Antwerp‘s LGBTQIA+ community has not always had an easy place in the city, but over the decades it has found ways to come together, speak out, and fight for equal rights. This year, Het Roze Huis or The Pink House – the umbrella organisation for 31 LGBTQIA+ associations in the province of Antwerp – marks…
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Café Den Draak kickstarts Antwerp Pride 2025 on 1 August, Draakplaats becomes closed-off, car-free festival ground for Midsummer 2025
The 18th edition (since 2008) of Antwerp Pride takes place from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 10 August 2025 in Antwerp. This year’s theme is “Do not just march! Listen. Understand. Commit”. Prides are a mix of celebration – parties – and activism and advocacy. For the 2025 edition, the organising committee focuses on belonging. Belonging…
The Netherlands close their Consulate General in Antwerp
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is closing its consulate general in Antwerp. The City of Antwerp government has written the Dutch a letter expressing their sorrow and regret. The decision was first made public in 2013.
ANTWERP 2025-2030 | Zurenborg Bus Depot to become pop-up park
The De Lijn bus (and tram) depot at Nieuw Zurenborg at Draakplaats across Het Roze Huis is to become a pop-up neighbourhood park. The plan is mentioned in the City of Antwerp‘s government agreement (bestuursakkoord), which political parties N-VA and Vooruit approved.
ANTWERP | Final design for Spoorpark between Zurenborg and Borgerhout approved
The Council of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Antwerp approved the final design of the Spoorpark or Rail Park between the Antwerp neighbourhood of Zurenborg and the district of Borgerhout.
ANTWERP | Final phase preliminary design of Spoorpark approved
The Council of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Antwerp approved the second and final phase of the preliminary design of the Spoorpark in the Zurenborg neighbourhood of Antwerp and Borgerhout.
Antwerp Pride, a fight by celebration
It’s summer so it’s time for Antwerp Pride and Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (AQAF). From 4 to 27 August 2023, AQAF hosts queer artists being queer, in the alternative, quirky, more rebellious sense of the word. Antwerp Pride, from 9 to 13 August, is more mainstream, openly catering to everyone and thus attracting a general,…
ANTWERP PRIDE 2022 | Café Den Draak’s Midsummer Party at Draakplaats on Thursday 10 August
It’s that time of the year again: Antwerp Pride and Antwerp Queer Arts Festival. Pride focuses on the second weekend of August: from Wednesday 10 to Sunday 14. AQAF runs from 5 to 28 August. In 2022, Antwerp Pride turns 15 and looks 15 years into the future under the banner of ‘Queertopia‘. AQAF hasn’t…
GAY PARIS | LGBTQIA+ bookshop Les Mots à la Bouche
Paris! I haven’t been to the Ville Lumière since my January 2019 visit with Bert and Wim. Also, this March 2022 getaway in Paris marks the first overnight excursion with Thanh since our 2012 visit of the capital of France. Ten years ago!
Discovering Belgium and the Netherlands in COVID times
March 2020. The world learns the words coronavirus and COVID-19. Lockdowns, travel restrictions, restrictions of other kinds, social distancing and other new dynamics which have become more or less natural since. No foreign travel meant staying in Belgium. So in 2020 and 2021 we did quite a few domestic excursions to still our hunger for…
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