In July, the City of Antwerp has solemnly opened the most recently constructed part of Park Groot Schijn. All trails and surrounding nature are now landscaped. The paths make the entire park easily accessible to visitors, the nature consists of hundreds of new plants and trees.
Month: September 2023
Flying Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Air Canada Brussels – Munich – Montreal – Halifax in minimal economy
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…
MSK Gent – Museum of Fine Arts Ghent schedules 2027 queer exhibition
In 2027, the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent or MSK Gent will open the first exhibition centered on queer readings of the art of the Southern Low Countries (ca. 1400 to ca. 1950) also known as present-day Belgium. To prepare this exhibition, the museum is launching a broad call for queer histories and artworks with…
SWITZERLAND | Basel during Herbstmesse
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…
Europeans visit other European countries over 7 nights on average
In the COVID-19 pandemic stricken year of 2021, tourism trips made by residents of the European Union to another EU Member State had an average duration longer than one week – 7.9 nights – ranging from 4.3 nights for trips to Czechia and Luxembourg to 11.3 nights for trips to Romania.
PHOTO EXHIBITION | Antwerp 1993 – 2023
The City of Antwerp has organised the photo exhibition ‘The road covered. Antwerp 1993 – 2023‘. It shows how the street scene in the 19th-century belt of Antwerp evolved between 1993 and 2023, and also focuses on places where change is afoot in the coming years. Everyone is welcome to visit the free exhibition, in…
ICELAND | A day in Reykjavík
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.
MUSEUM AAN DE STROOM | ‘City at war, Antwerp 1940-1945’
On Friday 8 September 2023, the Museum Aan de Stroom (Museum At the Stream) or MAS opened the exhibition ‘City at war, Antwerp 1940-1945‘, which, you guessed it, explores Antwerp during World War II.
REVIEW | Air Canada Economy Montreal to Halifax
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…
ÖBB’s Nightjet to connect Berlin to Brussels from December 2023
Austria‘s national railway company ÖBB will connect Brussels in Belgium to Berlin in Germany from December 2023 with its Nightjet sleeper trains. Half December is Europe‘s railway universe’s New Year. Night trains advocate Back On Track Belgium is delighted with the news.
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