List season is upon us and Condé Nast Traveler announced at the start of November 2025 its picks for the best places to travel in 2026. Brussels in Belgium has secured a prominent third place.
SEOUL | Spa 5 aka Lotte Boseuk Sauna Jjimjilbang in Gangnam
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 | ‘Urban Legends’: three young makers take over Museum Mayer van den Bergh on 29 November, 6 December and 29 January
This winter of 2025-2026, three young Antwerp performers are taking over Museum Mayer van den Bergh. In the exhibition ‘Public Favourites‘, they present ‘Urban Legends‘: three evenings full of hip-hop, concerts, DJ sets, workshops and fantasy in galleries filled with historical art.
COPENHAGEN | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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…
Limburg Pride 2026 remains in Hasselt and places every family at the centre
While Limburg Pride planned to switch host cities in the province of Limburg in Belgium, it will remain in the provincial capital Hasselt for the 2026 edition. ‘One Family, Many Colours‘ is the theme of the next edition.
Berlin-Hamburg-Stockholm night train saved by RDC Deutschland after Sweden stops subsidies
RDC Deutschland Group has confirmed that it will continue to operate the Berlin-Hamburg-Stockholm night train after the Swedish Government funding ends in summer 2026. The decision secures the future of one of Europe’s key night train routes and reflects the company’s commitment to continuity and sustainable mobility at a time of change in the European…
ANTWERP | ‘Suske & Wiske and the Visual Arts’: M HKA shows how a comic strip series Shapes the collective memory
The Flemish comic Spike & Suzy (Suske & Wiske, Bob & Bobette) has captured the collective imagination for 80 years. Generations of readers and viewers grew up with their adventures and, through the albums, experienced a range of images, atmospheres, feelings, and expressions. Less well known is how strongly Willy Vandersteen‘s universe has continued to…
REVIEW | ITA Airways Business Class Rome to Brussels
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…
NS buys 36 new Stadler Flirt Flex trains for local, intercity, and international services
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS, the Netherlands‘ state railway, ordered 36 new Stadler Flirt Flex, Sprinter in NS terminology, trains for over €400 million. Unlike the current Sprinter trains, the ultramodern trains, named Flirt Flex, will once again have the classic yellow-blue NS livery. The first trains are expected to enter Dutch service in 2030.
REVIEW | ‘La ligne de vie’ René Magritte exhibition at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
In 1938, René Magritte (1898-1967) gave a lecture at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, KMSKA) on his vision of reality. There, he discussed the origins and development of his art, as well as the history of the Surrealist movement in Belgium.
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