Good news for train travel between France and Italy. The Fréjus Rail Tunnel will reopen on 31 March 2025, after almost two years of closure after the 27 August 2023 landslide in the southern Alps. The news enthuses rail industry blogs and trainfluencers. But there’s a but.
Month: January 2025
ANTWERP | ‘Panamarenko. Infinite Imagination’ exhibition at KMSKA until 4 May 2025
Why do all the temporary exhibition in Antwerp open on the same day? Today, Friday 31 January 2025, the Museum At the Stream (Museum Aan de Stroom, MAS) opens ‘Compassion‘. The Red Star Line Museum opens ‘Happy Family 全家福‘. And the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, KMSKA) opens ‘Panamarenko….
NORWEGIAN GETAWAY | Skipping Santorini to make it a Sea Day
July 2024. Steve and I are cruising on the Norwegian Getaway, a Breakaway class ship by Norwegian Cruise Line or NCL. Interestingly, our stay on board happened shortly after the Getaway paid a visit to the dry dock for some refurbishments. The route? Piraeus, which is the port of Athens in Greece; followed by Mykonos;…
BRUSSELS | International collective launches Pride Museum, seeks location
An international collective of activists from the pride movement is working to establish a groundbreaking museum dedicated to queer art and queer activism in Brussels.
ANTWERP | Record 15.8 million day tourists, 2.7 million overnight stays in 2024
With 15.8 million day tourists in 2024, the City of Antwerp recorded an increase of 10.6% compared to 2023. Stay-over tourism increased by 6% to 2.7 million overnight stays, a new record for Antwerp.
AUSTRIA | Tourism hotspot Tyrol
Frustrated by the Dinner Train debacle in May 2024, Sam, Danny and I looked for an alternative activity. As Sam is water baby, we and we don’t object to swimming pools, whirlpools and wellness facilities either, we booked three nights and two days in August 2024 at Aqua Dome – Tirol Therme Längenfeld. This ‘Signature…
Belgium to host Eurovision Song Contest 2026? But in which city?
Coming Saturday, 1 February 2025, a jury and the television watching public will decide will represent Belgium for Flemish public broadcaster VRT at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in Switzerland. Oddly, Belgium has been on top of the bookmakers’ charts for the outright win. Íf, and it’s a big íf, that happens, which…
REVIEW | Novotel Southampton
September 2024. My parents in law have been wanting to go on a cruise for a while now but didn’t feel like going on their own so they tagged along with Sam and I. My father in law’s ultimate destination would be the Norwegian Fjords, combined with the new that soon-ish cruises to the Fjords…
ANTWERP | Archaeological finds on Vrijdagmarkt
The Vrijdagmarkt in the centre of Antwerp is currently being prepared for redevelopment. At the end of last year, two bunkers from the Cold War were discovered during the excavation work. During the most recent excavations in recent weeks, the square revealed even more secrets: many interesting finds from various periods, from prehistory to the…
ANTWERP | MAS opens ‘Compassion’ and Red Star Line Museum presents ‘Happy Family 全家福’ on 31 January 2025
Sure, the respective openings are on Thursday 30 January 2025, but on Friday 31 January the Museum At the Stream (Museum Aan de Stroom, MAS) presents the temporary exhibition ‘Compassion‘. Red Star Line Museum presents ‘Happy Family 全家福‘.
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