Christian Nielsen is a journalist and keen tourism industry watcher based in Brussels. He writes pretty much anything that takes his fancy, from the woes of travelling with kids to the latest ‘impact investing’ developments in Europe. But most of his output these days is in EU affairs, sci-tech writing and marcoms.
The weekend is approaching. You’ve got itchy feet but don’t fancy crowded capitals. What are the options? Aachen, Maastricht, Liège, Hasselt, Eupen? Under two hour’s drive […]
A vintage train line linking Croatia, Slovenia and Italy is being given a renaissance this summer. Slovenian Railways are running a service from Trieste in northern […]
More and more Europeans appreciate the importance of speaking at least one foreign language, with a noticeable increase in EU’s population of people capable of having […]
A whopping three quarters of Europeans intend to travel between May and October 2024, according to a new report by the European Travel Commission (ETC). Interest […]
A council of ministers meeting on 14 May saw the Portuguese government advance several projects that have been bottlenecked for years. Besides finally deciding on the […]
Although climate change has been damaging cultures and production in traditional wine growing regions of Europe, like Spain and the south of France, leading to one […]
Rail commuters and visitors in Brussels and Amsterdam are set to benefit from a fast new intercity train service between the Belgian and Dutch capitals by […]
On 30 April, the European Commission officially notified 20 airlines that they had been found to make unsupported or ambiguous green claims, in other words, greenwash, […]
The European Commission has just designated Booking as a gatekeeper under its Digital Markets Act (DMA), which means the travel platform now has to comply with […]
There’s an American army heading for Europe as thousands of Taylor Swift fans are choosing to attend the superstar’s concerts in transcontinental style. The pop queen erupted […]
An underwater fixed rail link connecting Europe to Africa could be ready for traffic within six years, if a proposed tunnel between Spain and Morocco is […]
The tourism industry in Europe has finally surpassed 2019 levels, foreign arrivals exceeding pre-Covid numbers by 7.2% and overnights by 6.5% in the first quarter of […]
A new ranking of Europe’s worst pickpocketing spots has been released by British travel insurers, Quotezone. Compiled by analysts who trawled review data for mentions of […]
Two thirds of British adults are unaware of how the European Union’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) will work, according to Co-op research, and yet the system […]