A new player is entering the European mobility space. Nox (night in Latin), a Berlin-based startup is on a mission to offer a real alternative to short-haul flights. From the end of 2027, Nox plans to operate Europe-wide overnight trains with fully personal rooms for one or two people at the price of a flight….
Month: June 2025
EUROSTAR | London – Frankfurt, London – Geneva and Amsterdam – Antwerp – Brussels – Geneva from 2030?
In a press release on 10 June 2025, Eurostar announces the ambition to run direct high-speed trains from the United Kingdom to Germany and Switzerland and from the Netherlands via Belgium to Switzerland. But will it happen? Or when?
REVIEW | Korail KTX Gyeongju to Busan 1st class
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…
Car-free and customer-first: Antwerp rethinks Meir and Kammenstraat shopping areas
Antwerp’s shopping landscape is on the verge of a historic transformation. At the heart of the city’s commercial district, the Meir continues to affirm its status as Belgium’s retail powerhouse, drawing more than 300,000 visitors every week, surpassing even Brussels’ famed Nieuwstraat / Rue Neuve.
FRANCONIA | Coburg, cradle of crowns
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…
The Rolling Tables dinner train experience in Belgium from 1 August 2025 and in the Netherlands from 1 November 2025
In 2024, Dinner Train was going to offer dine and ride train experiences in Belgium after doing so in the Netherlands. It never happened. Now, the concept gets a second chance under the brand The Rolling Tables.
ANTWERP | Sinksenfoor 2025 from 7 June to 13 July
From Saturday 7 June to Sunday 13 July 2025, the Sinksenfoor or Pentecost Fair will once again take place at Spoor Oost in the Antwerp district of Borgerhout. More than 150 unique attractions and food stalls will offer plenty of fun and atmosphere for young and old alike. This year, the city welcomes no fewer…
ANTWERP QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2025 | ‘QueerPassion’, inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach
As part of this summer’s festival season, queerPassion—a bold new project by the Austrian collective ĀRT HOUSE—is set to bring a powerful queer reinterpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘St. John Passion‘ to major European concert stages.
Hamont – Weert on foot, because the train connection still isn’t there
Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail counts the Weert – Hamont rail connection as one of the future links between the Netherlands and Belgium. But while there are tracks, there is still no (passenger) train connection. So I walked it it on a February 2025 Wednesday. Also, crossing a border on foot has a lot of…
Antwerp-Linkeroever Railway Station to reopen in 2026!
Well, well, well. We were adamant it wouldn’t happen, but it will. Belgium‘s national train operator NMBS / SNCB and rail infrastructure manager Infrabel are going to refurbish Antwerp-Linkeroever Railway Station. The Belgian Railways sent out a press release.