September 2025. After Oscar came to London in June 2024 and I joined him there for a day, I’m now going to his hometown of Denver in Colorado. My second trip to the United States in 2025, after visiting my uncle and aunt in Wilmington, North Carolina. No, Denver is is not on foreign tourists’…
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Antwerp’s Museum Plantin-Moretus to close for four-month renovation ahead of anniversary relaunch
Antwerp’s Museum Plantin-Moretus will close its doors from 3 August 2026 for a four-month renovation as it prepares to unveil a completely redesigned permanent exhibition later this year.
VILNIUS | Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Gediminas’ Tower
August 2025. We’re travelling to the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and more specifically their respective capitals Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. Are they interconnected by rail? Yes, but not in the most straightforward or userfriendly way possible. The Rail Baltica project should remedy this. Unsurprisingly though, this megaproject faces political and budgetary hurdles. It…
11-14 JULY 2026 | Antwerp counts down to The Tall Ships Races as 36 majestic sailing ships prepare to arrive
Antwerp is preparing to welcome some of the world’s most spectacular sailing vessels as the 70th edition of The Tall Ships Races returns to the city from Saturday 11 to Tuesday 14 July. Organisers are putting the finishing touches to both the internationally renowned sailing competition and a four-day public festival that is expected to…
LITHUANIA | Railway Museum and Rail Park in Vilnius
August 2025. We’re travelling to the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and more specifically their respective capitals Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. Are they interconnected by rail? Yes, but not in the most straightforward or userfriendly way possible. The Rail Baltica project should remedy this. Unsurprisingly though, this megaproject faces political and budgetary hurdles. It…
United Kingdom tourism surges past 45 million visitors as cross-Channel travel with Belgium grows
In 2024, I showed Oscar from Denver, Colorado the highlights of London. It was his first time in England. In contrast, Thanh and I have been to the capital of the United Kingdom many times. During the weekend of Pentecost 2026, we went together for a weekend of museums, food, and a concert.
KANSAI | Osaka Castle ft. Toyotomi Stone Wall Museum
Autumn 2025. We – Sam and Danny, Michel and Wille, and Timothy – are travelling to Japan for a quite classic tour of the Land of the Rising Sun. We are flying separately as we used miles. On the planning: Tokyo, Kanazawa, Shirakawa, Osaka, and Expo 2025, Hiroshima, Himeji, Miyajima, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Hakone, and…
ANTWERP | Museumnacht / Museum Night celebrates 20th edition on 1 August 2026 with 13 guest venues
Antwerp will open the doors of 31 museums and cultural institutions on Saturday 1 August 2026 for the 20th edition of Museumnacht or Museum Night, with the anniversary edition expanding to 13 guest venues and welcoming 11 new participants.
REVIEW | Forney Transportation Museum in Denver
September 2025. After Oscar came to London in June 2024 and I joined him there for a day, I’m now going to his hometown of Denver in Colorado. My second trip to the United States in 2025, after visiting my uncle and aunt in Wilmington, North Carolina. No, Denver is is not on foreign tourists’…
Italy welcomes more than 185 million visitors as tourism surges 7.1% in record year 2025
Italy’s tourism industry reached another historic milestone in 2025, with more than 185 million arrivals recorded across the country as international demand for Italian culture, cities, beaches and cuisine continued to grow strongly. New figures from the Italian Interior Ministry’s ‘Alloggiati Web’ system show that total arrivals increased by 7.1% compared with 2024, rising from…