On Erfgoeddag or Heritage Day, young and old are welcome in Antwerp‘s museums and heritage institutions to enjoy all the wealth the city has to offer for free. This year, Heritage Day focuses on the theme ‘Home‘. The more than 80 free activities in Antwerp where everyone can become acquainted with cultural heritage in an…
Month: April 2024
REVIEW | Lufthansa Premium Economy Vancouver to Frankfurt
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…
EU Transport Ministers outline the future of European (train) mobility in a Brussels Declaration
Last week, Transport Ministers from European Union member states convened for an informal meeting in Brussels. At the moment, Belgium holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union until 30 June 2024. Following the meeting, there was a ‘Brussels Declaration on the mobility of tomorrow‘.
REVIEW | Neméa Appart’Hôtel Toulouse Concorde
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.
More Belgians want to go on holiday by train, but in practice not that many do
More Belgians want to travel by train coming summer holiday. ABTO, the Association of Belgian Tour Operators, says 7% indicate of surveyed holidaygoers in Belgium stated that they will travel by train this summer. In 2019, that was only 4%.
ANTWERP | Design for Ringpark Het Schijn to cover the Ring takes shape
Ringpark Het Schijn, set to cover up the Ring, Antwerp‘s ring road, continues to take shape. The preliminary design for the two additional roofs in the park has been approved and the City of Antwerp is also drawing up a new spatial implementation plan (ruimtelijk uitvoeringsplan, RUP) for the Ring Park. The Council of the…
Gay 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…
Liège Pride 2024 on 23, 24 and 25 August
The news fell off our radar, but Liège will host the first Liège Pride on the weekend of 23, 24 and 25 August 2024. It will include a pride parade, which is a first for Wallonia , according to French-language Belgian public broadcaster RTBF. But they forget the pride parade in Sankt Vith in the…
Vancouver & Whistler 2023
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…
FOMU 2024 | Antwerp photography museum ft. Dirk Braeckman, ‘RE/SISTERS’ and Nick Geboers
Antwerp‘s photography museum FOMU, short for Fotomuseum, just reopened with an updated collection. Every year FOMU closes for a while to rearrange itself and change the exhibitions. It also uncovered a new logo.