On 22 June 2025, Annabelle Thorpe named in The Guardian our hometown of Antwerp in Belgium as one of the ‘Five of the best European city breaks for summer‘. Thank you for that shoutout. But ask myself. How to visit Antwerp? And how long?
Month: July 2025
Beyond Darklands 2026 from Tuesday 3 to Monday 9 March at the Antwerp Waagnatie
Darklands 2025 was the last edition of this fetish and kink festival in Antwerp in Belgium under that name. From 2026, the event attracting mostly gay, bi, pan and queer men will be called Beyond Darklands. In previous iterations it was called LeatherPride Belgium and Leather & Fetish Pride Belgium. ‘Darklands‘ was the name of…
Leo Express wants night train service from Slovakia to Ostend, Belgium
Leo Express, a Czech railway operator, intends to introduce a night train service between Ostend in Belgium and Bratislava in Slovakia via Germany and Czechia from mid-December 2026; Thibault Lapers reports on his Mobilithib Substack. Leo Express notified the Czech Office for the Protection of Economic Competition (Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže) of its intentions.
REVIEW | Turkish Airlines Business Class Istanbul to Amsterdam
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…
Limburg Pride 2025 focuses on mental health, connection and celebration
Limburg Pride is preparing for its 2025 edition – on Sunday 13 July – with a strong emphasis on mental health, connection and resilience within the LGBTQIA+ community. The event, which aims to be a safe and welcoming space for all, will celebrate pride, love and visibility in the heart of Hasselt.
REVIEW | Commodore Hotel Busan
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…