On Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October, the City of Antwerp is organizing the eighth edition of the culinary festival Smaakmeesters or Taste Masters, in different parts of the city. Around a hundred Antwerp catering and specialty shops will allow visitors to taste their mastery for an entire weekend and the city center will once…
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Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) reopens on 23-24-25 September 2022
Finally, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (RMFAA) or Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA), will reopen after some twelve years. Officially, the museum reopens on Saturday 24 September, but neighbours can visit the premises a day earlier, on Friday 23 September.
ANTWERP | 2 million day tourists and 337K overnight stays in the summer of 2022
Antwerp welcomed two million day tourists and counted some 337,000 overnight stays in the summer of 2022, according to Alderman for Tourism Koen Kennis (N-VA). The Tall Ships Races, Tomorrowland in Boom, the Museum Night and Antwerp Pride are responsible for most of these visitors.
Antwerp’s Middelheim Museum rearranges sculpture park by the end of 2023
At the end of 2023, the Middelheim Museum in Antwerp will look completely different. Many sculptures are given a new, well-considered place in the sculpture park, with better descriptions and signage. In the renewed presentation, extra attention is paid to the landscape elements and the special heritage value of the Middelheim site.
Kazerne Dossin museum in Mechelen
In April Tim, Danijel and I visited Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen. A museum dedicated to Belgium‘s involvement to the persecutions during World War II.
Antwerp Culture Weekend 27 & 28 August 2022: programme, experiences and walking rallies
On Saturday 27 and on Sunday 28 of August, Antwerp starts the cultural year with the Cultuurweekend or Culture Weekend. Performances, talks, stories, workshops, exhibitions and more are organised to open your appetite for the coming cultural season, which in Belgium runs parallel with the school year.
Antwerp Museum Night (Museumnacht) on Saturday 6 August
Each year, on the first Saturday of August, Antwerp holds Museum Night or Museumnacht. It’s one week before Antwerp Pride and it often coincides with the start of Antwerp Queer Arts Festival.
PARIS 2022 | ‘Oh! Charley, Charley, Charley…’ by Charles Ray pushes male sexuality from the bottom to the top
Paris! I haven’t been to the Ville Lumière since my January 2019 visit with Bert and Wim. Also, this March 2022 getaway in Paris marks the first overnight excursion with Thanh since our 2012 visit of the capital of France. Ten years ago!
ANTWERP | Museum Mayer van den Bergh is expanding into former District Hall
Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp is being renovated and is expanding to the adjacent corner house in the Lange Gasthuisstraat. Yes, the house used to be the offices of the District of Antwerp.
PARIS 2022 | Museum Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Paris! I haven’t been to the Ville Lumière since my January 2019 visit with Bert and Wim. Also, this March 2022 getaway in Paris marks the first overnight excursion with Thanh since our 2012 visit of the capital of France. Ten years ago!