On Wednesday 19 April 2023, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) introduced its ICNG, nicknamed ‘Wasp‘, into commercial passenger service in the Netherlands. The rolling stock will further be deployment over the next months. Introduction on the Brussels – Amsterdam Benelux service is delayed.
Month: June 2023
ANTWERP | 2023 Museum Night on Saturday 5 August
The City of Antwerp will hold the 17th Museum Night on Saturday 5 August from 7 PM to 1 AM. 19 Antwerp museums welcome young and old for a unique program including guided tours, workshops and performances. During this 17th edition of Museum Night, visitors can also discover the renovated Royal Museum of Fine Arts…
REVIEW | Hotel Katla in 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 | Middelheim Museum remains open during renovation and rearrangement works
Currently the Middelheim Museum in Antwerp is in full swing, both the art collection and the park. A total of 224 works of art will be given a new place in the art park and in the open-air depot.
MANCHESTER | Imperial War Museum North (IWM North)
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.
REVIEW | Just Hotel Milano
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…
ICELAND | Seljalandsfoss Waterfall – Skógafoss – Sólheimajökull – Dyrhólaeyjarviti – Reynisfjara – 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.
Liverpool to Manchester on the very first – 1830 – railway line
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.
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