Brussels Airlines has shelved plans to expand its long-haul fleet in 2027 after a first half of the year marked by soaring fuel prices, the Ebola outbreak in East Africa and repeated strikes in Belgium pushed the carrier to a loss.
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🇧🇪 Hobby journalist for @beoutbe, blogger @tripbytriporg, keen vexillologist, train conductor NMBS/SNCB, traveller, F1 follower, friend of Dorothy.
COLORADO | In and out of Denver International Airport
September 2025. After Oscar came to London in June 2024 and I joined him there for a day, I’m now going to his hometown of Denver in Colorado. My second trip to the United States in 2025, after visiting my uncle and aunt in Wilmington, North Carolina. No, Denver is is not on foreign tourists’…
ANTWERP PRIDE | Ype Driessen’s ‘Vanilla’ explores sex, friendship and breaking free from romantic expectations
2026 marks the nineteenth (19th) edition of Antwerp Pride. From Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 August, Antwerp in Belgium will once again be taken over by rainbow vibes. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2026 edition, the organising committee focuses on fearing less and being fearless.
ANTWERP | Record 12,000 visitors attend 20th Museumnacht
A record-breaking 12,000-plus people visited museums and cultural venues across Antwerp during the 20th edition of Museumnacht or Museum Night on 1 August 2026, as the anniversary event drew crowds to 33 locations across the city.
PHOTOS | Rainbow-lit Antwerp for Pride
2026 marks the nineteenth (19th) edition of Antwerp Pride. From Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 August, Antwerp in Belgium will once again be taken over by rainbow vibes. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2026 edition, the organising committee focuses on fearing less and being fearless.
Switzerland breaks tourism records with nearly 44 million overnight stays in 2025
I turned 45 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…
GoVolta unveils ambitious expansion with new services to Cologne, Luxembourg, Strasbourg, and high-speed trains to Paris
Dutch open-access operator GoVolta has announced its most ambitious expansion plans yet, notifying the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument & Markt, ACM) of three new international routes while also seeking permission to carry domestic passengers on its Amsterdam to Berlin and Amsterdam to Paris services. Spoiler alert: notifying a government agency such…
PASSENGER PACKAGE | Back-on-Track Europe and European Rail Passengers’ Federation welcome EU rail reforms but call for stronger cross-border rights
Two leading European passenger organisations have welcomed the European Commission‘s proposed overhaul of cross-border rail ticketing and passenger rights, describing it as a major step towards making international rail travel easier. This known as the ‘Passenger Package‘ However, both argue that the legislation still requires significant improvements before it reaches its full potential.
LONDON | Boys! Boys! Boys! Gallery Café
In 2024, I showed Oscar from Denver, Colorado the highlights of London. It was his first time in England. In contrast, Thanh and I have been to the capital of the United Kingdom many times. During the weekend of Pentecost 2026, we went together for a weekend of museums, food, and a concert.
European Sleeper, ÖBB Nightjet and OUIGO services through Belgium to change from September 2026
Rail news website Mobilithib, by Thibault Lapers, has uncovered a series of timetable changes affecting international rail services through Belgium.