Antwerp 5th on 2025 Happy City Index

The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025 in Antwerp. 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…

EuroGames 2028 / 2029 / 2030 coupled to Antwerp Pride

The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025 in Antwerp. 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…

Back-on-Track.eu criticises lack of EU action as ÖBB cuts into Nightjet order

On 11 July 2025, Back-on-Track.eu, a European network advocating for night trains, voiced serious concern following the announcement by the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB, the European Union‘s largest night train operator, that it will reduce its order with Siemens Mobility for new Nightjet trains from 33 to 24 units. 

ANTWERP | Archaeological finds on Vrijdagmarkt

The Vrijdagmarkt in the centre of Antwerp is currently being prepared for redevelopment. At the end of last year, two bunkers from the Cold War were discovered during the excavation work. During the most recent excavations in recent weeks, the square revealed even more secrets: many interesting finds from various periods, from prehistory to the…

REVIEW | Deutsches Museum Bonn

In late 2023, Dennis had the idea to visit Bonn in North Rhine-Westphalia for its Christmas Market. A good idea. We chose Bonn over Cologne or Aachen, as Cologne’s – and Aachen’s – Weihnachtsmarkt is a mass tourism event. Even if Bonn used to be the capital of the German Federal Republic when it was…