Brussels Airlines has a few iconic airplanes in its fleet, one of them is Rackham, painted in the Tintin theme. Registration OO-SNB. I...

Number 4: Sandown Castle (Kent) Another one of the Castles of the Downs, Sandown was built between 1539 and 1540. It was very similar to...

Our story begins in Bruges (Brugge in Flemish). There was Roman activity in the area in the Second century and the name "Brugge" would...

Number 2: Deal Castle Deal is located between Dover and Ramsgate, it is the middle castle of 3 very similar castles built at equal...

In 1990 in Nagasaki (Japan) the construction of a cruise ship started at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, she was to be named "Asuka". At 192...

What? ... Again? ... Another cruise booked this year and … another cancellation … bugger! (The world as we know it is coming to an end,...

General explanation: History is full of interesting things, much of it can still be seen today and for this story we go back to the year...

Oostende (Ostend in English) is possibly the best-known coastal city of Belgium, it certainly is the largest city of the Belgian coast...

The story starts in 1990 … well in 1846 actually when the first ship, the “Chemin de fer” (renamed “Diamant” in 1855) started a regular...

One of the projects I have been working on is the creation of walking videos, some of them were made in my own country ... Belgium. They...

So here we are again! ... When my friends and I heard about the new cruise company called Ambassador Cruise Line, we booked the maiden...

At the new Eastern breakwater protecting the entrance of the Belgian Port of Ostend (Oostende in Flemish) is a part of the bow of a ship...

Holland America Line ... it's impossible to write a short article about this company and its history, so let's pick up in 1997 when the...

This time we 'll talk about the Italian ocean liners, most people know about the famous ones like Rex, Leonardo Da Vinci and the...

As a Belgian citizen and resident I live pretty close to the Dutch border, this means that a day trip to the Netherlands is always a...

3 days in Milan! TIPS: I usually fly economy class but I always make sure I choose airlines that give me miles for my trip whenever...

The cruise ship Amera sails for Phoenix Seereisen at this moment, but this is a ship with a pretty wild history, let's look at it from the beginning. We start our history tour at the Royal Viking Line, after the initial 3 ships were built in the early 1970's and stretched later on, there was a need for another new ship. The proposed ship was eventually built in 1988 and named Royal Viking Sun, at a modest size of 205.5 meters long and a 38.848 tonnes, this ship was built for

Flying ... in modern times, the passenger jet is the fastest way to get from point A to point B anywhere on the planet, but what does it...

Ever since I got my drivers license I have been doing road trips all over Europe with my own car where possible and in rental cars when...

The QE2 as she is known ... currently moored permanently in Dubai as museum and hotel, this ship was once the flagship of Cunard line and...