The next edition of LGBTQIA+ film festival PinX will be held from from Tuesday 27 January to Sunday 1 February 2026. Ghent founder Sphinx is very happy with the 2025 edition. 500 extra visitors came to see a queer film there. There’s no reason to assume Cinema Cartoon’s in Antwerp will not participate again.
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Flanders greenlights bicycle bridge over River Scheldt in Antwerp
Just days before the 2025 summer holidays for politics in Belgium, which starts after the National Holiday on 21 July, the Flemish Government approved the project for a bicycle bridge over the River Scheldt in Antwerp. Flanders will pay the bill, Gazet van Antwerpen reports.
BELGIUM | Rollout of The Rolling Tables dinner train experience delayed
Danny is doomed. This morning he saw his booking for the 2 August 2025 ride on The Rolling Tables, a dinner train experience in Belgium and the Netherlands, was refunded without explanation. He mailed the customer service and tonight he received an answer.
How Belgium has changed in the last 25 years
Today is the National Holiday of Belgium. On 21 July 1831, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha took the constitutional oath to become King of the Belgians. The 21st century is now 25 years old. In January 2025, the newspaper De Morgen looked at how the country has changed in a quarter century. Quite a…
Tourism Flanders to tackle illegal Airbnb accommodations amidst housing shortage reality
Holiday accommodations will soon need to submit a conformity certificate from their local council before they can be recognized by Tourism Flanders (Toerisme Vlaanderen). The Flemish Government is strengthening its oversight in a bid to reduce the number of illegal short-term rentals, which includes a growing number of Airbnb accomodations, the world’s favourite tourism villain…
Protests against overtourism take to the streets in southern Europe
Protests against mass tourism swept across southern Europe over the weekend as locals raised their voices against its growing impact on their cities’ livability, their rents and their way of life.
The Rolling Tables dinner train experience in Belgium from 1 August 2025 and in the Netherlands from 1 November 2025
In 2024, Dinner Train was going to offer dine and ride train experiences in Belgium after doing so in the Netherlands. It never happened. Now, the concept gets a second chance under the brand The Rolling Tables.
Antwerp-Linkeroever Railway Station to reopen in 2026!
Well, well, well. We were adamant it wouldn’t happen, but it will. Belgium‘s national train operator NMBS / SNCB and rail infrastructure manager Infrabel are going to refurbish Antwerp-Linkeroever Railway Station. The Belgian Railways sent out a press release.
Antwerp-Linkeroever Railway Station to reopen after all?
Belgium‘s train operator NMBS / SNCB and and rail infrastructure manager Infrabel are examining the feasibility of reopening a train station on Linkeroever (Left Bank) in Antwerp. Koen Kennis (N-VA), alderman for Mobility, expressed cautious optimism about the idea during a recent city council meeting.
BELGIUM | Flemish museums attracted more than 4.8 million visitors in 2023
In 2023, the museums subsidised by the Flemish Government attracted more than 4.8 million visitors. Since 2021, museum visits have been on the rise. Statistics Flanders revealed some numbers.
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