The weekend before Christmas 2024, Dennis and I went to Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia for the Weihnachtsmarkt, the Christmas market. Germany is a master in Christmas markets. And a successful excursion to Bonn in 2023 left us wanting a sequel. On our way to Germany on Friday night, we learned about the 2024 Magdeburg Christmas…
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WINTER IN ANTWERP | Hendrik Conscienceplein and Operaplein commercial flops
Since Sinterklaas 2024, 6 December, and until Sunday 5 January 2025, The City of Antwerp hosts Winter in Antwerp (Winter in Antwerpen), Antwerp‘s Christmas market. While the City sends positive press releases and invests in promotion of the event, vendors at Hendrik Conscienceplein and Operaplein complain people don’t spend enough.
Pride movement in Europe expecting increased hostility
The European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA), representing Europe‘s LGBTQIA+ pride organisations has told the United Nations (UN) that it expects increased hostility in the coming years, unless there is a change in political mood across the continent.
NETHERLANDS | Fortified Gorinchem or Gorkum
On a colder than anticipated Sunday in March 2022, Oriol took me for a surprise one-day road trip to the Netherlands for a hike. First we walked the Moerputten Bridge near ‘s-Hertogenbosch, we then went to Gorinchem (also spelled as pronounced Gorkum or Gorcum), to Dordrecht and we ended the excursion at Willemstad.