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No cancellations at #BrusselsAirlines due to software updates #Airbus

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No cancellations at Brussels Airlines due to software updates Airbus
“After careful assessment, only a limited number of aircraft in the Brussels Airlines fleet is impacted by the Airbus software-issues”, SN spokesperson Nico Cardone updates the press on…
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November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Fancy a direct train to Aachen for the Christmas Market?

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Aachen Christmas Market Trains from Vilvoorde / Antwerp / Lier / Hasselt and Braine-le-Comte / Mons / Charleroi-Central / Namur on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 December 2025
Heritage rail organisation PFT-TSP has confirmed that its Weihnachtsmarkt-Express will run again this winter, offering passengers a festive rail journey from Belgium to Aachen (Aken, Aix-la-Chapell…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Round-up of our week in Sicily and Rome.

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ITALY | Rome and Sicily
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Tr…
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November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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At the end of our Korea trip, we went to a typical spa or jjimjilbang.

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SEOUL | Spa 5 aka Lotte Boseuk Sauna Jjimjilbang in Gangnam
Autumn 2024. Ten years after my first trip to Seoul in 2014, I am returning to the Republic of Korea, better known as South Korea. Not solo this time, but with Oriol, who has never been to Korea. O…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Do you know what a glyptoteque is?

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COPENHAGEN | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
I turned 44 in June. I have this tradition – when possible – of not being in Belgium for my birthday. From Sweden in 2013 to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley in 2014, Lake Orta in 2015, Rome in 201…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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ITA Airways Business Class intra-Europe.

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REVIEW | ITA Airways Business Class Rome to Brussels
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Tr…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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NS buys 36 new Stadler Flirt Flex trains for local, intercity, and international services.

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NS buys 36 new Stadler Flirt Flex trains for local, intercity, and international services
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS, the Netherlands’ state railway, ordered 36 new Stadler Flirt Flex, Sprinter in NS terminology, trains for over €400 million. Unlike the current Sprinter trai…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Talking to René Magritte at 'La ligne de vie' (KMSKA) in Antwerp.

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REVIEW | ‘La ligne de vie’ René Magritte exhibition at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
In 1938, René Magritte (1898-1967) gave a lecture at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, KMSKA) on his vision of reality. There, he discussed the origins a…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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The Amsterdam to London Eurostar to stop at Antwerp-Central. Highly improbable.

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Antwerp-Central all but ruled out as a stop on the Amsterdam to London Eurostar route
The City of Antwerp would love the Amsterdam to London Eurostar to include Antwerp-Central Railway Station as a stop. The 2025-2030 Government Agreement says so. But independent railway commentator…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Skipping Myeongdong in Seoul to shop at Starfield COEX Mall in Gangnam.

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SEOUL | Skipping Myeongdong to shop at Starfield COEX Mall in Gangnam
Autumn 2024. Ten years after my first trip to Seoul in 2014, I am returning to the Republic of Korea, better known as South Korea. Not solo this time, but with Oriol, who has never been to Korea. O…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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The capacity of stations biggest factor for #CrossChannelRail trains. @jonworth.eu

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#CROSSCHANNELRAIL | Expanding UK-Europe train links most realistically leading to Switzerland
A new independent analysis has laid out the most comprehensive roadmap yet for expanding direct high-speed rail services between London in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. The #CrossChannelR…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Hours of dancing videos at 'Universal Tongue' at the MAS in Antwerp.

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REVIEW | ‘Universal Tongue’, on dance, at Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS) until 4 January 2026
The Museum at the Stream (Museum Aan de Stroom, MAS) in Antwerp is currently celebrating the universal language of dance with ‘Universal Tongue’, a monumental video installation by Dutc…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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A hotel in Copenhagen with a few quirks.

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HOTEL REVIEW | Scandic Front in Copenhagen
I turned 44 in June. I have this tradition – when possible – of not being in Belgium for my birthday. From Sweden in 2013 to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley in 2014, Lake Orta in 2015,…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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What's in a name?

