As any other concert hall Trix in Antwerp had to close its doors due to coronavirus COVID-19. It launched a musical walking route to fill a cultural void.
Month: April 2020
Malmö – Cologne – Brussels Night train
As reported by Swedish news website The Local the Swedish government would like to start more night trains connecting the country with the rest of Europe as an enviromentally friendly alternative to flying.
CORONAVIRUS | La Démence’s The Cruise cancelled
“With a lot of pain in our hearts we have to inform you that, as a consequence of the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, we are cancelling this year’s cruise”, La Démence says in a communiqué.
My first big rail trip part 3: the Flåm line
Back in a pre-corona 2012 I got inspired by my friend Erik to make an epic rail trip through a part of Europe. I persuaded my best friend to tag along and together we decided to head north, to Scandinavia, to a part of Europe we both hadn’t visited yet and where fascinated about.
CORONAVIRUS | Shopping at the Meir and Stadsfeestzaal after 11 May
All retail stores and shops are scheduled to reopen on Monday 11 May after almost two months of lockdown, quarantine or confinement.
InnoTrans 2021 scheduled for 27-30 April
International train trade fair InnoTrans has been rescheduled to 27-30 April 2021, Messe Berlin announced.
CORONAVIRUS | Belgian travel influencers see a restart of travel abroad in September 2020
33% of Belgian travel influencers think travelling outside Belgium will be possible in September 2020. 15% estimate a bit later this year. 9% think only in 2021. 33% hope(d) to travel this summer. 10% even thought spring 2020 was a possibility.
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens
Early 2020 AD. Danny and I embark on a 21st century Odyssey. On the Majestic Princess from Sydney to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. Back to Sydney, then to Melbourne and flying back home.
CORONAVIRUS | No multiday domestic and foreign trips before 8 June
On Friday 24 April the National Security Council of Belgium held a much awaited press conference on deconfinement. A French word for the exit strategy out of coronavirus countermeasures.
VIDEO | Flanders Stay At Home Museum – Sir Peter Paul Rubens
In episode 3 of The Stay At Home Museum, Visit Flanders takes you to The Rubens House in Antwerp were director Ben Van Beneden guides you through the life of Sir Peter Paul Rubens.