The Council of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Antwerp has approved the final design for Pomppark Zuid (Pump Park South), the first sub-project of Ringpark Groene Vesten (Ring Park Green Ramparts).
Month: September 2023
ANTWERP | 2023 Smaakmeesters culinary festival on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October
The ninth edition of Smaakmeesters or Taste Masters will take place in Antwerp on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October. During this culinary festival, gourmets can taste the craftsmanship at around a hundred catering and specialty shops.
2022 Iceland Road Trip
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 | Start restoration of the walking terrace and hangars between Steen and Noorderterras
Recently the restoration of the walking terrace and the hangars between Het Steen and the Noorderterras started on the Antwerp Scheldt Quays. If everything goes smoothly, the walking terrace will reopen next summer, and the work on the hangars will be completed in the spring of 2025. The restoration fits within the long-term project of…
HALIFAX | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
Belgium European champion for rail tourism
Previously, we shared the Eurostat statistics regarding intra-European Union travel in 2021. One notable statistic is the means of transport. Belgium is – or at least was in 2021 – champion at rail tourism.
REVIEW | Hyperion Basel
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 | Remains of Calvinist temple found in Rubens Garden
The Rubens House is currently undergoing a thorough renovation. The redesign of the garden started at the beginning of this year. First, large-scale earthworks took place for the installation of buffer tanks, infiltration basins and the fountain. An excellent opportunity for archaeologists to conduct research into what once happened in this garden. After the goatskin…
ANTWERP | New light plan for Het Steen to accentuate castle features
At the very end end of summer and the very beginning of autumn 2023 the City of Antwerp inaugurated the new facade light plan for Het Steen or Stone Castle.
Iceland in late November
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.
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