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2Mades - Makerspace Herentals

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

2Mades a coworking and makerspace in Herentals with a wide range of tools at their disposal.

Everyone is welcome to work on whatever project they wish, reservation of machines is needed.

Site: https://2mades.be/

Brixel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Brixel HQ is located in Spalbeek near Hasselt and we organise events and meetings every Tuesday. Although we do not always have something planned, we try to be open as much as we can to stimulate the magic things that just might happen… Meetings start at around 19:00h localtime, but this can vary a bit. There is no fixed closing time. We welcome everybody in our space. Come have a look, it’s fun!

BUDA::lab / De Maakfabriek

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

BUDA::lab is an open makerspace in Kortrijk, run by a community of volunteers in collaboration with Designregio Kortrijk. It is a public workshop where designers, makers, students, schools and individuals can use the machines and tooling, follow workshops and meet other makers. Membership is a flat yearly fee, with machine time and materials charged separately.

The space is currently closed while it moves to a new location, De Deelfabriek, and is renaming itself De Maakfabriek. Its new site will be demaakfabriek.be.

Contact details of the Belgian spaces.

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2Mades - Makerspace Herentals

Location: Moktamee (L01), Bovenrij 30, 2200 Herentals
City: Herentals
Coordinates: 51.174266, 4.838598
Contact: info@2mades.be
Website: https://2mades.be/

Brixel

Location

Spalbeekstraat 34, 3510 Spalbeek (Hasselt)

City

Hasselt

Coordinates

50.951034, 5.230628

Contact

info@brixel.be

Chat

replaced with slack (see website for details)

Website

https://www.brixel.be/

SpaceAPI

https://status.brixel.space/api/status

Social

BUDA::lab / De Maakfabriek

Location: Moving. Previously Budafabriek, Dam 2a, 8500 Kortrijk
City: Kortrijk
Coordinates: 50.831383, 3.263136
Open: Temporarily closed while moving
Contact: demaakfabriekkortrijk@gmail.com
Phone: 003256519183
Website: https://www.budalab.be/

DRAAD

Location

Buurtcentrum Lousbergs, Tarbotstraat 61a, 9000 Gent

City

Ghent

Coordinates

51.045781, 3.741868

Open

Wednesday evening, every two weeks, 19:00-22:00

Contact

draad@mach-h.be

Website

https://www.mach-h.be/draad/

Social

Hackerspace Brussels (HSBXL)

Location

Rue Osseghem 53, 1080 Molenbeek Saint-Jean, Brussels

City

Brussels

Coordinates

50.855654, 4.321007

Open

Tuesday evening

Contact

contact@hsbxl.be

Phone

003228804004

Matrix

#hsbxl:matrix.org

Website

https://hsbxl.be/

SpaceAPI

https://api.hsbxl.be/index.php/0.1/spaceapi/

Social

Hackerspace.gent

Location

Wiedauwkaai 51, 9032 Gent

City

Ghent

Coordinates

51.074773, 3.724426

Contact

info@hackerspace.gent

Website

https://www.hackerspace.gent/

SpaceAPI

https://windowserver.0x20.be/spaceapi.json

Social

Incubhacker

Location

Rue du Collège 49, 5000 Namur

City

Namur

Coordinates

50.463766, 4.86146

Contact

incubhacker@gmail.com

Website

https://incubhacker.be/

SpaceAPI

https://incubhacker.be/spaceapi.json

Social

Ingegno Maker Space

Location

Antoon Catriestraat 6, 9031 Drongen

City

Drongen (Gent)

Coordinates

51.050491, 3.657518

Open

Thursday 18:00-21:00, Saturday afternoon, Tuesday evening (textile lab only)

Contact

info@decreatievestem.be

Phone

0032474868840

Website

https://decreatievestem.be/

Social

Ko-Lab

Location

Hoveniersstraat 14 – 2800 Mechelen (Antwerpen)

City

Mechelen (Antwerpen)

Coordinates

51.019121, 4.47194

Contact

info@ko-lab.space

Website

https://ko-lab.space/

SpaceAPI

https://status.ko-lab.space/

Social

Liège Hackerspace

Location

Rue de la Loi 16, 4020 Liège

City

Liège

Coordinates

50.642728, 5.585343

Contact

ping@lghs.be

Website

https://www.lghs.be/

SpaceAPI

https://spaceapi.lghs.be/

Social

Micro Factory

Location

Rue Heyvaert, 140 - 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

City

Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Coordinates

50.844455, 4.331269

Contact

gilles@microfactory.be

Website

https://www.microfactory.be/

Social

Nerdlab

Location

Buurtcentrum Lousberg, Tarbotstraat 61C, 9000 Gent

City

Ghent

Coordinates

51.045781, 3.741868

Contact

info@nerdlab.be

Website

https://nerdlab.be/

Social

Open Garage

Location: Floris Primslei 14, 2150 Borsbeek
City: Borsbeek (Antwerpen)
Coordinates: 51.198557, 4.472044
Open: Thursday evening
Website: https://opengarage.org/

