The Philippines in 1996-1997, China in 2000, Vietnam in 2009, Japan in 2013 and 2025, South Korea in 2014 and 2024, Taipei and Taiwan in 2017 (the starting point of Trip By Trip), Singapore in 2018, Hong Kong and Macau in 2023. I like travelling to East Asia. Yet I never visited Thailand, for many…
REVIEW | ‘Queer Amsterdam, the Pink City’ exhibition at De Nieuwe Kerk (until 4 April 2027)
5 September 2026. Inspired by a review in De Standaard of ‘Queer Amsterdam, the Pink City‘ exhibition at De Nieuwe Kerk, Thanh and I travelled to the nominal capital of the Netherlands. To make it a proper excursion, we added a lunch a at Michelin-starred MOS Amsterdam and some walking around.
‘Not My Choice’: exhibition on forced marriage opens in Antwerp from 26 October to 16 November
A travelling exhibition exploring forced marriage and abandonment abroad will be shown in Belgium for the first time at Antwerp City Hall and Antwerp-Central Railway Station from 26 October to 16 November 2026. ‘Not My Choice‘ (‘Niet Mijn Keuze‘) features ten portraits: five of people who experienced forced marriage or abandonment abroad, and five of…
The Space Walk brings the history of space exploration to Antwerp streets
Antwerp is turning into an open-air space exhibition this autumn, with a free 4.5 km walking route taking visitors from the first artificial satellite to future missions to the Moon and Mars. The Space Walk runs from 24 October to 22 November 2026, with ten stops exploring key moments in space exploration, Belgian contributions to…
KYOTO | The Eizan Electric Railway or Eiden Line, at the foot of Mount Hiei
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…
Spain nearing France as world’s most visited country
Spain is heading for a record year in international tourism, with more than 100 million foreign visitors expected in 2026. France remains the world’s most visited country, but the gap is narrowing, raising the prospect that Spain could overtake its neighbour as early as 2027. However, the growth of mass tourism is also fuelling concerns…
Brussels Airlines expands its network in summer 2027 with new destination Cairo
Brussels Airlines is preparing for summer 2027 by adding Cairo in Egypt as a new destination and increasing frequencies to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. On its European network, the airline will add capacity to several popular holiday destinations, including Funchal, Málaga, and Nice, while continuing its service to Evenes in Northern Norway.
GERMANY | Introducing Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate
After Bonn in 2023 and Münster in 2024, Dennis and I went further than North Rhine-Westphalia for our 2025 Christmas market in Germany outing. We went to Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle rivers. Hence the name of the city.
ANTWERP | KMSKA fine arts museum puts Belgian abstract artist Guy Vandenbranden in the European avant-garde
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) is placing Belgian abstract artist Guy Vandenbranden (1926–2014) in the wider context of the European avant-garde in a new exhibition marking the centenary of his birth. Running from 16 October 2026 to 17 January 2027, the exhibition traces his artistic development and explores his connections with fellow…
Antwerp’s Zuidpark wins major European public space award
Antwerp’s Zuidpark or South Park has won the European Prize for Urban Public Space, beating three other finalists from Italy and Spain. The award was presented in Barcelona in Catalonia on 15 October 2026, recognising the transformation of a former car park into a green public park in the Belgian city.