The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025. This year’s theme is “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit”. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2025 edition, the organising committee focuses on belonging. Belonging to the…
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ANTWERP PRIDE 2025 THEME | Do Not Just March
The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025. This year’s theme is “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit”. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2025 edition, the organising committee focuses on belonging. Belonging to the…
Antwerp Pride 2025’s theme: “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit.”
The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025. This year’s theme is “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit”. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2025 edition, the organising committee focuses on belonging. Belonging to the…
ANTWERP | Record 15.8 million day tourists, 2.7 million overnight stays in 2024
With 15.8 million day tourists in 2024, the City of Antwerp recorded an increase of 10.6% compared to 2023. Stay-over tourism increased by 6% to 2.7 million overnight stays, a new record for Antwerp.
ANTWERP | Darklands to leave Waagnatie after 2025
Kink and fetish festival Darklands is set to leave the Waagnatie in Antwerp due to renovation works at the Scheldt Quays. To where and when? That remains to be seen… and announced.
ANTWERP 2025-2030 | City government agreement supports bid for EuroGames in Antwerp in 2028
On Saturday 14 December 2024, Bart De Wever (N-VA) and Kathleen Van Brempt (Vooruit) presented ‘Allemaal Antwerpenaar‘ or ‘All Antwerpians‘, the City of Antwerp governing agreement for the 2025-2030 term.
ANTWERP | MAS exhibits Café Strange memorabilia after gay pioneer Armand Everaert passed away
On Sunday 3 November 2024, Armand Everaert passed away, a few days after his birthday. The 92-year-old (so born in 1932) was a pioneer in Gay Antwerp as the owner and manager of Café Strange. Now, the Museum At the Stream (Museum Aan de Stroom, MAS), exhibits some memorabilia of the gay bar.
ANTWERP SUMMER 2024 | 2.7 million day tourists and 493K overnight stays
On the first day of school in September 2024, the City of Antwerp presented some facts and figures on the 2024 summer in Antwerp and tourism statistics.
Hasselt Highlights
April 2024 was cold and wet. For Antwerp Pride Magazine, I went to Regenbooghuis Limburg to interview the people of Roze Bink. But as I had to travel to Hasselt anyway, I thought it was a good I do to get there early and explore the capital of the Belgian province of Limburg.
ANTWERP PRIDE 2024 | 495,000 viewers watched the live broadcast of the parade
The 17th edition of Antwerp Pride took place from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 August 2024. This year’s theme was ‘Many Voices. One Pride‘. The organising committee advocates a more militant pride, with a “we’re not going back in the closet” attitude in reaction to rising conservatism and conformism. But let’s face it: pride is…
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