The City of Antwerp is erecting a cenotaph in the Schoonselhof cemetery to commemorate the Congolese people who died during the Antwerp International Exposition (Dutch: Wereldtentoonstelling van Antwerpen, French: Exposition Internationale d’Anvers) of 1894.
Month: September 2024
REVIEW | British Airways Brussels to London Heathrow
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.
Brussels Airlines expands its fleet and invests in new cabin interior
Brussels Airlines will significantly grow its long-haul fleet by adding three Airbus A330 aircraft, bringing its widebody fleet to 13 in the coming years. Next to that, Belgium‘s flag carrier will invest considerably in a brand-new cabin interior.
ANTWERP | FOMU’s Cindy Sherman / Ensor 2024 exhibition from 28 September 2024 to 2 February 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.
Leuven Pride 2024 parade route from railway station to Ferdinand Smoldersplein
On Wednesday 10 October 2024, Leuven in Flemish Brabant gets its first fully-fledged prude, with a parade. Ot will be a nocturnal affair, as it’s scheduled for 7 PM.
WALLOON BRABANT | Louvain-la-Neuve
In May 2024, Jeroen and I travelled to Louvain-la-Neuve in Walloon Brabant to visit the Musée Hergé or Hergé Museum. Georges Remi (1907-1983), better known as Hergé is the author of The Adventures of Tintin, which puts Belgium on many maps.
ANTWERP | Final design Linkeroever Scheldt Banks South approved
The Council of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Antwerp approved the final design for the south sub-area of the Scheldt Banks Linkeroever project. This includes Beatrijslaan, from Galgenweellaan to the border with the municipality of Burcht. If everything goes according to plan, work will start in the second half of 2025.
REVIEW | Hotel Catalonia Granada
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…
European Sleeper night train service from the Netherlands and Belgium to Barcelona delayed to 2026
A night train service from the Netherlands and Belgium to Barcelona in Spain? Not before 2026. European Sleeper announces a delay and blames SNCF Réseau, the railway infrastructure manager in France.
Antwerp celebrates 80 years of liberation with 110,000 visitors
On 7 and 8 September 2024, Antwerp celebrated and commemorated 80 years of liberation with a large-scale event with a varied programme. For example, the Liberation Parade, the Liberation Village, the Liberation Ball and the commemoration moment for the victims of World War II attracted 110,000 visitors to the Liberation Days on Saturday and Sunday.
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