ANTWERP AIRPORT | TUI Fly to run ‘winter programme’ in summer of 2026

TUI Fly will significantly scale back its operations at Antwerp International Airport (ANR) in Deurne this summer, Gazet van Antwerpen reports. The airline, which has long been the only major carrier at Antwerp Airport, will no longer fly to Ibiza in Spain, Antalya in Turkey (Türkiye) or Crete in Greece from Deurne. 

Leo Express files plans for extraordinary 2026 Bratislava–Ostend and Venice–Northern Germany services

Leo Express has formally notified Schienen-Control in Austria of its intention to launch two unusual new open-access rail services: a year-round Bratislava–Ostend line from December 2026, and a seasonal Venice–Heringsdorf / Kiel service beginning in summer 2026. The filings, submitted on 11 December 2025, appear in the Austrian regulator’s register of planned new commercial rail…

FRANCE | Train excursion to Maubeuge and Lille

September 2025. A few days before our Journey Across Japan, Sam, Danny, and I went an a day excursion to Maubeuge and Lille in France, just across the border with Belgium. Some proper #CrossBorderRail. From Charleroi-Central Railway Station in Wallonia, there is an S63 suburban train (while the scenery is very green and nut urban…

ANTWERP | Improving traffic safety on Belgiëlei and Klein-Antwerpen

In late September 2024 the City of Antwerp approved a series of new measures to improve traffic safety on Belgiëlei (Belgium Avenue) and the neighbourhood to its north, Klein-Antwerpen or Little Antwerp. In order to limit through traffic in that district, a number of infrastructural adjustments are being made on Belgiëlei and the surrounding area….