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From Antwerp to America: in the footsteps of migrants at the new Red Star Line museum

Setting sail for a new life across the Atlantic was the realisation of a dream for nearly two million migrants embarking on a Red Star Line ship in the port of Antwerp between 1873 and 1934. Some 100 years later, the opening of the Red Star Line museum in the shipping company’s old warehouses is the realisation of yet another dream
Sarah Crew
(September 24, 2024)
Metro5 project puts neighbourhood faces in the metro

When commuters make use of Brussels’ metro, they move from place to place without seeing anything of what is lying over their heads above ground. The project Metro5: Moving People, Moving Stories is meant to change that. Spearheaded by the city’s transport minister Brigitte Grouwels, the project also wants to point to the power of diversity and its positive aspects in a multicultural city.
Els Mertens
(September 24, 2024)