Switzerland will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. But which city in the Helvetic Confederation will welcome the thousands of artists, media people and fans? Geneva, Sankt Gallen, Basel and Fribourg have already expressed their interest. Other obvious options are Zurich and Bern. And why not Lausanne? Swiss broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) also…
Month: July 2024
FOMU | ‘Outdated Paper? Photographic Paper from the Gevaert Archive’ exhibition until 18 August 2024
From 1894 to 1964, the Belgian company Gevaert produced photographic paper that was popular around the world. In 2017 the complete company archives, containing more than 377 types of paper and 1,300 packages of paper, moved to the Antwerp photography museum FOMU. The museum now hosts a free exhibition: ‘Outdated Paper? Photographic Paper from the…
Antwerp Pride 2024 programme highlights
The 17th edition of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 August 2024. This year’s theme is ‘Many Voices. One Pride‘. The organising committee advocates a more militant pride, with a “we’re not going back in the closet” attitude in reaction to rising conservatism and conformism. But let’s face it: pride is…
REVIEW | Hotel Eurostars Palace Córdoba
Six days. Five overnight stays in five cities in Spain. Lunch in Paris. Stopover in Barcelona. Then Córdoba, Seville, Granada and Málaga. An Andalusia Whirlwind Tour where we visit the Mezquita and the Alhambra. We’re touring Andalusia in October 2023 to follow the trend of travelling to hot spots outside summer, as we did with…
ANTWERP PRIDE 2024 | Parade route & map for Saturday 10 August
The 17th edition of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 August 2024. This year’s theme is ‘Many Voices. One Pride‘. The organising committee advocates a more militant pride, with a “we’re not going back in the closet” attitude in reaction to rising conservatism and conformism. But let’s face it: pride is…
PORTUGAL | 1.5 days in Porto
As an annual habit my boyfriend and I gift each other a weekend getaway as a birthday present. The first year I gifted a trip to Le Sanglier des Ardennes in Durbuy in the Belgian Ardennes as in 2021 COVID restrictions still kept us inside of Belgium. In 2022 I took him to London as…
European Sleeper aspires to run night train to the Alps and Venice during 2025 ski season
Belgo–Dutch night train operator European Sleeper is considering sleeper trains from Brussels in Belgium to Innsbruck in Austria and Venice in Italy for the 2025 ski season. Travel Weekly divulged this news in June.
ANTWERP | ‘To the Antarctic. The polar pioneers of the Belgica’ exhibition at Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS)
Since 21 June, summer solstice, the Museum Aan de Stroom (Museum At the Stream) or MAS in Antwerp hosts the ‘To the Antarctic. The polar pioneers of the Belgica‘. In Belgium, Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery‘s adventure is as famous as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton‘s Antarctic voyages are in the United Kingdom…
ANTWERP | Museum Night 2024 on 3 August: 22 museums with 1 ticket
On Saturday 3 August 2024, lovers of culture and art can indulge themselves again during the 18th Museum Night (Museumnacht) 22 museums in Antwerp welcome young and old from 7 PM to 1 AM for a unique program including guided tours, workshops and performances.
SWITZERLAND | Introducing Zurich
Switzerland will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. But which city in the Helvetic Confederation will welcome the thousands of artists, media people and fans? Geneva, Sankt Gallen, Basel and Fribourg have already expressed their interest. Other obvious options are Zurich and Bern. And why not Lausanne? Swiss broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) also…