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…
Month: October 2024
GoVolta wants to run trains from Amsterdam to Bruges
Dutch railway company GoVolta has submitted applications for three new international train services from January 2027. The new rail operator has submitted applications to the Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), the authority for consumer and market in the Netherlands for trains to Bruges in Belgium and Hamburg and Frankfurt in Germany.
ANTWERP | Approval of final design phase 1 Merksemse Tuinen of Ringpark Groenendaal
The Council of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Antwerp approved the final design for phase 1 of the Merksemse Tuinen or Merksem Gardens of Ringpark Groenendaal – you guessed it – Merksem . As with Ringpark Het Schijn, construction can start earlier here too, namely in the autumn of 2025.
REVIEW | voco St. James Hotel
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.
City of Antwerp commissions ‘Collectie Centrum’ to store heritage collection
A new building will be built in the new Pomppark Zuid to house the city’s extensive heritage collection. Municipal real estate agency AG Vespa organised an architectural competition for this, with design agency TM Office Winhov – HUB being selected as the winner. If everything goes according to plan, the works will start in the…
BRUGES | Queer Tours at Groeningemuseum on 9 November 2024 and structurally from January 2025
On Friday 8, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November 2024 Het Entrepot in Bruges in West Flanders organises the PRISMA Queer Arts Festival. One of the many activities a ‘Queer Tour‘ at the Groeningemuseum, by historian dr. Jonas Roelens.
UNITED KINGDOM | Exploring London with a first-timer
To celebrate his graduation as a therapist and before starting his new career, Oscar from Denver in Colorado decided to take a vacation and travel to London on his own. Oscar and I have known each other for two years, but we never actually met in person. Until in June 2024. His vacation presented an…
Benelux fast EuroCity Direct and slow(er) EuroCity from 15 December 2024
The train service between Belgium and the Netherlands doubles from December 2024, with significant travel time savings. NMBS / SNCB issued a press release.
BRUSSELS AIRLINES | 50,000 people voted for their favorite Belgian Icon, jury selects winner from top 5
Brussels Airlines received over 50,000 votes for the next Belgian Icon. The five designs with the most votes have been presented to a jury who selected the final winner who will be announced early November.
Limburg Pride 2025 to focus on mental wellbeing
No pride without a theme to act as guideline for all sorts of activities. For the first ever Limburg Pride, in Hasselt in 2025, the theme will be ‘Love Yourself, Embrace the Journey‘.