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GeezerVison is showing openknowledge.be — Open Knowledge Belgium

A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.

Open Knowledge Belgium is the non-profit home of iRail and Open Summer of Code. OpenStreetMap Belgium and HackYourFuture Belgium grew up here. Since 2012.

Donate See what we keep running
About a hundred students and coaches in red, green, yellow and blue T-shirts, seen from above, waving at the camera
Open Summer of Code, 2019

iRail

iRail opens up Belgian train data.

Timetables and live departures for all 577 stations, free for anyone to build on. It answers about 1.2 million requests a day. Open Knowledge Belgium hosts it.

Visit irail.be About iRail
  • Map of Brussels with every street coloured by the gender of the person it is named after

    EqualStreetNames

    Visualising gender inequality in our streets with open data.
  • HackYourFuture Belgium students talking around a table

    HackYourFuture Belgium

    A coding school for refugees and people from vulnerable backgrounds.

    Now independent
  • The OpenStreetMap Belgium community posing outdoors

    OpenStreetMap Belgium

    The free, editable map of the world — built by a Belgian community.

    Now independent
  • The volunteer crew of the Open Belgium 2019 conference on stage

    Open Belgium

    Making Belgian knowledge open, usable, useful and used.
  • Students and coaches of Open Summer of Code cheering in a courtyard

    Open Summer of Code

    Innovative open-source projects, made by incredibly motivated students, coaches and organisations.

And Bike Data Project, Civic Lab Brussels and Open Recognition Belgium.

All projects

Give by bank transfer

Pick an amount and scan the code with your banking app. It fills in the transfer; you confirm it there. On your phone, copy the details instead.

Amount
Account
BE45 0688 9551 0289
Name
Open Knowledge Belgium vzw
Amount
€10
Message
Donation Open Knowledge Belgium

To give every month, set up a standing order with the same details. Gifts are not tax-deductible.

Sponsor as an organisation

Does your organisation build on open data or open source? Sponsor the projects behind it. You get an invoice and a direct line to the board.

Talk to us about sponsoring
Email
[email protected]
Enterprise number
BE 0845 419 930

A new board since September 2026

Three people today. We are looking for volunteers.

Meet the team

  • Pieter Colpaert

    Board

  • Michiel Van de Velde

    Board

  • Inti Valderas Caro

    Board

A full room of students working on laptops at shared tables under strings of bunting

Where next

  • Donate A bank transfer, any amount
  • Sponsor as an organisation For teams that build on open data
  • Give your time Code, maps, events, paperwork
  • See the projects What this community has built
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