Antwerp Queer Arts Festival returns with a month of queer artistic activities in Antwerp. Sometimes it’s just in the name. Antwerp Queer Arts Festival 2025 runs from Saturday 2 to Saturday 30 August. As usual, it’s intertwined with Antwerp Pride.
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Open Monuments Day, 14 September 2025, in Antwerp: Discover the city’s sacred sites
On Sunday 14 September 2025, the 37th edition of Open Monuments Day will take place. With the theme ‘In Style!‘ this year’s programme highlights remarkable buildings in a wide range of architectural styles.
Antwerp fashion museum MoMu will mark 40 years of The Antwerp Six with exhibition
In March 2026, Antwerp’s fashion museum MoMu will unveil a landmark exhibition to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of a moment that changed the trajectory of Belgian fashion forever.
AUSTRIA | Introducing Vienna, hosting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest
Austria’s capital Vienna (Wien) has been selected by host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to host the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in May 2026.
SYRACUSE | Ortygia
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Trenitalia from Roma Termini Railway Station across Italy to Syracuse. Yes, the train is loaded on a ferry to cross the…
ANTWERP | Restored masterpiece ‘Christ & John Group’ shines in exhibition ‘Public Favourites’
After an absence of nearly two years, the ‘Christ & John Group‘ or ‘Christus-Johannesgroep‘ can be admired in again in Antwerp since July 2025. This Flemish masterpiece, a rare and moving highlight of Gothic sculpture, is now on display in the exhibition ‘Public Favourites An Intimate Look at Masterpieces from the Museum Mayer van den…
Pride Museum pop-up draws 4,000 visitors and strengthens case for permanent queer space in Brussels
From 15 June to 15 July 2025, the former Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA) building on the Quai de Hainaut / Henegouwkaai in St. John’s Molenbeek (Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) in Brussels served as the temporary home of the Pride Museum, a new cultural initiative dedicated to queer history and expression.
HESSE | A day in Kassel
October 2024. During a week-long whistle-stop tour of Germany, we visit Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt, Weimar in Thuringia, Coburg in Upper Franconia (Bavaria) and Kassel in Hesse. Smaller cities, yes. But each with their own significance. Untouched by overtourism. We’re avoiding using the white trains of DB Fernverkehr, Deutsche Bahn‘s long-distance section and opt to use…
ANTWERP PRIDE 2025 | MAS Darling 2025, a celebration of queer strength and creativity at the MAS
The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025 in Antwerp. 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…
REVIEW | ‘Jules Verne 200: An Immersive Journey’ in Brussels
A new exhibition, opened in Brussels in June 2025, invites visitors to explore the mind and legacy of Jules Verne through a large-scale immersive experience. ‘Titled Jules Verne 200: The Immersive Journey‘, the exhibition marks a major production by IDEAL (Layers of Reality), combining immersive spaces, 360-degree projections, virtual reality, and metaverse elements.