Antwerp in Belgium will once again be taken over by rainbow vibes. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2026 edition, the organising committee focuses on fearing less and being fearless.
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KANSAI | One day at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka
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…
COLORADO | Boulder ft. Chautauqua Trail, Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse and Pearl Street Mall
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’…
From the Stonewall Riots to Brussels and Antwerp Pride: how much did the New York riots really influence queer activism in Belgium and the Netherlands?
Today is Brussels Pride‘s main event: the march, the parade, the walk. Whatever you want to call it. Every Pride season, the same story returns. In June 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York fought back against a police raid. The riots that followed became the symbolic birth of modern LGBTQIA+ liberation and…
RAINBOW EUROPE MAP AND INDEX 2026 | Spain breaks Malta’s decade-long hold on Europe’s LGBTQIA+ rights top spot
As the rules-based international order fractures and democracy is under pressure from east and west, Spain‘s top ranking in ILGA-Europe‘s Rainbow Map of 49 countries on LGBTI human rights laws and policies stands as proof that political courage remains the most powerful answer. Belgium retains its score of 85% but falls to forth in the ranking,…
Brussels Airport summer flight schedule: 180 non-stop destinations served by 70 airlines, 8 new routes and 5 new airlines
Brussels Airport kicks off the summer season on 29 March 2026 with an offer of direct flights to 180 destinations. Travellers can choose from eight new destinations this summer, both within and outside Europe.
SPARTACUS GAY TRAVEL INDEX 2026 | Belgium among safest destinations
Belgium has been ranked among the most LGBTQIA+-friendly destinations in the world in the Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2026, the annual global ranking published by Spartacus International Gay Guide. The country shares fourth place globally with Canada, Germany, and Portugal, confirming its status as one of the safest and most welcoming places for queer travellers.
NORTH CAROLINA | Wilmington International Airport
Easter 2025. I’m visiting my uncle and aunt in Leland, North Carolina. It’s my first trip of two to the United States in 2025. I haven’t seen them live since February 2020 just before the first lockdown and I haven’t travelled to this area since 2019. I’m flying with SAS and Delta. The itinerary: Brussels…
BRUSSELS AIRPORT | 2026 brings Chengdu, Palma de Mallorca, Oviedo, Gdańsk, Pristina…
Brussels Airport in Zaventem is heading into one of its most dynamic years in recent memory. As first revealed by Thibault Lapers on his Mobilithib blog, Belgium’s main airport expects a busy 2026 summer season with more than 4,000 weekly flights, underpinned by a wave of new routes, new airlines and long-haul expansion.
NORTH CAROLINA | Wilmington Riverwalk
Easter 2025. I’m visiting my uncle and aunt in Leland, North Carolina. It’s my first trip of two to the United States in 2025. I haven’t seen them live since February 2020 just before the first lockdown and I haven’t travelled to this area since 2019. I’m flying with SAS and Delta. The itinerary: Brussels…