The Council of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Antwerp approved the final design of the Spoorpark or Rail Park between the Antwerp neighbourhood of Zurenborg and the district of Borgerhout.
Month: September 2024
NEW ORLEANS | Streetcars, Garden District, Algiers Point, Riverfront, Jackson Square
June 2024. For our first visit to the United States of America since the COVID-19 pandemic, we flew to New Orleans via London Heathrow with British Airways. After two days of exploring NOLA, Amtrak‘s Crescent overnight train brought us from Louisiana to New York, where we we stayed one night only before flying home.
European Union, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein introduce European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) from May 2025
On 14 September 2024, the European Union launched its website for ETIAS, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System. The scheme will start being applied from May 2025.
RAIL | Will new EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas facilitate pan-European train tickets?
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from Germany has nominated Apostolos Tzitzikostas from Greece for the portfolio of Sustainable Transport & Tourism. If the EPP politician gets approval from the European Parliament, he will be the the Commissioner responsible for railway travel. Both the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) and the Community…
NETHERLANDS | Aviation museum Aviodrome in Lelystad
From December 2024, the Benelux train Brussels in Belgium to Amsterdam in the Netherlands will not terminate at Amsterdam Central Station, but at Amsterdam South (Zuid). There the Brusselaar or Amsterdammer will become a domestic train to Lelystad. An excuse for Danny and I to travel all the way to the province of Flevoland to…
ENSOR 2024 IN ANTWERP | ‘States of Imagination’, Museum Plantin-Moretus, 28 September 2024 to 19 January 2025
In 2024 Belgium is celebrating the life and works of James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor. Ostend, Brussels, Antwerp and other places are going all in on James Ensor. The Ensor Year is a big marketing tool.
ENSOR YEAR 2024 IN ANTWERP | ‘Ensor Vitrines’ walking tour
Twenty-two Antwerp illustrators were inspired by the life and work of James Ensor. From 27 September to 2 November 2024, enjoy their unique window illustrations while strolling through the charming Antwerp streets in an ‘Ensor Vitrines‘ walking tour.
Eurostar CEO threatens to leave the Netherlands
In an open letter on 18 September 2024 in the Dutch newspaper Financieel Dagblad, Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave has threatened to leave the Netherlands. She complains Dutch politics lack interest in international travellers. State Secretary for Public Transport and the Environment Chris Jansen (PVV) said in a response to Treinreiziger.nl that he is in talks…
ENSOR YEAR 2024 IN ANTWERP | 4 top exhibitions from 28 September at KMSKA, FOMU, MoMu and Museum Plantin-Moretus
In September 2024, Antwerp will take over from Ostend. Antwerp will pay tribute to the Belgian artist James Ensor with four diverse world-class exhibitions. They will show in detail how he is still a source of inspiration for contemporary artists. Visitors can delve into Ensor’s creative mind from Saturday 28 September. In addition, a range…
ANDALUSIA | Málaga ft. the Alcazaba and the Cathedral
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…
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