On Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, Home Frit' Home and its Micro Belgian Fries Museum Brussels will open their doors free of charge for a gently spooky, deliciously offbeat Halloween weekend. On the menu: a few horrors from Belgian fritkot culture, the unsettling company of Alfred Michel Fabry's exhibition “Quotidiens singuliers”, and “Fritland”, a gem of Belgian Super 8 cinema. Fries and frights, art with a bite: in Brussels-Forest, curiosity is most definitely a virtue.

Through an unusual collection of more than 1,036 objects, documents, creations and artworks, the Micro Belgian Fries Museum Brussels explores the history and everyday stories of Belgian fries, the fritkot — the traditional Belgian fries stand — and a popular culture deeply rooted in daily life. Here, fries can be admired and their stories discovered in French, Dutch and German, without taking themselves too seriously.

Micro Belgian Fries Museum Brussels: horrors in your cone?

For Halloween, dare to come face to face with a few exhibits that could almost turn this place into a Micro Museum of Fries Horrors! A microwave fries basket? Canned fries? Yes, such things exist — or have existed… And you can discover them here at Home Frit' Home on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November.

Sensitive souls and defenders of the twice-fried tradition: hold on to your cones…

Alfred Michel Fabry's “Quotidiens singuliers”: some rather strange family resemblances

Alfred Michel Fabry's exhibition “Quotidiens singuliers” brings together his first oil paintings to be exhibited and a series of pencil drawings, by turns tender, funny and gently biting. Families, characters and everyday scenes take a small step sideways, tipping ordinary life into the strange, the moving or the comical.

In the series “On ne choisit pas sa famille” (“You don't choose your family”), some characters might just make you look at family portraits in a different light. Under the artist's pencil, faces become unsettling and the familiar takes a peculiar turn. Enough to tingle the optic nerve and slip a little dark humour into this Halloween weekend. After all, you don't choose your family… but you can choose to discover this one at Home Frit' Home!

“Fritland”, a fritkot road movie on Super 8

These open days will also offer the opportunity to watch the short film “Fritland”, a gem of fries-inspired cinema directed by Yves Warson and Gilles Houben. Shot on Super 8 in the late 1970s and early 1980s, this thoroughly Belgian road movie tracks down fries stands and lays bare the world of their fry cooks and regulars.

Not a horror film, then, but a rare, lively and deliciously free-spirited document that captures an era, landscapes and a whole popular imagination surrounding the fritkot. A cinematic escape to savour between shivers. For Halloween, Home Frit' Home and its Micro Belgian Fries Museum Brussels embrace the art of the unexpected: a touch of the macabre, plenty of curiosity, humour and all the warmth of Belgian fritkot culture. A free open-door weekend to discover without trembling… well, almost.

Practical information: Home Frit' Home + Micro Belgian Fries Museum Brussels

• Saturday 31 October 2026, 1.30 pm–6.30 pm
• Sunday 1 November 2026, 1.30 pm–6.00 pm
• Home Frit' Home – Micro Belgian Fries Museum Brussels
• Rue des Alliés 242, 1190 Brussels - Forest
• +32 495 23 01 63 - info@homefrithome.com
• Free admission
• Micro cinema and Belgian gift shop
• Frituresque garden open