Journal
The places we kept sending each other, worth saving for a date night, a day trip or a slow morning.
Pumpkimania, Kasteel van Groot-Bijgaarden
Event · Posted 8 Oct 2026 · Groot-BijgaardenPumpkimania, Groot-Bijgaarden: a castle, a moat, and a forest of animals that somebody built by hand.
Atelier Thamga
Activity · Posted 6 Oct 2026 · BodrumA block printing workshop in Bodrum: one long table, two people, and the same box of wooden shapes.
Bar Leuv
Venue · Posted 4 Oct 2026 · LeuvenOne of our favourite little lunch rituals in Leuven 🧇☕️
Zai Bodrum
Venue · Posted 1 Oct 2026 · BodrumA different side of Bodrum 🎨☕️🌺
Meet Ipek & Robbe
About us · Posted 29 Sep 2026 · BodrumAround thirty posts in, it’s about time you met the two people behind Meze & Moules.
Leuven Pride
Event · 26 Sep 2026 · LeuvenLeuven Pride came down the Vaartkom on Saturday: drummers, dancers, furries, parents and two older people on a mobility scooter.
Bodrum
Trip · Posted 24 Sep 2026 · BodrumSunshine, Aegean blues, good food & summer evenings we didn’t want to end 🤍
Leuven Kermis
Event · 23 Sep 2026 · LeuvenThe last evening of Leuven Kermis, and our best find was on a grill hung on chains.
Leuven on foot
Place · Posted 17 Sep 2026 · LeuvenThe café on our second to last slide was demolished in 2020 and rebuilt out of its own bricks, lanterns and all.
The people of Oostende
Place · Posted 15 Sep 2026 · OostendeOn Thursday the harbour wall told us not to say goodbye.
Oostende on foot
Place · Posted 10 Sep 2026 · OostendeOostende on foot: the sea first, then the streets, the church, five walls worth stopping for, and a quay that tells you not to say goodbye.
Gastrobar Frenchette
Venue · Posted 3 Sep 2026 · OostendeOn Saturdays, Gastrobar Frenchette in Oostende takes the menu decision away from you.
Paddo Saint Maurice
Venue · Posted 30 Aug 2026 · LilleWe got to Paddo Saint Maurice at two in the afternoon, which in most of Lille means lunch is over.
International House Leuven
Event · 22 Aug 2026 · LeuvenSaturday evening, a courtyard off the Tiensevest, long tables under the trees and bunting strung through the branches.
Half a day in Lille
Trip · Posted 20 Aug 2026 · LilleHalf a day in Lille, which is closer to Brussels than to Paris, and almost nothing we loved there was fully French.
Brasseries Georges
Venue · Posted 16 Aug 2026 · BrusselsWe got there at half five, which felt far too early until we saw the terrace.
Jardins d’Étretat
Venue · Posted 13 Aug 2026 · ÉtretatJardins d’Étretat, Normandy.
Étretat
Trip · Posted 11 Aug 2026 · ÉtretatSome places look beautiful in photos.
Three days in Étretat
Trip · Posted 9 Aug 2026 · ÉtretatThree days in Étretat, Normandy, and the best parts were the slow ones.
Madmum Vaartkom
Venue · Posted 2 Aug 2026 · LeuvenMadmum’s coffee bar at the Vaartkom in Leuven lives in the old Hungaria warehouse, and it might be the prettiest coffee stop in the city.
Bar Florida
Venue · Posted 30 Jul 2026 · LeuvenBar Florida in Leuven turns a 1930s warehouse on the Vaartkom into something closer to Miami, palm neon included.
Sambar
Venue · Posted 26 Jul 2026 · LeuvenSambar is a specialty coffee bar on the Diestsestraat in Leuven, opened by a young coureur, and he was in the room when we stopped by.
Paroles Paroles
Venue · Posted 23 Jul 2026 · OostendeSome restaurants feed you.
Fika Lab
Venue · Posted 21 Jul 2026 · LeuvenThere are cafés you visit, and cafés that feel like being let into someone’s home.
Old Boy
Venue · Posted 16 Jul 2026 · BrusselsA South-East Asian grill in Brussels where almost everything meets the fire.
Zomerbar by maakleerplek
Venue · Posted 12 Jul 2026 · LeuvenWe almost walked past the gate.
Nights by Morpheus
Venue · Posted 9 Jul 2026 · AntwerpNights by Morpheus is a boutique guesthouse in Antwerp, named after the Greek god of dreams and built for a slow night away.
Tiflis
Venue · Posted 7 Jul 2026 · LeuvenTiflis is the first Georgian restaurant in Leuven, and it has become the first place we send anyone who wants dinner to surprise them.
Prodigy, Place De Brouckère
Event · Posted 5 Jul 2026 · BrusselsLooking for something different to do in Brussels?
Atelier D
Venue · Posted 2 Jul 2026 · OostendeSome dinners are worth the drive to the coast, and this is one of them.
Graan
Venue · Posted 30 Jun 2026 · AntwerpThere’s a little house close to Antwerp station and the Zoo, where Floortje De Ley makes the pizza we keep going back for.
Susuru
Venue · Posted 28 Jun 2026 · LeuvenThere’s a ramen bar in the middle of Leuven’s city centre, half hidden behind a bus stop, that feels like stepping into a little corner of Tokyo.
Zuske
Venue · Posted 25 Jun 2026 · OostendeWe took the train to Ostend and ended up eating our way around the world, two streets back from the sea.
Plantbar Jacqueline
Venue · Posted 23 Jun 2026 · AntwerpWe went in for one coffee and stayed the whole afternoon.
De 3 Tonghen
Venue · Posted 18 Jun 2026 · LeuvenWe came for a quick bite and left three hours later — that’s the whole story of De 3 Tonghen.
Introducing Meze & Moules
About us · Posted 16 Jun 2026It started as a small cute list on our phones.