In 2024, Europe’s rail networks experienced unprecedented demand, with passengers embarking on 8.7 billion trips, accumulating a total of 444.5 billion passenger-kilometres. This surge marked a new record, eclipsing the previous peak of 400 billion passenger-kilometres set in 2019.
ANTWERP | Antony Gormley’s ‘Geestgrond’ opens at KMSKA as the most comprehensive solo exhibition of the artist in Europe
On Saturday 23 May 2026, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, KMSKA) will open ‘Antony Gormley. Geestgrond‘, the largest and most comprehensive solo exhibition of the legendary British artist ever staged on the European mainland.
ANTWERP | Sinksenfoor 2026 opens 23 May with new rides and extended five-week run
Antwerp‘s iconic Sinksenfoor or Pentecost Fair will return for its 2026 edition on 23 May at the Spoor Oost site in Borgerhout, offering five weeks of entertainment until 28 June. The annual event, which begins during the Pentecost weekend, transforms the 2,000-meter-long site into a vibrant festival ground featuring spectacular attractions, delicious food, and family…
JAPAN | Road trip to Hida no Sato, Takayama and Shirakawa-go from Kanazawa
Autumn 2025. We – Sam and Danny, Michel and Wille, and Timothy – are travelling to Japan for a quite classic tour of the Land of the Rising Sun. We are flying separately as we used miles. On the planning: Tokyo, Kanazawa, Shirakawa, Osaka, and Expo 2025, Hiroshima, Himeji, Miyajima, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Hakone, and…
ANTWERP | New railway ‘Spoorpark’ park between Zurenborg and Borgerhout to be named Statiepark
A new park between Antwerp‘s Zurenborg neighbourhood and Borgerhout is set to be named Statiepark. The green space, located alongside the railway tracks between Draakplaats and Luitenant Naeyaertplein, is expected to open in the summer of 2027.
VIDEO | Brussels Airlines unveils cinematic new safety video directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah: ‘Safety Heist’
Brussels Airlines premieres a new onboard safety video created in collaboration with internationally acclaimed Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Blending cinematic storytelling with essential safety instructions, the film spices one of air travel’s most familiar moments with humor and visual flair.
REVIEW | Lufthansa Airbus A380 in business class from Munich to Denver, return
September 2025. After Oscar came to London in June 2024 and I joined him there for a day, I’m now going to his hometown of Denver in Colorado. My second trip to the United States in 2025, after visiting my uncle and aunt in Wilmington, North Carolina. No, Denver is is not on foreign tourists’…
PASSENGER PACKAGE | Why the EU’s new rail passenger package is proving so controversial
The European Commission wants to make international train travel in Europe much simpler. Its newly unveiled Passenger Package promises easier booking, stronger passenger rights and more seamless cross-border journeys. In theory, the reforms could finally bring European rail travel closer to the convenience passengers already expect from air travel.
RIGA | Museum of the Barricades of 1991 and Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
August 2025. We’re travelling to the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and more specifically their respective capitals Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. Are they interconnected by rail? Yes, but not in the most straightforward or userfriendly way possible. The Rail Baltica project should remedy this. Unsurprisingly though, this megaproject faces political and budgetary hurdles. It…
NORWAY | Tourism breaks record with 40.6 million guest nights in 2025
Tourism in the Kingdom of Norway reached new heights in 2025 and continued growing into early 2026, as rising numbers of international travellers headed north for fjords, mountain landscapes, Arctic adventures and cooler summer temperatures. The country recorded its strongest tourism year ever, driven particularly by foreign visitors, with hotels, camping sites and holiday accommodation…