In a unique lecture at the Royal Museum of Fine Antwerps Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, KMSKA) in 1938, René Magritte explained how he arrived at his iconic visual language. Almost ninety years later, the exhibition ‘Magritte. La ligne de vie‘, from Saturday 15 November 2025 to Sunday 22 February 2026, will bring…
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ANTWERP | Middelheim Museum concludes Anniversary Year and thanks visitors
As the programme celebrating 75 years of the Middelheim Museum in Antwerp comes to a close, the museum marks the end of an exceptional jubilee year. On 6 November 2025, exactly 75 years after its founding, the Middelheim Museum looked back with satisfaction and expresses its gratitude to visitors, artists, and partners for their continued…
LIÈGE | Boulet sauce lapin and the Public Transport Museum of Wallonia
April 2025. For the first time since 1968, trams ride on the streets of Liège (Luik, Lüttich). Belgium has now five cities with trams: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and now Liège. And, of course there’s the Coast Tram or Kusttram in West Flanders, with 67 km the longest tram line in the world. Danny and…
11 NOVEMBER 2025 | Armistice Day activities and Antwerp museums open
As Armistice Day approaches, Antwerp will once again mark 11 November with a full programme of remembrance ceremonies across its districts. The commemorations, held in honour of all victims of war, will be accompanied by a series of cultural openings and events, with the city’s museums and heritage institutions remaining accessible to the public throughout…
ROME | Exploring EUR or Esposizione Universale Roma
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Trenitalia from Roma Termini Railway Station across Italy to Syracuse. Yes, the train is loaded on a ferry to cross the…
Antwerp museums are open on public holiday 1 November
On Saturday 1 November, All Saints’ Day, Antwerp’s museums and heritage institutions will be open, while most other city services will remain closed.
Kanal-Centre Pompidou to open in Brussels in November 2026
Brussels is preparing to unveil one of Europe’s most ambitious cultural projects: the KANAL-Centre Pompidou, a vast new museum of modern and contemporary art. Slated to open on 28 November 2026, the museum will be housed in the city’s former Citroën garage, an iconic industrial site along the Brussels-Charleroi Canal. When it opens, it will…
ANTWERP | MAS celebrates the universal language of dance with ‘Universal Tongue’, from 25 October 2025 to 4 January 2026
This autumn, the Museum At the Stream (Museum aan de Stroom, MAS) in Antwerp invites visitors to explore the universal language of dance with ‘Universal Tongue‘, a monumental video installation by Dutch visual artist Anouk Kruithof. On view from 25 October 2025 to 4 January 2026, the exhibition presents thousands of dance images from around…
SICILY | Palermo
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Trenitalia from Roma Termini Railway Station across Italy to Syracuse. Yes, the train is loaded on a ferry to cross the…
ANTWERP | Flemish government cancels €130 million new museum building for M HKA in Antwerp
The Flemish Government decided on Friday 3 October 2025 to cancel the construction of the new building for the Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, M HKA). The announcement was made by Flemish Minister of Culture Caroline Gennez (Vooruit).
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