Mayor Thomas Geyns is expanding his public presence by hosting Recht Inzicht, a podcast on Spotify and Apple. The 29-year-old liberal politician combines expert legal commentary with surprising observations drawn from his position as Belgium’s third-youngest mayor. Geyns (Voor Tervuren, Open VLD) narrowly secured the mayor’s post in 2024, defeating Kristina Eyskens (Voor Tervuren, CD&V) […]
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Two-day Gridlock to test Tervurenaars
Tervuren residents are bracing for a fresh round of transport disruption as workers paint so-called bicycle “suggestion lanes” (fietssuggestiestroken) on Vossemberg and Rootstraat. Traffic will be diverted via the already congested Tervuren centre and Leuvensesteenweg. Mayor Thomas Geyns (OpenVLD, Voor Tervuren) and his team sanctioned the two-day closure for contractors to apply the paint on […]
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More Subsidized Housing for Tervuren
Tervuren will add 139 subsidized social housing units by 2042. Town grandees have yet to give a timeline, including for the Ravensteinwijk project. They also did not reveal details on a bylaw to prioritize residents deemed to be “Tervurenaars” for the housing. Social housing has traditionally gone up on the commune’s outskirts in Moorsel or […]
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Former Mayor Sees Hope for Ancient Tree
Former Mayor Sees Hope for Ancient Linden Tree in Tervuren There is hope for Tervuren’s oldest resident, the summer linden tree that towers over an ancient Roman crossroads in Duisburg. “Like ancient olive trees, it may no longer look symmetrical, but it can endure,” said former mayor and heritage alderman Marc Charlier (N-VA). But Charlier […]