Saturday May 5th is the official start of the contemporary art and architecture route in the historical centre of Bruges ‘Triennale Brugge 2018 – Liquid city”. Artists and architects were asked to think about how flexible, liquid and resilient a historic city as Bruges can be in a rapidly changing world, where established lifestyles are … Lees verder
This time, March 2018, we stayed in another neighbourhoud than the previous times. Staying in another district gives a whole new perspective of the city. We stayed in the posh Salamanca area, where Prada, Gucci, Chanel and Armani all have a shop just around the corner. Not that I was in any way interested. On … Lees verder
Dit schooljaar is op een iets andere manier gestart dan de voorbije jaren. Er worden vanaf dit jaar enkele hervormingen doorgevoerd in de opleidingen. Een eerste verandering is een nieuwe naam voor de school. Vanaf het schooljaar 2016-2017 wordt de Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie, de ‘Academie voor Theater en Dans’. Tijdens het vorige schooljaar werd … Lees verder
The 850 year old Saint Johns hospital is a great museum with beautiful works of our Flemish master Hans Memling as a real draw. Visitors can see a great body of work from world renowned artists and also visit a great piece of Belgium heritage holding beautiful medieval art. The hospital was founded in the … Lees verder
This weekend the Gruuthuse museum (or palace), exceptionally opened its doors for the public after 3 years of total renovation. The work is not completely finished yet. We will have to wait until the spring of 2019 to visit the museum that will tell the history of Bruges over a period of 500 years, from … Lees verder
And that is exactly what the Judische Museum in Berlin built by Daniel Libeskind does. The large grey building, made out of concrete and clad in zinc sheeting, commemorates the numerous lives lost in the holocaust. ‘How long would it take to recite the names of the 6 million people that died?’ was a question … Lees verder
Seville is a city drowned in tradition. We visited the week before Christmas, and the athmosphere was as merry as it can get. Everybody is doing their Christmas shopping, buying Christmas sweets from the monasteries and famous bakeries and buying lottery tickets. Choirs are singing in the streets, brass bands are playing on the plazas, … Lees verder
As a tourist it can be very gratifying to take part in cultural or other events in the city you visit. Bruges has many great cultural events throughout the year, that are primarily organised for locals but can also accommodate or interest visiting tourists. Theatre can be difficult because not everyone speaks Dutch. But concerts, … Lees verder
Two days in Moscow : the Metro tour, Pushkin museum, two of the seven sisters, the Jewish museum of tolerance, the Upper Saint Peter monastery and the Moscow museum of modern art. My first trip to Moscow was in the month of May. While the weather forecast predicted very sunny and warm weather in Belgium, … Lees verder
A word or two about the metro. Do use it when visiting Moscow! Don’t be scared, just try it, you will love it! Nowhere else in the world have I seen such a well working metro system. On street level the metro stations are recognisable by the big red M in front. The metro system … Lees verder
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