The island’s irrigation-channel paths drew 2 million walkers last year. A booking system introduced in the spring has cut crowding on the most popular routes by half, and opened quieter ones to attention.
A prodigy from Ghent who played with American expatriates in the Brussels clubs of the 1960s, she became, through a long-running television program, the face of the music for a generation.
The E.U.’s Entry/Exit System, which replaced passport stamps with fingerprints and face scans for non-E.U. travelers, has registered 160 million crossings. Airports have adapted. Ferry ports and the Eurostar have not, entirely.
