Hang around places
Brussels: BOZAR, Lord Byron Art Café, Halles St. Géry (DUQUESNOY), Anderlecht boat studio; Leuven: Cinema Zed, Arenberg Park, Erasmushuis/MSI, university libraries, some pubs; and making a lot of roadtrips to e.g. Liège, Namur, Antwerp, Mons, Ghent, Bruges, Luxembourg...