KASSEL | GRIMMWELT Brothers Grimm museum

October 2024. During a week-long whistle-stop tour of Germany, we visit Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt, Weimar in Thuringia, Coburg in Upper Franconia (Bavaria) and Kassel in Hesse. Smaller cities, yes. But each with their own significance. Untouched by overtourism. We’re avoiding using the white trains of DB Fernverkehr, Deutsche Bahn‘s long-distance section and opt to use…

Limburg Pride 2025 prepares for its first march in Hasselt

The Belgian province of Limburg is preparing for its first pride march, which will take place in Hasselt on Sunday 13 July 2025. When the Limburg Pride chairman, Bert Broone, and his team put the finishing touches to the celebration, Marc of GayLive.be talked to them.

REVIEW | Turkish Airlines Business Class Lounge Istanbul

As my boyfriend Sam happens to have a birthday every year, it was time again to have small trip as his birthday present. Being the cold month of February I first looked into travelling to a slightly warmer and sunnier destination like Morocco, but the only interesting flights being either on Ryanair or Transavia and…

BUSAN | Jagalchi Fish Market

Autumn 2024. Ten years after my first trip to Seoul in 2014, I am returning to the Republic of Korea, better known as South Korea. Not solo this time, but with Oriol, who has never been to Korea. On the itinerary: flying with Qatar Airways to Incheon via Doha, the capital Seoul, the historic city…

BOERENTOREN | Resit for Fernand Huts’ big transformation plans

The Boerentoren or Farmers’ Tower, one of Antwerp’s most iconic buildings, is set to undergo a significant transformation under the direction of entrepreneur Fernand Huts and star architect Daniel Libeskind. With a revised design now submitted, the project appears to be moving closer to final approval, although key planning steps remain incomplete.