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…
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MÜNSTER | Peace of Westphalia signing venue Friedenssaal at the old Rathaus
The weekend before Christmas 2024, Dennis and I went to Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia for the Weihnachtsmarkt, the Christmas market. Germany is a master in Christmas markets. And a successful excursion to Bonn in 2023 left us wanting a sequel. On our way to Germany on Friday night, we learned about the 2024 Magdeburg Christmas…
SWITZERLAND | Introducing Basel
Switzerland will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. But which city in the Helvetic Confederation will welcome the thousands of artists, media people and fans? Geneva, Sankt Gallen, Basel and Fribourg have already expressed their interest. Other obvious options are Zurich and Bern. And why not Lausanne? Swiss broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) also…
MECHELEN | Kazerne Dossin presents exhibition ‘Homosexuals and Lesbians in Nazi Europe’ – 16 February to 10 December 2023
Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen presents the temporary exhibition ‘Homosexuals and Lesbians in Nazi Europe‘, which will run from Thursday 16 February to Sunday 10 December 2023.