Dinner Train comes to Belgium

Dinner Train is expanding from the Netherlands to Belgium. The concept is simple, really, while you dine, Dinner Train travels on the rails. The first ride in Belgium is in Saint Nicholas (Sint-Niklaas, Saint-Nicolas), on Friday 1 March 2024. 

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…

Antwerp-South Railway Station and surroundings get makeover

The area around Antwerp-South Railway Station will be safer for pedestrians and cyclists, the City of Antwerp says in a press release. From the spring of 2024, the City of Antwerp will renew the pedestrian and cycle path along the Kolonel Silvertopstraat – Montignystraat axis up to Kielsevest, on the side of the station. 

NMBS / SNCB dons train in rainbow colours for pride

For International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, and Intersexphobia (IDAHOBIT) and for Brussels Pride, NMBS / SNCB added rainbow colours to one of its Siemens Desiro Main Line EMUs. The #trainbow refers to Trainbow Belgium, the LGBTQIA+ network at the Belgian Railways, i.e. NMBS / SNCB, Infrabel and HR Rail. 

The Major Flaws of domestic tourism in Belgium

The COVID-19 pandemic really is a game changer in the way we live and in the way we travel. Last week, we summed up the excursions and getaways we did in Belgium, our home country, and in the Netherlands. Domestic travel was ‘a thing’ in 2020 and 2021 for obvious reasons. But on a mass…