The media library, or "médiathèque"

The name "médiathèque" immediately drums up images of the Passage 44 gallery (Botanique underground station), home to the largest media library in Brussels. However, it is also possible to rent your favourite record in other communes in the Brussels-Capital region: Ixelles, Uccle and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre also have their own rental outlets. They are great places to go and rummage, make new discoveries and be surprised. Registration with the media library lasts a lifetime and means you can borrow media articles from any outlet in the network. The range on offer is culturally broad, and includes: CDs, records, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs and slides. And for those outside the city centre, a "discobus" (the bus belonging to the media library) regularly travels around the Brussels region. From one commune to another, discovering media has become accessible to all...