Author: Lotte van den Hout

Sustainable travel is a hot topic in the travel trends preditions from the last few years. But is it possible to do this with the rail system of today as low-budget student?

Manouk Vorselaars crossed the Belgian/Dutch border for her education in interior design. Four years later, she is still studying in Mechelen. Speaking the same language is an advantage, but she does miss the good bicycle lanes of the Netherlands.

Christmas Markets are hot and happening, but also very crowded. Luckily there are some unique alternatives to experience the Christmas atmosphere as well.

Taylor Swift is the Person of the Year 2023 according to Time's Magazine, but who is the person, group or concept of the year 2023 for students?

Trestpassing to get to the viewpoint you saw on social media isn't something you can do in the Faroe Islands anymore. Farmers came up with a fee to walk you to the viewpoint on their land. Do other vacation destinations the same?

On the 3rd of December 2023, a new climate march takes place in Brussels. This time it's during negotiations of the COP28, to ask more attention for the climate change in politics.

The Dutch elections ended with an unexpected winner. The far right-wing party PVV became the biggest, with infamous Geert Wilders as party leader. How do Dutch students feel about the outcome?

Children are a special kind of human, they need more protection. This was the reason, 34 years ago, to come up with the treaty for international rights for children. Is this treaty today still relevant in an evolving world?

Visiting a concert is not only about the music anymore, we expect a whole experience. The Sphere in Las Vegas takes live shows to that higher level of experience, but what will the future of concerts be?

I took the challenge to walk fiftyfive kilometers in one day, to the basilica of Scherpenheuvel. This wasn't without a struggle. You can read about the highlights of my trip and think about a challenge for yourself as well.

Emily Henry writes with Happy Place about lovers and friends, but not in a cringy way. You get familiar with the anxieties of your twenties while you're laughing through the chapters.

Sam Thys shows how he views the world from a colorful perspective. The feeling and blurriness of Stephan Vanfleteren's Corona Walks series inspired him. After experimenting with filters, he made his own spacey dreamworld.

On the 27th of April King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands celebrates his birthday, along with the rest of the country. This holiday in unique in the rest of the world. What are the customs of this crazy day?

Mechelen is filled with churches, but not all of them still have a religious purpose. In this list, you will find the most surprising initiatives to give churches a new life.

Studenten kregen de kans om een echte worstelclash mee te maken op Thomas More campus De Ham. Maar hoe zit dat Amerikaans worstelen nu in elkaar? Onze 21bis-reporter Lotte vroeg het aan Belgisch kampioen Rob Raw.

Jongeren voelen minder de nood om hun rijbewijs te halen. De cijfers van 18-jarigen die hun rijbewijs halen, blijven zakken. Tussen 2005 en 2022 is er een daling van 16,7%.

Tourism is getting more eco-friendly, night trains are the perfect solution to save the environment. This is something the start-up European Sleeper also noticed. They decided to connect the Low Countries and Germany with a new railway journey.