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…
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Brussels Airlines sees increase of leisure travellers in business class
Brussels Airlines (SN) sees an increase of leisure travellers in business class on short and medium-haul flights, Belgium‘s prime news agency Belga reports. Rising prices in 2024? It seems tourists don’t really cut in their holiday budget.
Vancouver & Whistler 2023
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
FOMU 2024 | Antwerp photography museum ft. Dirk Braeckman, ‘RE/SISTERS’ and Nick Geboers
Antwerp‘s photography museum FOMU, short for Fotomuseum, just reopened with an updated collection. Every year FOMU closes for a while to rearrange itself and change the exhibitions. It also uncovered a new logo.
FOMU 2024 | Antwerp photography museum reopens on 28-29 March with Dirk Braeckman, ‘RE/SISTERS’ and Nick Geboers
FOMU, short for Fotomuseum, does it again. The Antwerp photography museum is currently closed as it is installing new exhibitions. FOMU does this every year. On Thursday 28 March, the museum hosts an opening party. On Friday 29 March, the museum is open for the general public.
SPARTACUS GAY TRAVEL INDEX 2024 | Malta, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal the most gay friendly destinations; Belgium now 21st
Malta, Canada, New Zealand, Spain and Portugal are the most gay friendly countries for LGBTQIA+ travellers to venture to this year. Belgium stagnates and due to the advancing countries, it is now 21st on the list.
Darklands 2025 theme: ‘Darklands Glows’, stays at Waagnatie until 2030
After ‘The darkride of your life‘ and a fun fair theme in 2020, ‘Under the ocean‘ and an apocalyptic waterworld in 2022 (originally planned for 2021, but you know, COVID-19), ‘Deep Space‘ in 2023 and ‘The Void‘ in 2024, Darklands has announced its theme for 2025: ‘Darklands Glows‘.
Visiting the European Parliament in Brussels
As pupils Danny and I visited the Federal Parliament of Belgium. On our travels, we visited many parliament buildings such as the Houses of Parliament in London (United Kingdom), the Bundestag in Berlin (Germany) the Parliament of Victoria in Melbourne (Australia), the Old and New Parliament House in Canberra, the Palace of the Parliament in…
Grindr Unwrapped: Belgium and the Netherlands are lands of leather men and twinks
December is the time of the year for lists and recaps and gay dating hookup app Grindr did just that. It tells us some semi interesting facts about typical or not queer destinations we (don’t) go to.
Leo Express wants to operate trains from Ostend, Belgium to Bratislava, Slovakia from 2024 or 2025
Recently, we read quite a few big announcements regarding trans-continental train travel in Europe. We love those, but we’re also apprehensive. Let’s take a look.
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