.
🏳️‍🌈 Hang your rainbow flag and be an ally.
🙊 Silence is not an option.

👉 w.wiki/6idy

#StopTheHate #IDAHOBIT

May 15 is International Day of Families 👪

2025 theme: Family policies for sustainable development.

Families pass on more than love—they share knowledge too. Luckily, there's a place where it’s always open 😉

Read more? 👉🏻https://w.wiki/E8gc

#IDF2025 #Wikimedia

Amazone turns 30 Amazone is celebrating 30 years of existence and fighting for women’s rights and gender equality! We're celebrating with a conference, a new feminist board game, networking and a house party!

30 years of Amazon ASBL = 30 years of intersection of women's struggles, language and equality.

Thursday 15/5: open house + stand-up by Dena, IKRAAAN live, DJ set by Camille Tempête 💥.

Everyone welcome!
www.eventbrite.com/cc/amazone-t...

#Amazone30years #GenderEquality

🎹 Semi-finalists #QueenElisabethCompetition 2025 (piano) known!

🎶 Candidates from South Korea, Italy and Belgium, among others - with Valère Burnon (26) in the running.

📍 12-17 May, Flagey
🎶 Each session 4 candidates live

🔗 www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

📚 w.wiki/E5fu

#classicalmusic #piano

𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀:
- project manager
- life coach
- catering
- crisis service
- and source of 100% facts you won't find anywhere
(except maybe, just maybe, on the one site where everything is 👉🏻https://w.wiki/DfBw 😉)

💐

#mothers'day #openlove

8 May = #RedCrossDay.

We celebrate Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, and all volunteers worldwide.

Red Cross?
🔥 Prepared for disasters
🩸 Blood supply
🤝 Care for the vulnerable
📚 First aid for everyone

Humanity first. Always.

#RedCross #HumanityFirst

🫧 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

Like bubbles, knowledge should float freely.
Contribute to Wikipedia: write, translate, or improve.

Not sure how? It’s easier than you think 😉
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:In...

#FreeKnowledge