Under the name Pride Express, a train is chartered to bring pride-goers from Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp in Belgium to Amsterdam in the Netherlands for Pride Amsterdam and its Canal Parade on Saturday 2 August 2025.
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ANTWERP | Former Museum Ridder Smidt van Gelder at Hotel Thijs at Belgiëlei
On Open Monuments Day on 8 September 2024 the former Museum Ridder Smidt van Gelder on the Belgiëlei or Belgium Avenue in Antwerp exceptionally opened its doors. This townhouse, hôtel particulier or stadspaleis is also known as Hotel Thijs.
Antwerp Pride 2025’s theme: “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit.”
The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025. This year’s theme is “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit”. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2025 edition, the organising committee focuses on belonging. Belonging to the…
Queer March Ghent 2025 from 1 to 31 March
Queer March Ghent is changing its sense of the word March. Instead of being a foot-based activity you could call a walk or parade, ‘March’ now refers to the month of March. A month full of queer activities in Ghent. There will be a protest march for women’s* rights though on Saturday 8 March. On…
City of Antwerp banks on new Federal Government Agreement to make reopening of Antwerp-Linkeroever Railway Station possible
City of Antwerp Alderman for Mobility Koen Kennis (N-VA) reads into to the Federal Government Agreement 2025-2029 the possibility of reopening Antwerp-Linkeroever or Left Bank as a railway station.
ANTWERP | ‘Panamarenko. Infinite Imagination’ exhibition until 4 May 2025 at KMSKA
‘Panamarenko. Infinite Imagination‘ is a temporary exhibition which runs at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp or Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA) until 4 May 2025. As I am a Museum Pass holder, I went to to have a quick look.
ANTWERP | ‘Panamarenko. Infinite Imagination’ exhibition at KMSKA until 4 May 2025
Why do all the temporary exhibition in Antwerp open on the same day? Today, Friday 31 January 2025, the Museum At the Stream (Museum Aan de Stroom, MAS) opens ‘Compassion‘. The Red Star Line Museum opens ‘Happy Family 全家福‘. And the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, KMSKA) opens ‘Panamarenko….
Belgium to host Eurovision Song Contest 2026? But in which city?
Coming Saturday, 1 February 2025, a jury and the television watching public will decide will represent Belgium for Flemish public broadcaster VRT at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in Switzerland. Oddly, Belgium has been on top of the bookmakers’ charts for the outright win. Íf, and it’s a big íf, that happens, which…
Kringwinkel Antwerp donates James Ensor etching to Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
A surprising discovery at the Kringwinkel in Antwerp: an authentic etching by James Ensor was found among the donated goods. The work, ‘Le meuble hanté‘ (‘Haunted pieces of furniture‘), will now have a permanent destination in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp or Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA). The donation is not…
2025: Overtourism overdose?
On 1 January 2024 we wrote about how rising prices affect travel. Not only the price of flights, but also the price of activities. Pricing was a topic the year before, 2023. In 2024, conventional and social media dug into the issue of overtourism. Articles about locals protesting, Instagrammers posting about big crowds in Japan…
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