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      Step into Beyond Darklands before you reach the venue. Our 4 Signature Hotels are reserved exclusively for Beyond Darklands guests and fully immersed in the weekend’s atmosphere.
- - - A-Stay
      
      Conveniently located next to the central train station and minutes from the city center so Antwerp is at your feet.
  - - Moxy
      
      Enjoy a vibrant atmosphere at this lifestyle hotel in the trendy South district built on the former Zillion site.
  - - Holiday Inn Express Antwerp City North
      
      Stay within walking distance of Beyond Darklands and The Boots.
  - - Hotel Jamingo
      
      The perfect city escape well connected to the festival and surrounded by Antwerp’s nightlife, bars and late-night energy.
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Kink Needs No Shame

8/07/2026

Darklands is proud to support “Kink Needs No Shame” as the main sponsor of this groundbreaking new initiative during CSD Berlin 2026, created by BLF e.V., Folsom Europe e.V. and CSD Berlin.

Darklands: The Documentary

24/09/2025

Step inside. Go deeper. Into a world most only whisper about: Darklands. This isn’t your typical documentary. It’s an invitation. A confrontation. A raw, unapologetic journey into the heart of Europe’s biggest gay fetish festival. Hidden within the industrial shadows of Waagnatie in Antwerp, Darklands unites 8000 souls under one roof. Leather, rubber, chains — […]

Waagnatie Expo & Events, Rijnkaai 150, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

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