{"id":3609,"date":"2016-10-05T10:17:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belgianballoonclub.be\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:41:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belgianballoonclub.be\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian Balloon Club ASBL was created in 1979 by a handful of hot air balloon enthusiasts. The Belgium Balloon Club celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>We have 15 hot air balloons. We also have a mini remote controlled hot air balloon. We inflate the latter during certain gatherings.  <\/p>\n<p>The non-profit organisation aims to promote ballooning. Our head office is located in Namur. But we fly everywhere in Belgium.  <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Belgian Balloon Club<\/h2><p>The Belgian Balloon Club ASBL<br \/><strong>The head office<\/strong> is located at Avenue Arthur Proc\u00e8s, 12 &#8211; 5000 Namur Belgium<br \/><strong>VAT number<\/strong> BE0419497680<br \/><strong>ECB Number <\/strong>419497680<br \/>Operator of commercial flight operations carried out with balloons in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018\/395<\/p><p>For all enquiries, please contact us via the contact form.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color has-background has-vivid-red-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/belgianballoonclub.be\/contacter\" rel=\"contact\">Contact us<\/a><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian Balloon Club ASBL was created in 1979 by a handful of hot air balloon enthusiasts. 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