The fall of the Berlin Wall motivated photographer and journalist Lieve Blancquaert to set off on an epic tour of Europe in her campervan. She visited all 27 member states of the European Union in search of the origins of this identity. She wanted to hear and feel what holds us together and what divides us.<\/p>\n
Her many personal encounters reveal time and again that our own language, history, concerns, desires and dreams are far more universal than we might at first think. Europeans as such don’t exist, and yet we are connected in many different ways, whether we like it or not.<\/p>\n
Through hundreds of penetrating images and dozens of colorful stories, Lieve Blancquaert shows, as in a travel diary, the complexity, diversity and beauty of this vulnerable continent.<\/p>\n
With a foreword by Hendrik Vos. At the same time as the book, VRT Canvas<\/em> is also launching a series of the same name, and the accompanying exhibition at Mechelen Cultural Centre runs from 14 March to 30 June 2024, as part of the city festival Construct Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today’s Europe seen through the eyes of photographer Lieve Blancquaert, as she traveled through the continent in the Spring of 2023. \n<\/p>\n 1 Germany — Berlin — 7 March
\n2 Poland — Warsaw — 10 March
\n3 Poland — Auschwitz — 12 March
\n4 Slovakia — Ladce — 14 March
\n5 Hungary — Budapest — 16 March
\n6 Greece — Paralia Katerinis — 20 March
\n7 Greece — Elassona — 21 March
\n8 Bulgaria — Skobelevo — 26 March
\n9 Romania — Bucharest — 29 March
\n10 Romania — Between Bucharest and Sibiu, Cornățel — 30 March
\n11 Croatia — Zagreb — 1 April
\n12 Croatia — Čakovec — 2 April
\n13 Slovenia — Ljubljana — 3 April
\n14 Italy — Trieste — 9 April
\n15 Czechia — Uhelná — 14 April
\n16 Austria — Weingut Geyerhof, Furth bei Göttweig — 16 April
\n17 Italy — Canazei, Marmolada Glacier — 18 April
\n18 Italy — Ventimiglia — 20 April
\n19 Spain — Cañada de Benatanduz, Teruel — 25 April
\n20 Spain — Cuevas del Almanzora — 27 April
\n21 Spain — El mar de plástico — 28 April
\n22 Portugal — Fátima — 10 May
\n23 France — Poiseul-la-Grange — 16 May
\n24 Luxembourg — Luxembourg — 18 May
\n25 United Kingdom — Eyemouth, Scotland — 26 May
\n26 Ireland — Carndonagh — 29 May
\n27 Netherlands — Urk — 6 June
\n28 Denmark — Copenhagen — 8 June
\n29 Sweden — Stockholm — 12 June
\n30 Finland — Helsinki — 15 June
\n31 Estonia — Tallinn — 18 June
\n32 Estonia — Narva — 20 June
\n33 Latvia — Riga — 22 June
\n34 Lithuania — Vilnius — 23 June
\n35 Malta — Golden Bay — 10 July
\n36 Belgium — Barbençon — 15 August
\n37 Cyprus (in Kortrijk) — 26 November
\nLieve Blancquaert, Ghent — 6 months later
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