REVIEW | Mercure Blankenberge

It’s in the middle of the summer of 2025 and we were invited to the wedding of friends. They decided to host their wedding in the Belgian Coastal city of Blankenberge. As this is quite a trek from our home town of Antwerp, it wasn’t feasible to return home after the wedding so we decided…

Exploring every street of Chora (Χώρα) aka Mykonos Town

Maspalomas on Gran Canaria. Sitges in Catalonia. Torremolinos in Andalusia. Mykonos in the Cyclades. These are arguably the main – and cliché – resort destinations for European gay beachgoers. But that’s not why Steve and I are going to Mykonos. We’re not beachgoers, we don’t have beach bodies, we don’t enjoy going out. No, we…

Antwerp-South Railway Station and surroundings get makeover

The area around Antwerp-South Railway Station will be safer for pedestrians and cyclists, the City of Antwerp says in a press release. From the spring of 2024, the City of Antwerp will renew the pedestrian and cycle path along the Kolonel Silvertopstraat – Montignystraat axis up to Kielsevest, on the side of the station.