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Month: March 2023
Climb Antwerp Cathedral of Our Lady’s belfry tower
From 1 April 2023, and it’s no April’s Fool, you can climb the tower or belfry of Antwerp‘s Cathedral of Our Lady. The climbing tours are hosted by Museum Vleeshuis.
LONDON | The Elizabeth Line and the Crossrail Place Roof Garden at Canary Wharf
June 2022. Making the best of four weeks off, after the Mediterranean cruise for Danny and Mexico for Timothy, we organised a train trip in England. On the menu: Bletchley Park, the night train to Penzance, the Dartmouth Steam Railway and the Isle of Wight. On the last day, we roamed around London to sample…
ANTWERP | Diamond museum DIVA reopens on Friday 24 March 2023
DIVA is the museum for diamonds, jewellery and silver located near the main square or Grote Markt of Antwerp. Over the centuries, Antwerp has always held a unique and important position for the diamond trade in the world. Currently, DIVA’s permanent exhibition is undergoing a transformation. The museum will reopen on Friday, the 24th of…
Flying from Cancún to Mexico City and to Amsterdam
June 2022. Although I have been in Mexico before, the last time was in 1994-1995. Twenty-seven years later, Oriol and I are doing a classic tour of the United Mexican States, featuring Mexico City (CDMX); Palenque in Chiapas; Villahermosa in Tabasco; Uxmal, Mérida, Chichen Itza, Ek’ Balam, Valladolid, and a few cenotes (waterholes) in Yucatán…
Antwerp museums and sports facilities team up with European Disability Card for accessible leisure activities
The City of Antwerp has entered into a partnership with the European Disability Card (EDC) and thus makes city-run culture, sports and leisure activities even more accessible to people with a disability.
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart art museum
July 2022. As a teacher, Steve has the possibility to do a bigger trip in the school summer break. I don’t, or rarely do. After The Hague in 2020 and Utrecht in 2021, we decided to go to Germany for a now more or less traditional three-day weekend in July. Our eye fell on Stuttgart,…
REVIEW | Motion and emotion at the London Transport Museum
During his latest London trip in January 2023 Dennis De Roover visited the London Transport Museum. London is an absolute pioneer when it comes to public transport with some of the oldest trains and the oldest tube in the world. Being such a big city with big distances to cross, transport has always played a…
Food event Antwerpen Proeft 2023 from 18 to 21 May
The fifteenth edition of Antwerpen Proeft – Antwerp Tastes – will take place during the Ascension weekend of 18 to 21 May. Home of Antwerpen Proeft is the Waagnatie, which also hosts Darklands.
ENGLAND | Isle of Wight 2022
June 2022. Making the best of four weeks off, after the Mediterranean cruise for Danny and Mexico for Timothy, we organised a train trip in England. On the menu: Bletchley Park, the night train to Penzance, the Dartmouth Steam Railway and the Isle of Wight. On the last day, we roamed around London to sample…
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