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BELGIUM | Naming towns and cities: municipalities with Dutch, French, English and other translations
15 November is Dynasty Day or King’s Day in Belgium. 15 November being the name day of Leopold, the name of three of the seven Kings of the Belgians. To mark this occasion, and inspired by a …
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November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Get ready - or not - for Winter in Antwerp 2025-2026.

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Winter in Antwerp 2025-2026 from 5 December to 4 January
From Friday 5 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026, Winter in Antwerp will once again immerse the city in a warm and enchanting winter atmosphere. The City of Antwerp announced the plans today in…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The ITA Airways The Hangar Lounge in Fiumicino, Rome.

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REVIEW | ITA Airways The Hangar Lounge Rome
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Tr…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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On Saturday, and exhibition on René Magritte opens at KMSKA.

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ANTWERP | KMSKA looks through the eyes of the master in its new exhibition ‘Magritte. La ligne de vie’, from 15 November 2025 to Sunday 22 February 2026
In a unique lecture at the Royal Museum of Fine Antwerps Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, KMSKA) in 1938, René Magritte explained how he arrived at his iconic visual langua…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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European Sleeper, the community-owned Dutch night train operator, will operate a Paris–Brussels-Berlin night train connection by the end of March 2026, stepping in to fill the gap left by the cancellation of ÖBB’s Nightjet service.

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European Sleeper to operate Paris – Brussels – Berlin night train route from March 2026
European Sleeper, the community-owned Dutch night train operator, will operate a Paris–Brussels-Berlin night train connection by the end of March 2026, stepping in to fill the gap left by the cance…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Leo Express and Arenaways plan direct train between Prague and Venice.

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Leo Express and Arenaways plan direct train between Prague and Venice
The Czech railway company Leo Express, in cooperation with the Italian carrier Arenaways, is planning a new direct rail connection between Prague in Czechia and Venice in Italy.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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In Liège, we had boulet sauce lapin and we visited the Public Transport Museum of Wallonia.

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LIÈGE | Boulet sauce lapin and the Public Transport Museum of Wallonia
April 2025. For the first time since 1968, trams ride on the streets of Liège (Luik, Lüttich). Belgium has now five cities with trams: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and now Liège. And, of cou…
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November 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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#TrainWorld discusses the actions of #NMBS / #SNCB during WW II in a temporary exhibition.

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REVIEW | ‘Belgian Railways Under Occupation: Between Collaboration and Resistance’ at Train World in Brussels
Opened in late September 2025 at Train World in Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek in Brussels, the exhibition ‘Belgian Railways Under Occupation: Between Collaboration and Resistance’ examines th…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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A lovely stay at Sofitel Villa Borghese in Rome, with an early check-in. tripbytrip.org/2025/11/06/r...
REVIEW | Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese
March 2025. We’re embarking on a train trip to Sicily. We fly from Brussels Airport to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport with ITA Airways. Then we take an Intercity Notte sleeper train by Tr…
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November 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Can a street be both easy and hard to find? Yes! #Homo Hill in #Itaewon, #Seoul is such a place.

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GAY ITAEWON | Homo Hill = Usadan-ro 12-gil (우사단로12길) in Seoul, South Korea
Autumn 2024. Ten years after my first trip to Seoul in 2014, I am returning to the Republic of Korea, better known as South Korea. Not solo this time, but with Oriol, who has never been to Korea. O…
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November 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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We went to #Liège to sample the new trams there.

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BELGIUM | Trams in Liège
April 2025. For the first time since 1968, trams ride on the streets of Liège (Luik, Lüttich). Belgium has now five cities with trams: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and now Liège. And, of cou…
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November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Ok, Trenitalia wants to expand. They’re buying more Hitachi ETR 1000 trains. They lost to Virgin in the bid to access Temple Mills and are looking elsewhere.

But I still can’t see them running Frankfurt - Hamburg or Stuttgart - Berlin.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM