Six days. Five overnight stays in five cities in Spain. Lunch in Paris. Stopover in Barcelona. Then Córdoba, Seville, Granada and Málaga. An Andalusia Whirlwind Tour where we visit the Mezquita and the Alhambra. We’re touring Andalusia in October 2023 to follow the trend of travelling to hot spots outside summer, as we did with…
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65 countries where gay sex is illegal
On 22 April 2024, the High Court of Dominica in the island nation of Dominica in the Caribbean struck down its ant-sodomy law. Time for an update. Both ILGA World and Erasing 76 Crimes count the countries and US states which have laws against gay sex. Spoiler alert: the number of countries criminalising gay sex…
Brussels Airlines sees increase of leisure travellers in business class
Brussels Airlines (SN) sees an increase of leisure travellers in business class on short and medium-haul flights, Belgium‘s prime news agency Belga reports. Rising prices in 2024? It seems tourists don’t really cut in their holiday budget.
10 countries could drop criminalising laws against homosexuality
Erasing 76 Crimes reports queer activists in ten countries are challenging anti-sodomy laws via courts. If successful, the tally of countries criminalising consensual sex between adults of the same sex could drop to 57.
Outside the EU, Europeans mostly travel to Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom
In the COVID-19 pandemic related travel restrictions stricken year 2021, residents of the European Union spent over four out of five of their trips inside their own country of residence. But when they left their motherland, where did they travel to? Eurostat figured it out.
Royal de Luxe De Reuzen / The Giants in Antwerp on 25, 26 and 27 August 2023
The Giants or De Reuzen of Royal de Luxe are coming back to Antwerp on Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 August 2023. What exactly they are doing and where they will be seen remains a well-kept secret. But that it will be a unique and unlikely experience is certain.
4-27 AUGUST | Antwerp Queer Arts Festival 2023 programme and schedule
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (AQAF) has released its 2023 programme and schedule. There are some three weeks of activities.
FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Behind The Scenes Guided Tour
On 28, 29 and 30 July 2023 the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot near the spa town of Spa will host the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, perhaps for the last time.
UPDATE | 66 countries where gay sex is illegal
On Friday, 14 April 2023, the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean decriminalised homosexuality by repealing the law “indecent acts between males”. Time for an update of the list. Both ILGA World and Erasing 76 Crimes count the countries and US states which have laws against gay sex. Spoiler alert: the number of countries criminalising…
Royal de Luxe Giants return to Antwerp from 25 to 27 August 2023
From Friday 25 to Sunday 27 August, the city of Antwerp will again welcome the Giants of Royal de Luxe, the famous French street theater company. Royal de Luxe has visited Antwerp several times over the past 20 years with their impressive performances. Even now, the arrival of these giants is traditionally accompanied by a…
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