The Belgian province of Limburg is preparing for its first pride march, which will take place in Hasselt on Sunday 13 July 2025. When the Limburg Pride chairman, Bert Broone, and his team put the finishing touches to the celebration, Marc of GayLive.be talked to them.
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Hamont – Weert on foot, because the train connection still isn’t there
Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail counts the Weert – Hamont rail connection as one of the future links between the Netherlands and Belgium. But while there are tracks, there is still no (passenger) train connection. So I walked it it on a February 2025 Wednesday. Also, crossing a border on foot has a lot of…
The Netherlands close their Consulate General in Antwerp
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is closing its consulate general in Antwerp. The City of Antwerp government has written the Dutch a letter expressing their sorrow and regret. The decision was first made public in 2013.
TRI-COUNTRY TRAIN | Taking a peek at Heerlen and Aachen
After years of being in the pipeline, the (in)famous Tri-Country Train started running in the summer of 2024. Operated by Arriva and with NMBS / SNCB personnel on the Belgian side of the route, the Drielandentrein, Dreiländerzug or Train des trois pays connects Liège in the eponymous province in Belgium to Maastricht in the province…
Flanders wants to revive Iron Rhine between the Port of Antwerp and Ruhr Region
Flemish Minister of Mobility and Public Works Annick De Ridder (N-VA), formerly Alderman for the Port in Antwerp, aims to revive the rail connection between the Port of Antwerp and Germany’s Ruhr region. Once a new German government is in place, she plans to restart discussions with the Netherlands and Germany to move the long-standing…
Limburg Pride composes anthem for first edition
Limburg Pride will soon come up with its own musical anthem that perfectly matches the theme of this first edition of the pride in Hasselt, GayLive.be, based in Limburg, reports. The anthem will be titled ‘Love Yourself, Embrace The Journey‘.
Limburg Pride 2025 to focus on mental wellbeing
No pride without a theme to act as guideline for all sorts of activities. For the first ever Limburg Pride, in Hasselt in 2025, the theme will be ‘Love Yourself, Embrace the Journey‘.
Hasselt Highlights
April 2024 was cold and wet. For Antwerp Pride Magazine, I went to Regenbooghuis Limburg to interview the people of Roze Bink. But as I had to travel to Hasselt anyway, I thought it was a good I do to get there early and explore the capital of the Belgian province of Limburg.
TONGEREN | Gallo-Roman Museum – the permanent collection
Tongeren (Tongres in French) in Limburg is the oldest city in Belgium, founded by the Romans in 10 AD as Atuatuca Tongrorum. Now it’s a city of 32,000 people and home of the Gallo-Roman Museum (Gallo-Romeins Museum). I hadn’t been since childhood. But until September 2024 the museum hosts the ‘Antiquity in Colour‘ exhibition so…
MONS | Auguste Rodin exhibition at Beaux-Arts Mons / CAP museum
Until 18 August 2024, the Beaux-Arts Mons museum or Museum of Fine Arts of Mons is hosting an exhibition on French sculptor François Auguste René Rodin. The exhibition brings together famous and lesser-known work by the artist. Thanh and I visited in May.