For the sixth time in a row, The Loft by Brussels Airlines and Lexus is awarded Europe’s Leading Airline Lounge at the World Travel Awards in Berlin. Travelers from all over the world could vote for this award. The airline continuously adjusts the lounge to give its customers a high-value product.
Month: March 2024
Perpignan during the Visa pour l’image international photo journalism festival
September 2023. Oriol and I are flying to Toulouse for a road trip in Occitania and (French) Catalonia. We include the Principality of Andorra, which I can finally tick off the bucket list, and Llívia, Spain‘s exclave in France. Besides Toulouse we visit Mont-Louis, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Perpignan and Carcassonne.
ILGA-EUROPE | Alarming surge in transphobic speech across Europe sparks concern for June 2024 EU elections
Ahead of the elections throughout the European Union coming June, a new ILGA-Europe report shows a stark rise in anti-LGBTQIA+, and in particular, transphobic statements from politicians across Europe.
Darklands 2025 theme: ‘Darklands Glows’, stays at Waagnatie until 2030
After ‘The darkride of your life‘ and a fun fair theme in 2020, ‘Under the ocean‘ and an apocalyptic waterworld in 2022 (originally planned for 2021, but you know, COVID-19), ‘Deep Space‘ in 2023 and ‘The Void‘ in 2024, Darklands has announced its theme for 2025: ‘Darklands Glows‘.
REVIEW | Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 in Economy – Amsterdam Schiphol to Hong Kong
It’s been a while since I used a travel agent to plan a trip. But a major travel agent in Belgium posted a deal one can’t refuse in a newsletter in June 2023. Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific and three nights at the four-star Park Hotel Hong Kong in…
Queer March Ghent 2024 on Saturday 30 March at Viernulvier
On Saturday 30 March, Ghent art centre Viernulvier, formerly De Vooruit, hosts Queer March Ghent. The ‘march’, it seems, is mostly stationary. Or is ‘march’ referring to the month of March? The slogan is ‘Building a Revolution‘ as “some things need to be broken down before you can (re)build.”
REVIEW | Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre
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…
Tri-Country Train between Maastricht, Liège and Aachen will start on Sunday 9 June 2024
Arriva‘s Tri-Country Train (Drielandentrein, Train des trois pays), which has been running between Maastricht in the Netherlands and Aachen in Germany since 2019, will continue to Liège in Belgium from 9 June 2024. The Tri-Country train is also known as LIMAX, an acronym for Liège-Maastricht-Aachen-Express.
REVIEW | Dali Hôtel Perpignan
September 2023. Oriol and I are flying to Toulouse for a road trip in Occitania and (French) Catalonia. We include the Principality of Andorra, which I can finally tick off the bucket list, and Llívia, Spain‘s exclave in France. Besides Toulouse we visit Mont-Louis, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Perpignan and Carcassonne.
‘Art Room from the Rubens House’ to Museo del Prado in Madrid
Cornelis van der Geest‘s ‘Art Room from the Rubens House‘ collection has arrived at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. From the Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS), where the work could be admired for several months in the masterpieces exhibition ‘Rare & Indispensable‘, the painting left for two years to one of the most prestigious…
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