– © MARC HERREMANS – MEDIA HOUSE – A single ride at De Lijn will soon be 50 cents more expensive and will cost 2.5 euros. This is what the public transport company calls “aligning the rates”. “Wrong signal at the wrong time”, say experts. “A Park & Ride will become more expensive again, so … Read more
– – The Brussels Motor Show has been abolished for the second year in a row. Corona, you know. Yet many Flemish people have plans to buy a new car. Although many are still a long way from deciding, because the choice has never been more difficult than it is now. We put your most … Read more
– © MARC HERREMANS – MEDIA HOUSE – By the end of 2024, 2,400 charging stations for electric cars will be added in the province of Antwerp. Four hundred of these will be located at business centers and car parks along the highway. The other charging stations will be installed in municipalities, including schools, sports … Read more
Antwerp – Just past the Noordkasteel in the port of Antwerp, the construction of the Oosterweel junction has started. In 2030, this entrance and exit complex will connect the Scheldt Tunnel and the Channel Tunnels. – Patrick Van de Perre Yesterday at 19:57— Flemish Minister of Mobility and Public Works Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) had … Read more
Antwerp – The park-and-rides in Merksem and on the Luchtbal are almost ready. Visitors can go there from December. The new park-and-ride on Linkeroever will also open. Parking will cost 1 euro per day. In order to make visitors and commuters extra enthusiastic about the car parks and to ensure that they do not park … Read more
– Founder Ties Carlier on his VanMoof. — © VANMOOF via REUTERS – One bike automatically calls your family if you fall. The other barks at anyone who tries to steal it and immediately warns the manufacturer’s “Bicycle Hunters”. With such technological gadgets and with a sleek appearance, the Belgian Cowboy and the Dutch VanMoof … Read more
Wilrijk – IKEA will start on Wednesday with a free shuttle bus service between its branch in Wilrijk and the center of Antwerp. ‘Pändelbuss’ is a test project in collaboration with Autocars De Polder that will last at least three months. IKEA hopes in this way to attract more visitors and to take car traffic … Read more
– Transporteconoom Theo Notteboom — © Victoriano Moreno, rr – If you regularly travel by car, you have undoubtedly noticed that there is a lot of freight traffic, a lot of freight traffic. According to figures from the Flemish Traffic Center, this is 5 to 13% more than before corona. “Since the summer of last … Read more
– Waiting for Godot is apparently even more successful than waiting in Antwerp for that other literary protagonist, the Orient Express. — © Jan Van der Perre – Antwerp – You rarely see a legendary train like the Orient Express, a passage in the beautiful Antwerp Central Station even less so. Ironically, a large crowd … Read more