Belgium’s tourism industry showed signs of solid recovery and stability in 2024, with a total of nearly 45 million overnight stays recorded across the country.
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BRUSSELS PRIDE 2025 | Saturday 17 May Pride March parade starts at Mont des Arts / Kunstberg at 2:30 PM
The highlight of highlights for prides is the pride parade or Pride March. This year, the Brussels Pride parade is on 17 May. And 17 May is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. IDAHOT or IDAHOBIT. This year, the theme ‘Unite, time to protect our rights‘ will call for a society where everyone’s fundamental…
Brussels Pride 2025 funding confirmed despite lack of active government
Brussels Pride will go ahead as planned this year, as the €40,000 in optional subsidies that the organisers were relying on have now been confirmed, despite the ongoing political impasse in the formation of the Brussels Government. The funding had been blocked for some time due to the region operating under provisional twelfths, which limits…
Brussels Pride 2025 on 17 May: ‘Unite, time to protect our rights’
Brussels Pride, the successor of the Belgian Pride, returns to the streets of Brussels on Saturday 17 May 2025. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. IDAHOT or IDAHOBIT. This year, the theme ‘Unite, time to protect our rights‘ will call for a society where everyone’s fundamental rights are respected daily. A powerful and unifying…
Brussels Airlines Celebrates Aviation Heritage: 100 years of connecting with Africa
A century ago, a pioneering flight linked Belgium and Africa. On 12 February 1925, three Belgian aviators took off on an ambitious journey from Brussels to Léopoldville (now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), completing the 8,000-kilometer trip in 51 days. Their journey laid the foundation for a lasting connection, one that Brussels…
The Belgian Pride declared bankrupt, but Brussels Pride 2025 will go ahead
Brussels Pride 2025 will go ahead as planned, continuing to celebrate and advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, despite recent turbulence within the organising community. The event’s mission has remained steady even as The Belgian Pride, the non-profit organisation behind Belgium’s first pride march, recently filed for bankruptcy.
Brussels Pride officially recognised as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Brussels Pride is now part of the Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Brussels-Capital Region. This was announced in a press release by Ans Persoons (Vooruit), Secretary of State for Heritage of Brussels. Brussels now wants to submit the candidacy of pride as Intangible Cultural Heritage to UNESCO, together with other cities and countries.
The Eurostar to and from London in 2024
To celebrate his graduation as a therapist and before starting his new career, Oscar from Denver in Colorado decided to take a vacation and travel to London on his own. Oscar and I have known each other for two years, but we never actually met in person. Until in June 2024. His vacation presented an…
Brussels Pride 2024 programme starts on Wednesday 8 May with Pride Opening at Molenbeek and a Pride Week
Last year the Belgian Pride in Brussels reinvented itself as Brussels Pride. The difference? The organisation is now pushed and pulled by the Brussels-Capital Region via visit.brussels after the former organisers fell out. This year’s theme for the Brussels Pride – in the Capital of Europe is ‘Safe Everyday, Everywhere‘.
Spartacus Travel Awards pinpoint Brussels and Taiwan as top LGBTQIA+ destinations
At the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin, worldwide known as ITB in Berlin, the Spartacus International Gay Travel Guide presents its awards. Brussels in Belgium and Taiwan are pinpointed as key LGBTQIA+ destinations.