On Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October 2025, Antwerp will host the eleventh edition of Smaakmeesters or Taste Masters, the city’s culinary festival. More than 100 hospitality businesses and speciality shops will present their finest creations, with culinary hotspots in Antwerp-North included for the first time this year.
Month: September 2025
REVIEW | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden or National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
May 2025. I have a few days off so I decide to take a train to Leiden (Leyden, Leyde) in the Dutch province of South Holland to visit the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, or the National Museum of Antiquities. Steve, my former Latin and Ancient Greek teacher in my teen years, says it’s quite good. As…
Back-on-Track Europe warns the ‘night train revival’ is a false dawn
The European passenger rail network is at risk of losing momentum in its night train revival, according to Back-on-Track Europe, the European network promoting cross-border night trains.
ANTWERP | FelixArchief and Kunstkaai join forces on art deco
On Sunday 14 September, the FelixArchief opened the exhibition ‘100 Years of Art Deco in the Archive, 1925–2025‘ as part of Open Monument Day 2025. The show highlights the rich history of art deco in Antwerp and can be visited free of charge until 8 January 2026. Students from Kunstkaai are also working on the…
BELGIUM | Council of State backs NMBS / SNCB’s choice of Spanish CAF for multi-billion train order
The Council of State has dismissed an appeal by Siemens and rejected a request from NGOs, clearing the way for Belgian state railway NMBS / SNCB to move forward with its plans to order hundreds of new trainsets from Spanish manufacturer CAF. A ruling on a parallel case brought by French rival Alstom is still…
ANTWERP SHIFT 2025 | City centre car-free to promote sustainable mobility
On Sunday 21 September 2025, the City of Antwerp will once again make its centre car-free for the twenty-third edition of Antwerp Shift. Cars will give way to pedestrians, cyclists and other alternative modes of transport. Visitors will be able to discover a wide range of sustainable mobility options in a lively atmosphere.
SICILY | Palermo Cathedral
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Trenitalia from Roma Termini Railway Station across Italy to Syracuse. Yes, the train is loaded on a ferry to cross the…
ANTWERP SUMMER 2025 | 540,000 visitors at municipal museums
During July and August 2025, Antwerp’s museums and heritage institutions welcomed more than 540,000 visitors. With a varied offering of exhibitions, permanent collections and activities, there was plenty to experience.
JEJU ISLAND | Eongal Coastal Trail and Iho Tewoo Horse Lighthouses
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…
5 million passengers flew from and to Brussels Airport in summer 2025
In August 2025, the second month of the summer holiday, Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium welcomed 2.5 million passengers, an increase of 3% compared to August 2024. Because of the end of the school holidays, the number of arriving passengers was very high, the airport manager says in a press release.