The Giants or De Reuzen of Royal de Luxe are coming back to Antwerp on Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 August 2023. What exactly they are doing and where they will be seen remains a well-kept secret. But that it will be a unique and unlikely experience is certain.
Month: August 2023
EMILIA-ROMAGNA | A walk in Modena
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…
Antwerp museums autumn and winter 2023 overview
The City of Antwerp looks ahead to the exhibitions in the autumn. Culture lovers can visit DIVA for a jewellery procession and a silver competition. The Museum At the Stream (MAS) commemorates World War II with the poignant new permanent exhibition. The Red Star Line Museum is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a big family…
Heading for the sun in gay destination Torremolinos
There was snow at the end of winter of 2022 and the sun was making but only – as it were – as a cameo appearance in the imaginary film called ‘Spring in Belgium‘. Spending my holiday in the cold wasn’t an option. I was hungry for sun, splendid food and handsome men. Torremolinos came…
ICELAND | Blue Lagoon hot pool
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.
REVIEW | The renovated Thalys / Eurostar Red
On our way back from Paris to Antwerp we ‘lucked’ out on travelling on a newly refurbished Thalys train. The interior does indeed look much fresher and brighter than its predecessor.
New direct Benelux train links Amsterdam to Brussels in two hours from December 2024
From 2025, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and NMBS / SNCB are doubling the number of so-called Benelux trains between the Netherlands and Brussels in Belgium from 16 to 32 per day. A new, fast connection will be added to the 2025 timetable. With that connection, travelers are about 45 minutes shorter on the road than…
Antwerp Pride 2024 from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 August
It’s summer so it’s time for Antwerp Pride and Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (AQAF). From 4 to 27 August 2023, AQAF hosts queer artists being queer, in the alternative, quirky, more rebellious sense of the word. Antwerp Pride, from 9 to 13 August, is more mainstream, openly catering to everyone and thus attracting a general,…
REVIEW | Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena
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…
Antwerp welcomes Bollekesfeest 2023 on 18, 19 & 20 August and Royal de Luxe Giants on 25, 26 & 27 August
Antwerp has planned a busy month of August with Museumnacht (Museum Night) and Antwerp Pride. But after culturos and the gays have conquered the city, there’s more mainstream fun ahead.
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