Timelab

Location

Kogelstraat 34, 9000 Gent

City

Ghent

Coordinates

51.059101, 3.741689

Contact

hello@timelab.org

Phone

003293919610

Website

https://timelab.org/

Social

UrLab

Location

UB2.126 A, 50 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 1050 Ixelles

City

Brussels

Coordinates

50.811717, 4.383021

Contact

contact@urlab.be

Chat

irc.libera.chat#urlab

Website

https://urlab.be/

SpaceAPI

https://urlab.be/spaceapi.json

Social

Voidwarranties

Location

Herrystraat 22, 2100 Deurne (Antwerpen)

City

Deurne (Antwerpen)

Coordinates

51.208655, 4.45339

Contact

voidwarranties@hacktheplanet.be

Chat

#voidwarranties on freenode

Website

https://we.voidwarranties.be/

SpaceAPI

https://spaceapi.voidwarranties.be

Social

Wolfplex

Location: Rue de la Science 14, 6000 Charleroi (registered office)
City: Charleroi
Coordinates: 50.411595, 4.446381
Contact: hackerspace@wolfplex.home.kg
Chat: #wolfplex on irc.libera.chat
Website: https://www.wolfplex.org/

Zeus WPI

Location

Basement S9, campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent

City

Ghent

Coordinates

51.023097, 3.710273

Contact

bestuur@zeus.ugent.be

Chat

Replaced with Mattermost (https://mattermost.zeus.gent)

Website

https://zeus.ugent.be/

SpaceAPI

https://mattermore.zeus.gent/spaceapi.json

Social

District Three

Permanently closed

District Three

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Notice: this space is permanently closed

District Three is a coworking and makerspace in the center of Lier.

We have a wide variety of machines at our disposal: lasercutter, 3D printers, UV printer, XY plotter, Spot welder, CNC Machines, Sublimation printer, button maker and much more. A detailed list can be found here: https://districtthree.be/machines.html

Every month there are free coderdojo sessions where children can learn how to program or use all kinds of technology. More information about these open source workshops can be found here: http://lier.coderdojobelgium.be/ These sessions have been going strong since 2014!

DRAAD

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

DRAAD is an open atelier and lab for textiles and fashion, run entirely by volunteers as a project of mach-h vzw. It shares the Nerdlab space in Buurtcentrum Lousbergs. Machines and materials on hand include sewing machines, an overlock, a digital embroidery machine, a cutting plotter, screen printing and tufting equipment, a pattern library and knitting needles. You can work on your own project for a small contribution towards materials, or bring your own.

Hackerspace Brussels (HSBXL)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hackerspace Brussels (HSBXL) is a space, dedicated to various aspects of constructive & creative hacking. The space is about 170 square meters, there is an electronics lab with over 9000 components, a library, and lots of tools. You’re always welcome to follow one of the workshops or come to the weekly Tuesday meetings, hack nights or other get-together events.

Site: hsbxl.be
Chat (matrix): #hsbxl:matrix.org

Recurring events:

Hackerspace.gent

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hackerspace.gent (0x20) is a hackerspace in the wonderful city of Ghent, Belgium. It is a physical space run by a group of people dedicated to various aspects of constructive & creative hacking. You’re always welcome to attend one of the workshops or join the weekly Thursday meetings, the hack nights or the other awesome get-together events. Keep an eye on our wiki (or faecebook) to see whats going on.

Site: hackerspace.gent

hcklabxl - Hacklab Brussels

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Notice: this space is permanently closed

The Hacklab Brussels was the northern ~~hackerspace~~ hacklab of the capital: it was activist and feminist. It was friendly and small. Open to all people of all ages to understand and produce singular technologies for the commons.

Site: https://hacklab.brussels/

Incubhacker

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thursday from 6:30 pm, Saturday from 1:30 pm, late closing (11 pm+).

Incubhacker is a hackerspace located in Namur, a friendly place dedicated to collaborative creation where technologies, arts, and innovations come together.

With 80 m² of fully equipped workshop space (DIY tools, laser cutting, 3D printing, etc.), it offers an ideal environment to prototype, experiment, and share knowledge. Open to everyone – makers, artists, engineers, tinkerers – it’s a place where ideas come to life thanks to mutual help and shared tools.

Ingegno Maker Space

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ingegno Maker Space is the makerspace of De Creatieve STEM vzw in Drongen. It aims first at children from about five years old, with clubs, courses, camps and free project hours, but the open lab is free and open to everyone. A lab volunteer is on hand for advice on 3D printing, electronics, Arduino, woodworking, laser cutting, digital embroidery, CNC milling, programming, sewing and more. De Creatieve STEM also runs sessions at Open Atelier De Krook in central Ghent.

Instant City Harbour

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Notice: this space is permanently closed

Instant City Harbour was a hackbase, dedicated to nomad living. The space was about 600 square meters with lots of tools and knowledge.

