After a successful opening year 2023, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp or Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA) has attracted more than five hundred thousand visitors in 2024.
Month: January 2025
Kringwinkel Antwerp donates James Ensor etching to Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
A surprising discovery at the Kringwinkel in Antwerp: an authentic etching by James Ensor was found among the donated goods. The work, ‘Le meuble hanté‘ (‘Haunted pieces of furniture‘), will now have a permanent destination in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp or Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA). The donation is not…
REVIEW | Aqua Dome Hotel
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…
ANTWERP | New owners to explore future for Shopping Stadsfeestzaal on the Meir
The Stadsfeestzaal or City Party Hall on the Meir is returning to Antwerp ownership with its sale to Ablon Retail Real Estate, which plans to revitalise the historic shopping centre.
UNITED STATES | From New Orleans to New York on Amtrak’s Crescent
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.
UPDATE | 65 countries where gay sex is illegal in 2025
The tally of countries with anti-homosexuality laws has again risen to 65 with last month’s official publication of a homophobic new penal code in Mali in West Africa, Erasing 76 Crimes reports. This means that in January 2025, 65 countries (and other entities) criminalise gay sex.
2025 at the museums of Antwerp
The museums of the City of Antwerp are preparing to welcome visitors again in 2025 with numerous new exhibitions and projects. The Museum At the Stream (MAS) tells about the many faces of ‘Compassion‘, and in the Red Star Line Museum ‘Family Happiness‘ plays an important role. “Fashion museum MoMu examines the link between fashion…
Restaurants and food on Norwegian Getaway
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;…
2025 at Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp (KMSKA): René Magritte, Marthe Donas, Panamarenko, Hans Op de Beeck
In 2025, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, KMSKA) will feature as many as three major exhibitions and various shows in the print room and 19th-century halls. Visitors can expect to encounter resounding names such as René Magritte and Marthe Donas, to daydream in the playful world of…
TYROL | Sölden, the Bergbahnen or Cable Cars, the Gaislachkogel and 007 Elements
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…
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