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…
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🇧🇪 Hobby journalist for @beoutbe, blogger @tripbytriporg, keen vexillologist, train conductor NMBS/SNCB, traveller, F1 follower, friend of Dorothy.
PROGRAMME | Pinx 2026 LGBTQIA+ film festival in Ghent and Antwerp from 27 January to 1 February
At the end of January 2026, queer cinema once again takes centre stage in Belgium as PinX, the annual LGBTQIA+ film festival, returns to Ghent and Antwerp. From 27 January to 1 February 2026, audiences are invited to discover a bold and carefully curated programme of international films, special events and community gatherings at Sphinx…
Satisfaction surveys outline profile and strengths of Antwerp Airport and Ostend–Bruges Airport
Passenger satisfaction surveys conducted past autumn at Antwerp International Airport (ANR) in Deurne and Ostend–Bruges Airport (OST) in Ostend confirm both the strong appeal of Belgium’s regional airports and a clear profile of their typical users. Travellers cite proximity, short walking distances and personalised service as the main reasons for choosing regional airports, with older…
ANTWERP | Start of works on public space at the Loodswezensite
At the end of September 2025, the beginning of the first phase of redevelopment of the public space at the Pilotage Site or Loodswezen site, started. Yes, that sounds very tentative.
REVIEW | SAS Scandinavian Airlines System – Brussels to Copenhagen – economy – Embraer E195LR
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…
WINTER IN ANTWERP 2025-2026 | 1.5M visitors, 120K for New Year’s fireworks
The City of Antwerp has brought a highly successful edition of Winter in Antwerp (Winter in Antwerpen) to a close with its traditional New Year’s treat, capping four weeks of winter festivities across the historic city centre. This year’s edition attracted a total of 1.5 million visitors, confirming its status as one of the strongest…
Trenitalia (FS Group) and Certares agree strategic partnership to expand international high-speed rail operations
The Railways of the Italian State, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (Gruppo FS / FS Group), better known under the brand Trenitalia, signed at the end of December 2025 a strategic partnership agreement with American global travel investment firm Certares aimed at accelerating the development of international high-speed rail services, with an initial focus on France…
Antwerp International Airport still has large public support and political advocates, but must have healthier finances
A clear majority of residents in the arrondissement of Antwerp support the continued existence of Antwerp International Airport in Deurne. An exclusive survey conducted by Gazet van Antwerpen, published in December 2025, shows that 61% of respondents believe Antwerp should have its own airport, while only 14% are completely opposed.
REVIEW | Restaurant Marv & Ben in Copenhagen
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…
Antwerp hotels and entrepreneurs want Winter in Antwerp to start two weeks earlier: winter wonderland or urban pressure cooker?
Few urban phenomena capture the contradictions of contemporary city life as clearly as the modern Christmas market. Branded as cosy, convivial and tradition-laden, winter events such as Winter in Antwerp (Winter in Antwerpen) attract hundreds of thousands of visitors, fill hotel rooms and dominate city-centre calendars for weeks on end. Yet behind the fairy lights…
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