Antwerp Zoo, november 13, 2021

addy landzaat wrote: We're still on for tomorrow?

Excellent question, current weatherforecasts are not helping


Buienradar predicts dry tomorrow as of 9:00 and all day sunday
Buienradar Antwerpen 5-daagse


Meteovista predicts rain all saturday but dry sunday afternoon
Meteovista Antwerp 48 hours
Meteovista Antwerp 14 days (click on sunday to see morning/afternoon/evening)

My general experience is that Buienradar is slightly optimistic in their forecasts while Meteovista is slightly pessimistic. But in this case that doesn't help much, both have not been nominated for the "weatherforecasters hall of fame"

So sunday seems a safer bet but I don't mind taking the risk for saturday. What do you all think?

Maybe we take another look mid-afternoon and see if anything changed significantly but I would like to take a final decision today so everybody knows when to come.

I think you're right Ivo, Both kmi.be as well as Meteovista still give rain until mid afternoon or longer. Also the general weather forecast on the radio confirms this.

Sunday looks much better (on all sites) so I suggest we move the meeting 24 hours later and meet each other on Sunday November 14 around 11:00 in "Grand Cafe Flamingo" on the entrance square of the zoo.

@ Addy, Fred, Domien and Ivo: Pls. post below that you have seen this post, I would like to avoid anyone showing up on saturday by himself.

I've seen the post - and i agree on sunday.

For the 2 tickets i have i'll send PM's with my Smartphone number - we'll try to use those, and as Fred proposed you can agree to split the advantage over the participants.

I have a year pass - so i can enter and leave as i like - to bring you the ticket.

For the corona-regulations:
Om ZOO Antwerpen te bezoeken hoef je geen Covid Safe Ticket te tonen aan de ingang en hoef je niet te reserveren. In onze horeca vragen we wel een Covid Safe Ticket. In onze gebouwen is een mondmasker verplicht.

See you next sunday (i plan to arrive around 9:36) - i can enter from 9:00 (one hour before normal visitors can).

The safe ticket is the QR code?

So, it is Sunday, I do not have a ticket yet, will see it on Sunday I guess

Edited by addy landzaat - 12 November 2021 at 18:09

Have a good time !

I've been taking some pictures there this summer, without any trouble...

Fred_S wrote: Did you send a mail and get a response Pieter?

Yes, I sent an email asking permission for today (the 13th), but I never got a response. Their site says they will respond "within 6 weeks", so I guess I will need to wait another four weeks before knowing whether we would be allowed to take photo's there or not. But I think as long as we shoot handheld without a tripod we'll be OK.