Hi all, Fosdem is fast approaching, and for those of you visiting Brussels with your partners, there is also the annual Spouse tour. there's still room at the moment, but these things beeing what they are it's best toregister quickly. It's on a first come first served basis. You can register by sending a mail to tour@fosdem.org mentioning the name of the person who will be taking the tour and wether they will be comming satterday, sunday or both , OR by going to http://fosdem.org/2012/fosdem-spousespartners-tour-0.. IF you register via the site, please don't forget to mention an email adress where you can be reached in case of last minute changes. you can find an abstract of the tour below kind regards Wouter Simons Since 2009, FOSDEM hires professional guides to offer a free guided tours of Brussels for the spouses/partners.If he/she would like to accompany you, and is not interested in the FOSDEM conference, this will make the stay worthwhile. Brussels is a city with a rich historical past, and a cosmopolitan present. The free tours will take place both afternoons of the conference. Both tours will give you a different view of a part of the city and will be different from the tours offered last year. The guides will gather participants at the info desk (building H), and every tour ends there as well for convenience. The tour on Saturday starts at 2pm, and ends at 18:30. The tour on Sunday starts at 12h15 and ends at 15h45, to make sure everyone is back on campus at 4pm. We meet just outside the infodesk, building H. The guides are from the organization Brukselbinnenstebuiten (= "Brussels turned inside out"). However, to make sure we have the right number of people in mind, please use the form below to register for these tours (you can select Saturday, Sunday or both). We have a maximum of 30 or 40 people Children are welcome, but bear in mind that these are walking tours, and that it is februari. Your children must be old enough to walk around for 3 hours in the winter temperatures (the responsibility is entirely yours). On Saturday, February 4, 2012, we will visit the nearby Warande and Leopold district, with a stroll along historic centers of power (Ducal Palace, Royal Palace, Parliament, embassies, ministries, EU services) The group will start of at the campus Solbosch, the location of FOSDEM, start off with tram 94 to the Royal Park. From there we will start a a neighborhood walk, with a short coffee break. After the tour the group will take the 95 bus from the “Place du Luxembourg “ back to Solbosch. Duration: from 14h to Solbosch, until 18:30 starting at Solbosh On Sunday, February 5, 2012 We will visit to the neighborhood of Solbosch / “de la Cambre” woods, with a walk on ULB, Solbosch, the world exhibition of 1909, and construction and current use of the “de la Cambre” woods, with a short coffee stop en route at the Chalet Robinson. Duration: from 12:15 to Solbosch, until 15:45 p.m. at Solbosch starting at Solbosh