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.
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Antwerp Pride 2024 to be more militant against growing opposition to LGBTQIA+: “We’re not going back in the closet”
August is pride month in Antwerp, with Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (AQAF) and Antwerp Pride, which will be held from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11 August 2024. While a notch more festive and a notch less political than Brussels Pride – The Belgian & European Pride, and 2024 is a major election year, Antwerp Pride…
ANTWERP | Daniel Libeskind and Fernand Huts’ controversial Boerentoren redesign dropped, but skyscraper will get new viewing platform
In Zurich, where Katoen Natie leader and multimillionaire Fernand Huts presented his T-rex skeleton, the self-proclaimed philanthropist announced the very controversial redesign of the Boerentoren in Antwerp is being dropped. Renown architect Daniel Libeskind goes back to the drawing board.
2024 at the museums of Antwerp ft. Ensor Year
The City of Antwerp‘s museums are preparing to welcome visitors again in 2024 with numerous new exhibitions and projects. The Middelheim Museum, together with De Singel, organizes ‘Come Closer‘: an exciting exchange between sculpture and performance. The Rubens House will open the new reception building in the summer and the autumn will be dedicated to…
CANADA | Train excursion to Niagara Falls
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
2024: rising prices affect travel plans and vacation activities
On 1 January 2023, we wrote 2023 would be a year of coping with staff shortages and industrial action. While both themes were present in 2023 – and still will be in 2024 – they felt less pressing. Perhaps we learned to live with staff shortages and strikes and not dramatize them (anymore). But it…
ONTARIO | Touring Toronto
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
REVIEW | Restaurant Kuzina in Athens
During a lovely dinner in February 2023, Steve, Philippe and I decided to visit Athens during the – Catholic – Easter Holiday. As I was lucky to have the full Easter weekend – Saturday, Sunday and Monday – off, I booked flights and a room. Steve and Philippe arrived in the capital of Greece two…
REVIEW | InterContinental Montreal
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
HALIFAX | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…
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