AG Vespa has found a new operator for Steytelinck Castle in the Antwerp district of Wilrijk. The building will be renovated into a brasserie with accompanying banquet hall, which will open next spring if everything goes according to plan. This summer, visitors to the park will be able to enjoy a summer bar.
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SWITZERLAND | Introducing Basel
Switzerland will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. But which city in the Helvetic Confederation will welcome the thousands of artists, media people and fans? Geneva, Sankt Gallen, Basel and Fribourg have already expressed their interest. Other obvious options are Zurich and Bern. And why not Lausanne? Swiss broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) also…
ANTWERP | Zuidpark now officially open
As the works for the construction of the third and final part of the Zuidpark or South Park on the Gedempte Zuiderdokken (Filled Up Southern Docks) in Antwerp are as good as finished, the City of Antwerp and municipal real estate agency AG Vespa opened the park officially with an opening party on Friday 17…
ANTWERP | The Stuivenberg Gardens now open
Since Wednesday 1 May 2024 the residents of Antwerp North can enjoy a temporary green space. The City of Antwerp opened up part of the gardens on the Pesthofstraat side of the Stuivenberg site. A pop-up bar will also open there towards the end of the month. In the meantime, the summer program in the…
ANTWERP | Innovations in the Middelheim Museum provide a completely new visitor experience
The Middelheim Museum in Antwerp looks completely different today than it did a year and a half ago. The new arrangement of the permanent collection is thematic: in this way we shed new light on familiar works and make way for a number of new works. The park was thoroughly renovated.
BRITISH COLUMBIA | Introduction to Whistler
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…
Discovering Vancouver
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…
ANTWERP | Start of construction of second phase of Berchem’s Park Brialmont
The construction of the second phase of the Antwerp district of Berchem‘s Park Brialmont – the remaining subzones of Wolvenberg and the Brilschanspark – has started. There will be places to stay on the water, new park paths, comfortable connections for cyclists, and zones for local events. If everything goes according to plan, the works…
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.
ANTWERP | Start of work on the Scheldekaaien Nieuw Zuid park
On Friday 29 September the engineering works for the reconstruction of the public domain on the Scheldt Quays in the Nieuw Zuid sub-area of Antwerp started. The area along the Scheldt will be designed as a 5.5 hectare park for pedestrians and cyclists with space for relaxation, lots of greenery, water features and two pavilions….