On Wednesday 9 August, Antwerp Pride and OLT Rivierenhof will join forces for the Antwerp Pride Opening Night.
Month: June 2023
ICELAND | Fjaðrárgljúlfur – DC-3 Plane Wreck at Sólheimasandur – Geysir – Gullfoss
Iceland in November and December? Really? I saw an Icelandair promotion on Instagram which I couldn’t resist. The catch? It had to be late November to the start of December 2022. But I could – easily – enthuse Oriol to come along for a road trip in the South and West of Iceland.
MANCHESTER | Science + Industry Museum
Inspired by the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, we travelled by train to England in March. Combining ESC host city Liverpool with the industrial heritage of Manchester. Manchester to Liverpool was also the first steam railway line ever. A perfect pretext to travel to The North.
4-27 AUGUST | Antwerp Queer Arts Festival 2023 programme and schedule
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (AQAF) has released its 2023 programme and schedule. There are some three weeks of activities.
ANTWERP | Opening of the middle part of Zuidpark
Last week the City of Antwerp opened the second part of the brand new Zuidpark or South Park on the Gedempte Zuiderdokken. It concerns the central part between the Gillisplaats and the Museumstraat, the area above the former Schippersdok. The entire 7-hectare park will be completed by spring 2024.
TRIESTE | Miramare Castle
October 2022. As we wanted to test Trenitalia‘s Frecciarossa 1000 service from Paris to Milan, we planned a rail trip around it. From Antwerp to Paris with Thalys, the ‘Red Arrow’ to Milan and once in Italy continuing to Trieste and Bologna. The return trip took us to Basel in Switzerland to enjoy SBB‘s panoramic…
2023 Antwerp Pride Parade route includes Kloosterstraat and a hello to czar Peter the Great
Antwerp Pride hasn’t revealed a map of the pride parade route for 2023 yet, but has released some information. The pride parade of Antwerp Pride 2023 is scheduled for Saturday 12 August at 2 PM.
ANTWERP | Design concept for renewed Wapper approved
The City of Antwerp council of aldermen approved the concept design for the reconstruction of the Wapper, the iconic elongated square in the center of the Meir.
ICELAND | Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights at Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach near Vík
Iceland in November and December? Really? I saw an Icelandair promotion on Instagram which I couldn’t resist. The catch? It had to be late November to the start of December 2022. But I could – easily – enthuse Oriol to come along for a road trip in the South and West of Iceland.
Antwerp Pride 2023 Festival at Cockerillkaai
Antwerp Pride will return to the Cockerillkaai at the Scheldt for its festival ground.
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