I wanted to write “it’s with much anticipation I finally entered the renovated KMSKA“. But that would be a lie. The opening of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (RMFAA or KMSKA) was advertised as being on 24 and 25 September, with 23 September reserved for neighbours. But no, the whole week was filled…
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Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) reopens on 23-24-25 September 2022
Finally, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (RMFAA) or Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA), will reopen after some twelve years. Officially, the museum reopens on Saturday 24 September, but neighbours can visit the premises a day earlier, on Friday 23 September.
NETHERLANDS | Poffertjes in Dordrecht
On a colder than anticipated Sunday in March 2022, Oriol took me for a surprise one-day road trip to the Netherlands for a hike. First we walked the Moerputten Bridge near ‘s-Hertogenbosch, we then went to Gorinchem (also spelled as pronounced Gorkum or Gorcum), to Dordrecht and we ended the excursion at Willemstad.
Eight train connections between the Netherlands and Belgium by 2030?
The news the Brussels – Amsterdam ‘Benelux‘ train connection could or will be shortened by 40 minutes, dropping a few stops along the way, has led to other information.
Brussels – Amsterdam ‘Benelux’ train service to be shortened by 40 minutes, skipping several stops in the Netherlands and Belgium
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) are researching the possibility to shorten the Brussels – Amsterdam train link by 40 minutes. NS is holding a survey with its test panel.
Antwerp’s Droogdokkensite redeveloped into maritime experience area
The City of Antwerp and its urban development agency AG Vespa have appointed a team to redesign the Droogdokkensite or Dry Docks Site just beyond ‘t Eilandje. The site will become the home of maritime experience area.
EUROPEAN UNION | The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and the European Transport Corridors
This week, the European Commission committed itself to facilitate train travel in the European Union more more. Booking train journeys should be easier and travellers should get passenger rights comparable to air passengers rights.
VIDEO | ICNG, the 2024 Benelux train from Amsterdam to Brussels
If fresh coronavirus countermeasures in the Netherlands hadn’t spoiled the weekend, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS would have presented their new train, the ICNG. An acronym for Intercity Nieuwe Generatie, Intercity New Generation. Its nickname is ‘The Wasp‘.
TIMETABLE | European Sleeper RegioJet RJ452 (Prague – Berlin – Amsterdam – Brussels – Ostend) and RJ453 (Ostend – Brussels – Amsterdam – Berlin – Prague) night trains
“From Antwerp at 8PM to Berlin at 6AM”, Thanh exclaimed! I beg your pardon? The timetable for the RegioJet operated European Sleeper from Ostend in Belgium to Prague in Czechia. And vice versa, obviously.
CONFIRMED | 2022 RegioJet night train from Ostend to Berlin, Warsaw and Prague
We now know the timetable of the European Sleeper RegioJet night train from Prague and Warsaw to Ostend via Berlin, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels. Open access was granted open access for the period from 12 December 12 2021 to 12 December 2026. Poland‘s railway regulator UTK has given operations its approval.
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