Site: harbour.instantcity.be

Ko-Lab

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ko-Lab is a hacker and makerspace. It is a community-operated workspace where people can meet, socialize and ko-laborate. Often with common interests in science, technology, articrafts, digital art etc. It offers the place and time to do or find out what you really love to do.

Site: ko-lab.space

There is a shortage of parking space in the Hovenierstraat. We suggest one of the following options:

In the evening there is free parking near the canal, Geerdegemvaart / Stuivenbergvaart. Between 8u - 20u there is a 2 hour limit with a parking disc.
For paid parking during the day parking Maarten in Leopoldstraat 2 is closest. Fee is 2,10/hour an capped at 15€/day.
For free parking during the day there is the Parking Eekhoorn on the other side of the Vrijbroekpark but it’s a 20 min walk (1.8km) away from the space.
Bikes can be parked in/near the space.

Liège Hackerspace

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Liege Hackerspace is a place where people with an interest for technology, science and art can meet and work together.

We’re open every Wednesday from 4 pm to 10 pm. We’re also open on other days — please check our agenda.

Micro Factory

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Micro Factory is a manufacturing workshop for professionals and individuals. It is accessible to everyone by subscription, like a gym club.

It is equipped for working with wood, metal, digital fabrication and many other things shared by its users.

Nerdlab

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nerdlab is an open makers’ collective in Ghent for anyone experimenting with art and technology. It works co-creatively, with a focus on young people, and runs an open lab in its clubhouse in Buurtcentrum Lousberg. The space also hosts the DRAAD textile lab.

Site: nerdlab.be
Agenda: nerdlab.be/agenda

Recurring events:

Open lab, see the agenda for dates

Open Garage

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Open Garage is a hackerspace in a double garage in Borsbeek, run by Anthony Liekens. It has been open every Thursday evening for well over a decade, and describes itself as a nerd-friendly café evening as much as a workshop. Bring a drink, a project and a friend. Minors are welcome when accompanied by an adult.

Recurring events:

Open Garage, every Thursday evening

Services

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Mailinglist

Discussion mailinglists for Belgian hackerspaces running on Mailman3.

Webinterface: https://discuss.hackerspaces.be

These services follow the values defined by the Librehosters network.

Timelab

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Timelab is an open city lab in Ghent that combines a makers’ lab with artist residencies and work around social and urban questions. Its repairable machines approach runs through the whole operation. Alongside the residency programme it runs open lab moments where anyone can drop in and use the workshop.

Site: timelab.org
Calendar: timelab.org/calendar

Recurring events:

Open lab sessions, see the calendar for current slots

UrLab

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

UrLab is the hackerspace of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. It was founded in the beginning of 2012 by students of many different backgrounds with the idea of bringing the hacker culture to their fellow ULB students.

UrLab is open to everyone, not only to students. We meet every Wednesday evening, feel free to come and hack with us! We put an emphasize on sharing, good atmosphere and openess. Here is a list of the current projects. We also organize conference sessions called “SmartMonday” each first Monday of the month: they consist of a serie of short talks on technology, hacking, society or anything that sounds cool. The members are mostly French-speaking, but some people are fluent in English; there is no language discrimination, except maybe against PHP (:p).UrLab seems to have a strange obsession with rainbows and poneys, probably because they are awesome!

Voidwarranties

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

It is a location where people with common interests, usually in science, technology, digital or electronic art can meet, socialise and collaborate. A hackerspace can be viewed as an open community lab, workbench, machine shop, workshop and/or studio where people of diverse backgrounds can come together to share resources and knowledge to build/make things. Voidwarranties functions as center for peer learning and knowledge sharing, in the form work shops, presentations, and lectures. We also provide space for members to work on their individual projects, or collaborate on group projects with other members

Walking Robot LAB

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Notice: this space is permanently closed

Wolfplex

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Note: no fixed venue at the moment

Wolfplex is active and based in Charleroi, but is currently between premises. The association is looking for a suitable space, and in the meantime holds its events — meetups, workshops and informal gatherings — at varying locations.

The address listed here is the association’s registered office, not a space you can drop in on. Check the website or ask on IRC before travelling.

Wolfplex is a self-managed project in Charleroi with a cultural and technological purpose. The hackerspace side is dedicated to software development, electronics, robotics and digital arts, and is open to anyone who wants to expand their knowledge and turn ideas into reality. Members run workgroups — Arduino, PHP, UNIX server administration — and workshops, and contribute to the open source Nasqueron project.

Zeus WPI

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Zeus WPI is the student society of Ghent University that is aimed towards all students who share a common interest in computer science and technology. We use, contribute and promote free and open source software in all we do. We regularly organise talks on various topics, ranging from novice to more advanced levels.

We have a hackerspace in the basement of one of the university buildings, S9 on campus Sterre. Here, we share our knowledge and work together on projects that our courses don’t cover. Although we’re a student society, everyone is free to come to our events or drop by our little hackerspace.