Antwerp D.A.T.E.
It’s a bold move to invite visitors to your city and ask them to tell you how to do your job. But Antwerp is a bold city. In exchanging inspiration with diverse creative travellers, This is Antwerp continue to push boundaries in the travel industry with their inspired Discover Antwerp Through Experience (D.A.T.E.) project. In providing a collaborative platform for visitors and Antwerpians to tread new paths, D.A.T.E. gives the city fresh ideas and inspiration to inject into its already fertile creative spirit.
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Bar perhaps the odd Amazonian tribe, everyone of us on the third planet from the Sun knows how terrible 2020 has been. However, for all the mire we've collectively trudged through, there have been recent glimpses of hope. Adding onto that slim pile...
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**Thanks for all the responses. There are no longer any copies available** We’ve all been weighed down by promotional materials at some point. Personal or professional, there’s times when leaflets, brochures, USB sticks and cringe-inducing...
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As we reach the climax of our journey through Antwerp’s creative capital, we have dissected its graphic design culture; surveyed the landscape of its independent art scene; and looked into the future through its tech and innovation pioneers....
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It's inevitable that the city of the future will look a little different to that of today: there may be more green space, vertical gardens, drones, even flying taxis. But what will really make them tick will remain hidden from view. Connectivity,...
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Receiving a Renaissance humanist education in Antwerp, beginning an apprenticeship with Flemish painter Tobias Verhaeght aged 14, Peter Paul Rubens was one of those great polymaths; the like of who that term should be reserved for. A true master...
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“During my time there, I met people with a global mindset and a local go-make attitude,” explains Luca Ponticelli, having just returned from D.A.T.E. (Discover Antwerp Through Experience)’s birthday edition, which saw the London-based designer...
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Cleo Klapholz is a “29-year-old Antwerp-born Jewish girl” whose spare time is packed with creative pursuits including running UNQWomen, a project that sells customised gift boxes for women, and organising ProseccoPong, which takes that infamous...
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“We’ve never quite felt this welcomed anywhere else,“ admits Réka Pasztor Turak of ‘live global, experience local’ map platform, Local’s Lore. And she’s right. There really is a special essence to Antwerp, one that means you feel at...
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The fifth edition of D.A.T.E.—Discover Antwerp Through Experience—was hosted by This is Antwerp during an inspirational five days between 27 September and 1 October, where eight creative tech entrepreneurs from varying reaches of Europe and...
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There's no stopping the creative minds behind Antwerp's D.A.T.E. series. After a marvellously successful edition earlier this year, they're back with their fifth incarnation—this time inviting eight creative tech entrepreneurs from the USA; The...
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There's a lot more than meets the eye to PARIS TEXAS antwerp. The project known as the event space, located in the once unsavoury old Sailor’s Quarter of Antwerp and close to the impressive Museum Aan de Stroom, has seen much regeneration of late....
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Kastaar Press (Daredevil Press, in Dutch), has been described as an analogue print factory with a taste for strong typography, illustration, and graphics. The brainchild of printers/makers/designers An Eisendrath and Stoffel Van den Bergh, Kastaar...
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Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
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Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
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With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
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With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
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Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
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Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
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Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
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Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...