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In the City of Brussels, 38.7% of residents held foreign nationality on 1 January 2026, according to the Brussels statistics institute IBSA: the same ad can be seen by a European civil servant, a Flemish student and a shopkeeper in the Maro

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In the City of Brussels, 38.7% of residents held foreign nationality on 1 January 2026, according to the Brussels statistics institute IBSA: the same ad can be seen by a European civil servant, a Flemish student and a shopkeeper in the Marolles. The commune has 198,674 inhabitants, at the centre of a region that brings together 1,255,834. We come from Paris by train to shoot UGC videos, Reels and TikTok ads designed from the writing stage for several languages.

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From the medieval heart to Laeken, a commune in pieces

At 32.6 km², the City of Brussels is the largest of the region's 19 communes and covers 20% of its territory, IBSA points out. It was built through successive annexations: the Léopold district in the 1840s, the avenue Louise towards the bois de la Cambre, then Laeken, Neder-over-Hembeek and Haren in 1921. These sections, sometimes not adjacent, have almost nothing in common. The historic Pentagon lives on trade and tourism, the Léopold district on offices and European institutions, the avenue Louise on high-end boutiques, Laeken on neighbourhood life. For a Meta campaign, this geography matters: you don't speak in the same way to an employee at the Schuman roundabout and to a family in Neder-over-Hembeek. So we choose the setting and the creator according to the targeted district, rather than a postcard image that works for everyone.

A young, international audience, often living alone

IBSA's figures paint a very particular audience. The average age in the City of Brussels is 37.1 on 1 January 2026, 18 to 64-year-olds make up 67.7% of the population, and 22.7% of residents are nationals of another European Union country. More than half of households, 51.5%, consist of one person living alone. For a brand, this is a clientele that orders, goes out, travels and consumes a lot online, but doesn't recognise itself in a monolingual ad shot in a studio. An effective creative ad here is designed in versions: French, English, sometimes Dutch, with carefully made subtitles and UGC creators who look like these audiences. A delivery restaurant, a gym or a mobility app will find a dense and responsive target here.

229,546 employees and 21,606 companies

The City of Brussels is first and foremost a place of work: IBSA counts 229,546 employees and 17,638 self-employed people there in 2024, as well as 11,167 local establishment units and 21,606 VAT-registered companies on 31 December 2024. Institutions, federations, consultancies, agencies and group headquarters share the Pentagon and the European quarter. For these employers, video is used to recruit in an international market and to explain sometimes complex topics to decision-makers in a hurry. A two-minute interview shot in the real offices, cut into thirty-second extracts for LinkedIn, works better than a report. A start-up launching a product, meanwhile, benefits from testing several advertising hooks in the very first week, shot with its founders and first customers rather than with actors.

Plaisirs d'Hiver, the Grand-Place and fritkots

From 27 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, Plaisirs d'Hiver celebrates its 25th anniversary, according to visit.brussels: chalets, a Christmas tree and a sound-and-light show on the Grand-Place, a route from the place de la Monnaie to the place Poelaert via Sainte-Catherine, the Vismet and the Bourse, where a village showcases the Béarn, the Pyrenees and the Basque Country. For a shop in the centre, these five weeks concentrate attention: a teaser in November, Reels shot in the aisles, UGC tasting content. The rest of the year, gastronomy does the work. Visit.brussels lists the region's chip shops, from the Maison Antoine on the place Jourdan, renowned for more than 70 years, to the friteries of the Sablon and the Marolles. A tight shot of a cone coming out of the fryer grabs attention in a second, on TikTok as on Instagram.

From Gare du Midi to the set: our day in Brussels

Brussels is reached by high-speed train from Paris, and the crew arrives in the morning at the gare du Midi with light kit that travels by metro and tram. Preparation is done by video call: copy and openings in each language, running order of the shots, selection of French-, Dutch- or English-speaking Brussels creators, and permit requests to the City for public space. The Grand-Place is filmed early, before the groups arrive; districts like Sainte-Catherine or the Sablon come alive later in the day. A typical day starts in the Pentagon for exteriors, moves to your offices or your counter for close-ups and interviews, then ends on a terrace for the UGC sequences. Back to Paris on the last train: the edit then delivers each video in all the planned languages.

Sources of the figures quoted IBSA, Chiffres clés par commune : Ville de Bruxelles (population 2026, emploi et entreprises 2024) (Key figures by commune: City of Brussels, population 2026, employment and businesses 2024) visit.brussels, Plaisirs d'Hiver 2026-2027 visit.brussels, Découvrez où manger des frites à Bruxelles (Discover where to eat chips in Brussels) Ville de Bruxelles, 25 ans de Plaisirs d'Hiver (25 years of Plaisirs d'Hiver)
+40% click-through rate (CTR)
-30% cost per acquisition (CPA)
x2 à x3 return on ad spend (ROAS)
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Yes, and it is often essential. With 38.7% of residents of foreign nationality in the City of Brussels in 2026, a monolingual campaign leaves part of the audience out. We cast creators who naturally speak each language rather than dubbing a single video, and we adapt the hooks to each version.

Yes, with a permit from the City for any professional set-up. The square is very busy, especially during Plaisirs d'Hiver, from 27 November 2026 to 3 January 2027. We shoot early in the morning with a small crew, or choose neighbouring streets that are less crowded and still keep the recognisable architecture of the historic centre.

Not necessarily. What matters is knowing the Brussels audiences, preparing the shoot in advance and filming real places. Our team comes from Paris for the shoot day, works with creators based in Brussels and delivers several versions of each video, adapted to the targeted languages and districts.

A creative ads agency designs video ads built for social platforms: tested hooks, native 9:16 formats and data-driven iterations. At Esekai, every creative ad is produced in-house in Paris (script, shoot, edit), then adapted for TikTok Ads and Meta Ads to lower your acquisition costs.

Creative ads are structured advertising for paid media (TikTok Ads, Meta Ads). UGC videos mirror authentic creator content to build trust and convert. Organic content builds your social presence over the long term. The three are complementary.

We work on a six-month minimum. A video content strategy performs best over time: the first six months let us test, refine and optimise for durable, compounding results.

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A team that understands the business stakes, not just video. The setup brought us more visibility and more sign-ups.
Valentin Blanco CEO, Virage Prépa
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Content that meets our brand standards, delivered at the pace of the platforms. The France launch exceeded our targets.
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