Londerzeel (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Londerzeel, Belgium is revitalizing its Tuesday market through the “Month of the Market” in April 2025. Alderman Gerda Verhulst (N-VA) plans a new layout. Team De Borger proposed lowering fees by €6,800, but the council rejected it.
The town of Londerzeel, Belgium is working hard to bring back its Tuesday market. They’re going to be part of a province-wide event called “The Month of the Market” in April 2025 to get more people to come and support the local sellers. The person in charge of the economy, Gerda Verhulst, says that they’ll soon be showing the city council a plan for how to arrange the market in a new way.
They’re working with the market committee to ensure that the market is beneficial for both sellers and buyers. They mentioned that one part of the plan is to move the market back to its original location on Kerkstraat, but they’ll make sure it’s safe by making the wooden poles easy to take down so that people follow the rules.
We hope to come to the city council soon with a concrete plan to propose a new market layout,
says Alderman Gerda Verhulst (N-VA).
To that end, we are working together with the market committee.
Can Londerzeel’s market revival succeed without fee cuts?
During the “Month of the Market” in April 2025, Londerzeel, Belgium will offer special deals to buyers, hoping to attract both regular customers and new faces. By making these changes, the town wants to make a marketplace that supports local businesses and brings people together.
The opposition party, Team De Borger, is worried about the Tuesday market in Londerzeel, Belgium not being as busy as it used to be. Jozef De Borger says that a survey they did shows that the people who sell things at the market have made a lot less money, between 40% and 60% less, in the last few years.
Jozef De Borger mentioned that this has caused some sellers to leave the market and try to sell their things somewhere else. To fix this problem, Team De Borger wants to lower the fees that sellers have to pay for a little while. They think that cutting the fees by one-third, which is about €6,800 out of the €20,500 total, wouldn’t affect the town’s budget, which is €30 million.
A survey by our party shows that market stallholders have seen their turnover drop by between 40% and 60% in recent years,
says Jozef De Borger (Team De Borger).
The result is that several market stallholders have since dropped out and gone to seek their fortune elsewhere.
The city council has rejected a proposal to lower stall fees at the Londerzeel market. This decision comes as the market faces declining vendor participation and sales. The opposition party, Team De Borger, had proposed the fee reduction as a way to attract more vendors.
The council believes other strategies, such as the upcoming “Month of the Market” campaign, will be more effective in revitalizing the market. They mentioned that this decision has sparked a debate about the best way to support local vendors and bring more people to the market.
