Easter Holiday 2024. Danny and Sam visited Porto in February, I visited the capital, Lisbon, in April with Steve, Philippe and Nicolas. I had my free week during a school holiday and as the boys work in education, I made the best of it. We chose Portugal for its convenience and our hope for fair…
Month: August 2024
BEVRIJDINGSDAGEN 2024 | Antwerp celebrates 80 years of liberation on 7 and 8 September
On the weekend of 7 and 8 September 2024, Antwerp will celebrate 80 years of liberation. During the Liberation Days or Bevrijdingsdagen, residents and visitors can relive the festivities of 1944 and commemorate the victims of World War II. It’s the same weekend as Open Monuments Day.
ANTWERP PRIDE 2024 | 495,000 viewers watched the live broadcast of the parade
The 17th edition of Antwerp Pride took place from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 August 2024. This year’s theme was ‘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…
Open Monuments Day 2024: En route through Antwerp
The 36th Open Monuments Day will take place on Sunday 8 September 2024. The theme ‘En route!‘ is an opportunity for Antwerp to focus on the Scheldt River. During this edition, visitors will discover more about the history of Antwerp and how the Scheldt is connected to many monuments in the city. All locations are…
BELGIUM | Introduction to Charleroi
A month after our visit to Couvin, we returned to the province of Hainaut. While Danny and I have conducted trains to Charleroi-Central many, many times, we never really got out of the station to explore the 5th most populous city in Belgium.
BORGERHOUT | Market exploration for the repurposing of the St. John the Evangelist Church or Peperbus
The City of Antwerp launched a market exploration for a repurposing of the St. John the Evangelist Church (Sint-Jan-Evangelistkerk) in the Borgerhout district of Antwerp. A repurposing of the church, which is currently being restored, is possible according to two scenarios: one with and one without a new green roof construction and associated roof filling….
European Sleeper introduces a new night train to the Austrian Alps and Venice in 2025
European Sleeper schedules night trains from Brussels in Belgium to Venice in Italy in the coming ski season, in February and March 2025. This train will connect Belgium to Utrecht in the Netherlands, Cologne and Munich in Germany, Innsbruck in Austria and Verona and Venice in Italy.
ANDALUSIA | Half a day in Seville ft. Plaza de España and Las Setas or Metropol Parasol
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…
TRAIN WORLD | ‘Draw me a train’ design and architecture exhibition from 19 September 2024
Belgium‘s national train and rail museum Train World in Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek) in Brussels proposes a new temporary exhibition: ‘Draw me a train‘ (‘Van schets tot trein‘,’Dessine-moi un train‘). The exhibition opens on Thursday 19 September 2024 and closes on Sunday 11 May 2025.
LISBON | SL Benfica’s Estádio da Luz stadium tour
Easter Holiday 2024. Danny and Sam visited Porto in February, I visited the capital, Lisbon, in April with Steve, Philippe and Nicolas. I had my free week during a school holiday and as the boys work in education, I made the best of it. We chose Portugal for its convenience and our hope for fair…
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