The City of Antwerp commemorates the 900-year-old Saint Michael’s Abbey or Sint-Michielsabdij. This iconic abbey stood for centuries on the banks of the Scheldt, between Sint-Michielskaai and Kloosterstraat.
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ANTWERP | The Stuivenberg Gardens now open
Since Wednesday 1 May 2024 the residents of Antwerp North can enjoy a temporary green space. The City of Antwerp opened up part of the gardens on the Pesthofstraat side of the Stuivenberg site. A pop-up bar will also open there towards the end of the month. In the meantime, the summer program in the…
Limburg Pride 2025 to be hosted by Hasselt on Sunday 13 July
The first ever Limburg Pride will take place on Sunday 13 July 2025, and not on Saturday 5 July. Hasselt, the provincial capital of Limburg, will be its host. Limburg Pride vzw chairman Bert Brone announced the date with pride earlier this week.
ANTWERP | Innovations in the Middelheim Museum provide a completely new visitor experience
The Middelheim Museum in Antwerp looks completely different today than it did a year and a half ago. The new arrangement of the permanent collection is thematic: in this way we shed new light on familiar works and make way for a number of new works. The park was thoroughly renovated.
ANTWERP | New Rubens House building and garden to open on 30 August 2024
The Rubens House in Antwerp will reopen on 30 August 2024. A visit starts from Hopland 13. The brand new building by Robbrecht en Daem architects gives access to Rubens Experience, the lushly redesigned Baroque garden and the library. Tickets are now for sale.
RED STAR LINE MUSEUM | ‘A wanted refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line’ exhibition until Sunday 8 September 2024
So the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp translated ‘Een gewilde vluchteling: Einstein en Red Star Line‘ into ‘A wanted refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line‘ and not into ‘A desirable refugee: Einstein and Red Star Line‘. Anyway, you can visit the exhibition until Sunday 8 September 2024.
Antwerp is preparing for Ensor 2024: four top exhibitions from 28 September
From 28 September 2024, Antwerp will celebrate Belgian artist James Ensor with four diverse, world-class exhibitions. They extensively show his versatile work and how he is still a source of inspiration for contemporary artists. The Ensor Year is big deal in Antwerp, but also in Ostend, in Brussels, and in the whole of Belgium.
ANTWERP | Maagdenhuis Museum to be repurposed
The Maagdenhuis (Maidens’ House) in the Lange Gasthuisstraat in Antwerp will be given a new cultural purpose. In the short term, in addition to the core collection of the Maagdenhuis, part of the collection of Museum Mayer van den Bergh will also be temporarily housed. In addition, the Antwerp cultural-social organisation GATAM vzw will move…
REVIEW | TurboJet high-speed ferry from Hong Kong to Macau
It’s been a while since I used a travel agent to plan a trip. But a major travel agent in Belgium posted a deal one can’t refuse in a newsletter in June 2023. Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific and three nights at the four-star Park Hotel Hong Kong in…
21 APRIL 2024 | Erfgoeddag or Heritage Day offers 80+ free activities in Antwerp
On Erfgoeddag or Heritage Day, young and old are welcome in Antwerp‘s museums and heritage institutions to enjoy all the wealth the city has to offer for free. This year, Heritage Day focuses on the theme ‘Home‘. The more than 80 free activities in Antwerp where everyone can become acquainted with cultural heritage in an…
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