Brussels Pride – In the Capital of Europe. That is the official name of Brussels Pride. The rebrand from Belgian Pride happened for the 2023 edition, as it is now organised by visit.brussels, the tourism board of the Brussels-Capital Region. This year, the pride parade will be held on Saturday 16 May. It will celebrate…
Month: January 2026
REVIEW | Onyado Nono Asakusa Hotel in Tokyo
Autumn 2025. We – Sam and Danny, Michel and Wille, and Timothy – are travelling to Japan for a quite classic tour of the Land of the Rising Sun. We are flying separately as we used miles. On the planning: Tokyo, Kanazawa, Shirakawa, Osaka, and Expo 2025, Hiroshima, Himeji, Miyajima, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Hakone, and…
Year of Fashion to honour legendary Antwerp Six designers
Antwerp will celebrate fashion in all its facets in 2026, marking the 40th anniversary of the international breakthrough of the Antwerp Six with a major exhibition and a city-wide fashion festival. The initiative is being launched by MoMu – Fashion Museum Antwerp, the Flanders District of Creativity and the City of Antwerp, in collaboration with…
PARIS | Boulevard de Sébastopol – Tour Saint-Jacques – Institut du monde arabe – Le Remontalou – Coulée verte René-Dumont & Viaduc des Arts – Place de la Bastille – Rue Pierre Seel – Hôtel de Ville – Rue des Mauvais-Garçons – Place des Vosges
On Thursday 11 December 2025, six months after opening and one month after closing on 11 January 2026, I travelled to Paris in France for the ‘Le mystère Cléopâtre‘ or ‘The Cleopatra Mystery‘ exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe (Institute of the Arab World). An excuse to visit the Light City, even if it…
Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa Group will roll-out free high-speed Wi-Fi, together with Starlink: free Wi-Fi coming up across all travel classes, across the entire fleet
Belgium‘s national carrier Brussels Airlines starts rolling out Wi-Fi connectivity across its fleet. As member of the Lufthansa Group, Brussels Airlines will benefit from an agreement between Lufthansa Group and Starlink. The first aircraft equipped with free and high-speed Wi-Fi will enter the Lufthansa Group fleet in the course of 2026.
REVIEW | SAS Scandinavian Airlines System – Copenhagen to Atlanta – economy – Airbus A330
Easter 2025. I’m visiting my uncle and aunt in Leland, North Carolina. It’s my first trip of two to the United States in 2025. I haven’t seen them live since February 2020 just before the first lockdown and I haven’t travelled to this area since 2019. I’m flying with SAS and Delta. The itinerary: Brussels…
BRUGES | Prisma Queer Arts Festival on 16, 17 and 18 January 2026
From Friday 16 to Sunday 18 January 2026, the historic centre of Bruges in West Flanders in Belgium will once again host the Prisma Queer Arts Festival. Over three days, the festival presents a wide-ranging arts programme that places queer stories, identities and experiences at its core.
ANTWERP PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM FOMU | ‘Early Gaze’ exhibition showcases early days of photography in Belgium
Inspired by an article in local newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen, I went to FOMU or Fotomuseum, Antwerp‘s photography museum in the Zuid neighbourhood, for ‘Early Gaze‘. This exhibition runs until Sunday 1 March 2026.
ANTWERP | Droogdokkensite: works begin on public space, building restoration and new construction
The first phase of the redevelopment of the public space at Antwerp’s Droogdokkensite (Dry Docks Site) beyond ‘t Eilandje neighbourhood has begun. In addition, municipal real estate agency AG Vespa has started restoring the historic Pomphuis (Pump House) and renovating the Ketelmakerij (Boiler Factory). A new building will also be constructed for youth activities.
COPENHAGEN | Thorvaldsen’s Museum
I turned 44 in June. I have this tradition – when possible – of not being in Belgium for my birthday. From Sweden in 2013 to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley in 2014, Lake Orta in 2015, Rome in 2016, London in 2018, North Carolina and Virginia in 2019, England in 2022, and Rotterdam…