The City of Antwerp is taking steps to limit the expansion of Airbnb properties in the city, as local authorities respond to increasing complaints from residents and growing concerns about the impact on housing availability.
Month: September 2025
GERMANY | Gasometer Oberhausen in the Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia
The weekend before Christmas 2024, Dennis and I went to Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia for the Weihnachtsmarkt, the Christmas market. Germany is a master in Christmas markets. And a successful excursion to Bonn in 2023 left us wanting a sequel. On our way to Germany on Friday night, we learned about the 2024 Magdeburg Christmas…
INDIA | Skyscanner sees rise of ‘shared experiences’ as travel trend
In its ‘Travel Trends 2025 Report‘, Skyscanner sees collective travel experiences as the trend of 2025 (and beyond?). It also sees people from India travelling more.
ANTWERP | Restoration of Rubens’ Enthroned Madonna completed at KMSKA
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp or Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (KMSKA) has completed the restoration of Peter Paul Rubens’ ‘Enthroned Madonna Surrounded by Saints‘, one of the highlights of its collection. The two-year project took place in the Rubens Gallery itself, in the specially created Studio Rubens, where visitors were able to…
ANTWERP SUMMER 2025 | 2.9 million day-trippers and 552,161 overnight stays
The City of Antwerp reported on 2 September a successful 2025 summer season, with events such as Bollekesfeest, Antwerp Pride and concerts by international artists including Ed Sheeran drawing significantly more international visitors to the city.
REVIEW | NH Palermo
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 PRIDE – BEYOND PRIDE 2025 | ‘Lost Boys & Fairies’ screening on 25 September, Debate Day on 26 October
The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride took place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025 in Antwerp. This year’s theme was “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit”. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2025 edition, the organising committee focused on belonging. Belonging…
ANTWERP | Museum Plantin-Moretus highlights 300 years of women’s stories in ‘Women’s Business / Business Women’
From Saturday 13 September 2025, the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp will present ‘Women’s Business / Business Women‘ or ‘Vrouwenzaken / Zakenvrouwen‘, an exhibition that tells the stories of three centuries of women who lived and worked in the historic printing house and family home.
JEJU ISLAND | Museum of Sex and Health in Seogwipo
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…
ANTWERP | Rubens House opens Kolveniershof for shared use
The Rubens House in Antwerp is temporarily providing space to young, creative organisations in the buildings on Kolvenierstraat. In the future, the Kolveniershof, located behind Rubens’ garden, will be restored together with the artist’s residence.