2023-09-20 15:35:00
Since 1986, under the windows of the European Parliament, the Luxembourg producers’ market, organized each year on the third Wednesday of September, has become an unmissable event for Brussels residents and Eurocrats who love good products, but also all Luxembourg expatriates. who have taken up residence in the heart of the Belgian capital.
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We are obviously very happy to be back and we want to continue to demonstrate to Brussels that the Luxembourgers have quality in their craftsmanship.
But for four years, due to work at Place du Luxembourg, then to Covid, the event had nevertheless deserted Brussels. He made his return with great fanfare this Wednesday morning. “We are obviously very happy to be back and we want to continue to demonstrate to Brussels that Luxembourgers have quality in their craftsmanship,” explains Michel Étienne, president of Promelux, now the sole organizer of the event.
If the first 33 editions mainly highlighted food products, the market opened this year to creators. “Ceramics, people who work with embroidery on fabric, wood, etc. We really opened the event to all the know-how of Luxembourgers,” confirms the president.
Pierre Xavier Deville, from Fromagerie d’Ambly, was not unhappy to return to Brussels. ©Mathieu Golinvaux
45 Luxembourg producers
But gourmets also found what they were looking for. A delicious Rulles on tap, a suckling pig sandwich from Rochehaut, chocolate from Virton, in total, 45 producers presented their products. “We already came in 2018,” recalls Pierre-Xavier Deville, from the D’Ambly cheese factory. It’s a good showcase for the province’s artisans. The further you go to the north of the country, the fewer real local products there are. It’s really interesting to travel a bit to show what good things we can do in our countryside. And once more, all the products presented here are only a very small sample. ”
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It’s a good showcase for the province’s artisans. The further you go to the north of the country, the fewer real local products there are.
If the morning remained fairly calm, according to the producers, by midday the crowds were getting denser and denser in the market aisles. “First of all, it’s quite strange to find yourself only with Luxembourg producers,” smiles Daniel Lessire, from the Millevertus brewery, another regular at the event, with a beer in hand. We are not used to. Above all, it’s an opportunity to meet up with customers that we used to see here every year. For now, everyone seems to be quite cautious, but with happy hour coming up, things might change a little (laughs). ”
In the European district, Eurocrats did not miss the opportunity to come and taste the flavors of Belgian Luxembourg. ©Mathieu Golinvaux
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People are rather welcoming and challenged by the diversity of products, says the cheesemaker. They watch and ask a lot of questions.
For producers, this market is also an opportunity to promote their products beyond the borders of the province of Luxembourg. “People are quite welcoming and challenged by the diversity of products,” continues the cheesemaker. They watch and ask a lot of questions. ”
Even more producers next year
And given the success, there is no doubt that the market will return to Brussels next year. “We will get to work this Thursday to prepare for the next edition,” warns Michel Étienne. There is really a demand from producers. We already realized that we might have invited 15 more producers. There is no doubt that there will be no more vacant spaces next year. ”
If during the 32 previous editions, the event was co-organized by the Province and Promelux, it is the second which took over, alone and in its charge, the producers’ market following the interruption. “During the reform in 2020, there was a reduction in staff at the provincial level,” recalls Coralie Bonnet, the provincial deputy who was present in Brussels this Wednesday. It is following this that the province no longer organizes itself a whole series of events including this producers’ market, but there is now financial support for the new organizers to enable the logistical aspect and the promotion of these. this. It is obviously important for the province to promote short circuits in our region, but it is just as important to go beyond our borders and promote our delicious products and all of Luxembourg’s know-how. This is important to us. ”
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It is just as important to go beyond our borders and promote our delicious products and all of Luxembourg’s know-how.
And in the aisles of the market, if there was one who displayed a broad smile, it was obviously Gérard Mathieu, the one who initiated the event in 1986 when he was then a provincial deputy. “I was really afraid of seeing it disappear,” confirmed the person concerned. So I’m very happy to be here today. It is first and foremost a unifying event. The people of Brussels know that the province of Luxembourg has a reputation for being a land of quality. They have confirmation here. ”
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The people of Brussels know that the province of Luxembourg has a reputation for being a land of quality. They have confirmation here.
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