{"id":2408,"date":"2026-02-03T13:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/what-is-curiosity\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:58:10","slug":"what-is-curiosity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/en\/what-is-curiosity\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Curiosity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2408\" class=\"elementor elementor-2408 elementor-208\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-913a79f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"913a79f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/favicon_Curiosity_Octopus.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2389\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/favicon_Curiosity_Octopus.png 300w, https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/favicon_Curiosity_Octopus-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d1a98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78d1a98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adbfecb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adbfecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">September 25-26-27<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f834cac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f834cac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a332c5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a332c5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120812d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"120812d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b8bbeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b8bbeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Curiosity?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-363d417 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"363d417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Story &amp; Mission<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf3efeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf3efeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Curiosity isn\u2019t just a festival. It\u2019s something you step into. A place where music, atmosphere and people don\u2019t just meet\u2026they merge. This is where you come to discover. Not just the line-up, but the moment. The energy. Each other. Because here, you\u2019re not watching from the sidelines. You\u2019re not a spectator. You are the festival. <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Curiosity lives on surprise, wonder and connection.<br>Every day brings a new theme, a new mood, a new world to get lost in. But the feeling? That stays with you. The spark.The buzz. The sense that something unexpected could happen at any second.So don\u2019t just hear about it. Be there!   <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Grab your ticket.<br>Let your curiosity run wild.<br>And step into the story.<br>Welcome to Curiosity.<br>Stay curious.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55cec3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55cec3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a40542 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a40542\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d83b9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d83b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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Because what we build here\u2026should mean something out there too. That\u2019s why we support Gyponvrienden. They stand behind GYPON, a network of doctors and researchers from Ghent University and UZ Gent, working every day to support women facing gynaecological cancers. <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Our charity is the Gyponvrienden (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gyponvrienden.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gyponvrienden.be<\/a>). GYPON stands for the Gynecological Pelvic Oncological Network of Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital. The network brings together healthcare providers and researchers who dedicate themselves daily to women with gynecological cancers.  <\/p><p> <\/p><p>GYPON vrienden is an independent volunteer association that supports initiatives for the GYPON network.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5699457 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5699457\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a920a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a920a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7f4a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e7f4a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cffd9c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cffd9c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gyponvrienden.be\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gypon.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2416\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gypon.png 360w, https:\/\/curiosityfestival.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gypon-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a88c62 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0a88c62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e493f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e493f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The commitment of Curiosity Festival shows how culture and care can strengthen each other. The support we receive is used for innovative research such as OvaClass, which enables better diagnostics for ovarian cancer. Just as importantly, this collaboration makes gynaecological cancers more visible and opens the conversation about a topic that has remained under-exposed for too long.\u201d \u2014 GYPON (Gynecological Pelvic Oncological Network Ghent)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18-19-20 September 25-26-27 What is Curiosity? Story &amp; Mission Curiosity isn\u2019t just a festival. It\u2019s something you step into. A place where music, atmosphere and people don\u2019t just meet\u2026they merge. This is where you come to discover. Not just the line-up, but the moment. The energy. Each other. 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