F.A.C.T.S. is an acronym for Fantasy Anime Comics Toys Space, a Belgian science fiction, fantasy, comics, and anime convention, and the biggest of its sort in the Benelux. Launched in 1993 in Ghent, it has grown over the years and now welcomes over 10,000 visitors at each edition. From 1998 until 2008 the F.A.C.T.S. convention is held in the I.C.C. in Ghent, Belgium. The 2009 edition will take place in Flanders Expo for the first time. The convention currently covers more than 8,000 sq. m.