Fuse Brussels Considers Permanent Relocation Below Gare Du Midi

Over the weekend, electronic music institution Fuse Brussels celebrated its 29th anniversary below Gare Du Midi’s railway tracks. Following the successful two-day rave, the nightclub is reportedly transforming the underground space into its new home. 

According to Belgian broadcaster VRT, Fuse Brussels is testing out Quadrilatères’ two rooms as a potential and permanent relocation. Earlier this year, the techno club revealed it had been forced to close its regular location due to noise complaints. 

In the wake of the closure, Brussels By Night Federation launched a petition to save the club, garnering 65,000 signatures. 

Although Fuse’s future was secured for the next two years under “very strict conditions,” the club seems to have other plans for tomorrow’s promise. 

The club’s booker and artistic director, Steven Van Bells, told VRT that Brussels’s south railway “naturally makes us dream.” Van Bells further described Fuse’s birthday weekender as a “good test to show the neighborhood and politicians” the club would be a good addition to the area.

“In the medium term, it’s coffee grounds watching, so we asked the Brussels government and the Nightlife task force to thoroughly investigate this track. As for our building on Blaesstraat, the intervention in our environmental permit has been declared illegal.”

With a floor area of 22,000 square meters, the Quadrilatères was unused for two decades, despite its 2,000 people capacity.

While the building’s sheer size is an asset, the lack of in-built electricity and running water make it unsuitable as a permanent relocation for Fuse Brussels.