2008

2008 was a leap year starting on Friday. It was preceded by 2007 and succeeded by 2009.

Events

 * 11 March: Football club Charlestown FC is founded
 * April: Eric Vandervelde wins the first of two Tour Brunant
 * 20 May: Mobile company tell.me begins operating
 * June: West Galleries opens in Koningstad
 * 14 July: Michelin-starred restaurant Zigzag is foudned by chef Ricardo Villes
 * 2 October: Brunant's last presidential elections are held, with Gert Henneman the winner
 * Renown pop-up restaurant Clandestin is founded

Deaths

 * 16 June: Anais Gul Pozo, Jitanès singer
 * 2 November: Henry Winston Cavell, duisterist writer