Autumn 2021. In theory we could travel to other continents, but destinations we had in mind such as Japan or the United Kingdom were impossible to plan ahead. Instead we organised a rail trip to Eastern Europe, travelling to Berlin, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Karlovy Vary, Pilsen, Bratislava, Poprad, Vienna, Linz and Salzburg. By travelling to Germany,…
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2023: coping with staff shortages and strikes
Goodbye 2022, hello 2023. It’s been quite a year. What can we expect of 2023, our fifth full year of Trip By Trip. That’s right, we started in December 2017 with a proper launch on January 1st, 2018.
EuroPride 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon in Portugal has been chosen as the host city of EuroPride in 2025.
Vienna 2021
Autumn 2021. In theory we could travel to other continents, but destinations we had in mind such as Japan or the United Kingdom were impossible to plan ahead. Instead we organised a rail trip to Eastern Europe, travelling to Berlin, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Karlovy Vary, Pilsen, Bratislava, Poprad, Vienna, Linz and Salzburg. By travelling to Germany,…
SWITZERLAND | The Glacier Express from Sankt Moritz to Brig (and to Zermatt)
After the year 2021 without visiting my sister Florence in Zug in Switzerland, I finally returned to the Confoederatio Helvetica in March 2022. I stayed over a week. More than a family visit, I organised an excursion to French-speaking Switzerland, also known as Romandy, to visit Maxime and the vineyards of Lavaux in the canton…
ANTWERP | 2 million day tourists and 337K overnight stays in the summer of 2022
Antwerp welcomed two million day tourists and counted some 337,000 overnight stays in the summer of 2022, according to Alderman for Tourism Koen Kennis (N-VA). The Tall Ships Races, Tomorrowland in Boom, the Museum Night and Antwerp Pride are responsible for most of these visitors.
COVID-19 | Autumn booster vaccination starts on 12 September at Antwerp Expo
On Monday 12 September, the Antwerp vaccination campaign will start with the autumn booster in Antwerp Expo (VacCovid). The first invitations have been sent on 22 August. Every resident of Antwerp, Borsbeek, Wommelgem, Stabroek and Schoten from the age of 18 is given the opportunity to be vaccinated. The vaccination campaign will last eight weeks.
Belgians travelled massively in the first quarter of 2022
Belgians travelled en masse during the first three months of 2022, Statbel calculated. After having to suspend their travel plans for almost two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a significant upturn in early 2022.
REVIEW | KLM Amsterdam Schiphol to Mexico City on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in economy
June 2022. Although I have been in Mexico before, the last time was in 1994-1995. Twenty-seven years later, Oriol and I are doing a classic tour of the United Mexican States, featuring Mexico City (CDMX); Palenque in Chiapas; Villahermosa in Tabasco; Uxmal, Mérida, Chichen Itza, Ek’ Balam, Valladolid, and a few cenotes (waterholes) in Yucatán…
Antwerp LGBTQIA+ bookshop Kartonnen Dozen looking for shareholders and sympathizers, as current manager Johanna Pas reflects on the evolution of the rainbow community
Antwerp LGBTQIA+ bookshop Kartonnen Dozen is looking for a second – actually a third – breath. Once started as Boekhandel ‘t Verschil (‘Bookshop The Difference’), current iteration Kartonnen Dozen (‘Carboard Boxes’) is looking for a kickstart.