Hoe groen is Vilnius echt?

Overzicht van Vilnius (Foto: Noa Mornie)

Overzicht van Vilnius (Foto: Noa Mornie)

 

Vilnius is de Europese Groene Hoofdstad in 2025. Dat is een titel die veel belooft, maar niet alles vertelt. De stad pronkt met groene zones, duurzame mobiliteit en de ambitie om tegen 2030 klimaatneutraal te zijn. Tegelijkertijd ervaren inwoners in het dagelijkse …

Praag op het witte doek: waarom filmmakers voor deze stad vallen

Camera's op een filmset in Praag

Camera's op een filmset in Praag (foto: Delphine Camerlynck)

 

Wat hebben Spider-Man, James Bond en de faun uit Narnia met elkaar gemeen? Ze brachten allemaal tijd door in Praag. Al jaren is de Tsjechische hoofdstad een geliefd decor voor nationale en internationale filmproducties. Maar wat maakt deze stad zo …

Confronting Ecuador’s gang violence with international power? 

Port in Ecuador

Guayaquil port, Ecuador, is one of many ports commonly used to ship drugs to Europe and the USA. Photo: Andrés López Maldonado / Unsplash

 

Ecuador, located between two of the largest cocaine producers in Latin America, Peru and Colombia, has become increasingly violent in recent years. Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, told the BBC he wants foreign military aid to help fight his “war” against …

Did you ever hear about The Cryalot?

For centuries, humans have been afraid of vampires, yet many forget that this bloodsucker is not the only creature that preys on the unsuspecting. The cryalot, an often-forgotten spirit from ancient folklore, thrives by sucking up the emotions from people …

History and Crime in Bright Colors

“I see my paintings as a letter to people”, says Turkish artist Sevim Ünal (57). In her gallery, ‘ArtWorld’ in Antwerp, Belgium, there is a painting showing women’s faces split in two, one half left blank and the other detailed …

“Being a girl in a band is not a statement”

Hanne Smets in her home studio - PHOTO: Ella Pauwels

 

“It was never my dream to become a musician,” is the first thing Hanne Smets says. She plays the keys for The Haunted Youth, an indie rock band created by Joachim Liebens in their college years. Now, she calls music …

Jay the Author, a forever stranger with a mission: The Dear Stranger Project

a back view of Jay, the artist of the project, hanging up one of his 'Dear Stranger' letters on a pole on the Grand Place in Brussels.

Jay's 'Dear stranger' project consists out of hanging up letters in public places all over the world, like the Grand Place in Brussels. photo taken by De Laurier Nikki.

 

From the COVID lockdown streets in Melbourne to cities all over the world. Jay Ventress, better known as Jay the Author on Instagram, shows how even strangers can make you feel seen with his handwritten letters. Jay, a 27-year-old street …