The area around Antwerp-South Railway Station will be safer for pedestrians and cyclists, the City of Antwerp says in a press release. From the spring of 2024, the City of Antwerp will renew the pedestrian and cycle path along the Kolonel Silvertopstraat – Montignystraat axis up to Kielsevest, on the side of the station.
Month: October 2023
NOVA SCOTIA | Sampling 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…
Outside the EU, Europeans mostly travel to Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom
In the COVID-19 pandemic related travel restrictions stricken year 2021, residents of the European Union spent over four out of five of their trips inside their own country of residence. But when they left their motherland, where did they travel to? Eurostat figured it out.
Italy 2022
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 | Sint-Andrieskerk will be completely free from scaffolding in spring of 2025
The restoration of the roofs and stained glass windows of the Sint-Andrieskerk (St. Andrew’s Church) in Antwerp started in November last year. The first phase of the works, which will include tackling the tower, will be completed at the end of this year. The church tower, a landmark of the city, is currently hidden behind…
Tri-Country Train between Maastricht, Liège and Aachen delayed until spring 2024
The so-called Tri-Country Train that was to connect Maastricht in the Netherlands with both Liège in Belgium and Aachen in Germany from December 2023 is being delayed. The first trains will only start running in the first half of 2024, outgoing State Secretary for Transport and Water Management Vivianne Heijnen (CDA) reports to the Dutch…
BRUSSELS | BELvue Museum of Belgium
In February 2023 I visited the BELvue Museum in Brussels. I had been to this compact museum next to the Royal Palace of Brussels, but that was pre-blog.
ANTWERP | Start of work on the Scheldekaaien Nieuw Zuid park
On Friday 29 September the engineering works for the reconstruction of the public domain on the Scheldt Quays in the Nieuw Zuid sub-area of Antwerp started. The area along the Scheldt will be designed as a 5.5 hectare park for pedestrians and cyclists with space for relaxation, lots of greenery, water features and two pavilions….
REVIEW | The Westin Nova Scotian 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…
Intra-European travel mostly for fun and / or family
In the COVID-19 pandemic related travel restrictions stricken year 2021, residents of the European Union made 873 million trips with overnight stays – regardless of destination and duration. Of these, 8.0% were trips for professional purposes, while the remaining 92.0% were trips made for personal purposes.
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