The top-level "Antwerp" is declared by the name given to the place of the first settlement of anda verpa, both toponymisch and archeological. This is probably an Oudfrank designation for 'on the ground', for example in a curve of the river. In Flanders, from the twelfth century, the word replanting has been used, 'connected land outside, tormented, scissors'. This word *should not be confused with yard, the Friese word terp and the Groningse word.

In Vita Eligii from the beginning of the seventh century, the words Andou and Andouerpis are used as an indication for Antwerp. In addition, a Merovingian coin mentions the name Anderpus, possibly a surprise from Antwerp. According to the classicist Alfred Michiels (2007), it was originally a Celtic name, to be declared a Latin translation of the supposed *Ambidouesrepi, which is 'those living on both banks'. This statement is regularly reproduced in the media. But linguists are negative about this new theory.

People's Leading

In the midst of the Great Market of Antwerp, the Brabofountein has a bronze image of Silvius Brabo, who throws away a large hand. A fifteenth-century scage says that, around the beginning of our time account, a giant, Druon Antigoon, ruled in the country of the Scheldt, who demanded a heavy toll for every skipper to sail over the Scheldt. When a skipper refused to pay, he was cut off. A Roman warrior, Silvius Brabo, fought, overshot and killed the giant, in turn cut off his hand and threw him into the Scheldt. The liberated people called the city of Antwerp, "throwing its hand". The legend about the giant may have arisen after the discovery of inexplicably large bones, which later turned out to be whale bones.

The Antwerp City Weapon shows an enhanced neighborhood. There are two loose hands up there. They should not be seen as a reference to the legend of 'handles'. Rather, these hands seem to be old symbols of the rights of the frost on the Scheldt and of the city's privileges, namely the right to stack and store, on the one hand, and the freedom of interpretation and to lead the Western Scheldt, on the other.

The Cranes Head at the Scheldt, Antwerp. 1622

Antwerp and the Scheldt, late 19th century

Around 1400 Antwerp was still a relatively small city, with less than 10 000 inhabitants. In 1500, the city had about 50,000 inhabitants, reaching about 1560,000. Under Emperor Karel V, Antwerp was the most important commercial city in Europe in the north of the Alps. Hand in conjunction with rising prosperity has been an unprecedented cultural boom. The painting industry, in particular, grew in the 16th and 17th centuries. And because of the many influences, lutheranism first became, through the augurs in St Andries and the Kiel, and then, from the late 16th century, calvinism first and foremost, with hailstorm preks in Berchem and Borgerhout, a great supporter of the city. In a 1580 religious census organized by the city-holder Willem van Oranje, 33% of the population were in favor of calvinism, 17% of lutheranism and 50% of the Catholic Church.

The turmoil of the uprising against Spain has caused great damage to the city. In 1576, the city was plundered by muttering Spanish mercenaries, who killed 7,000 civilians in the Spanish Furie. The city then joined the Pacific of Ghent and has been more or less the capital of the anti-Spanish uprising over the next nine years. In 1585 Antwerp was taken by the Spanish city-holder Alexander Farnese after a siege that lasted more than a year. Following this conquest, a migration flow from Antwerp arose and around half of the population left for Midburg and Holland. The population fell from about 80,000 to 42,000. Dutch and Swedish ships banned the Scheldemon and thus closed off the Spanish-owned town from overseas trading. Antwerp's boom in commerce, the arts and the sciences moved and was further developed in the Golden Age in the northern Netherlands.

In the next two centuries, Antwerp would no longer be able to flourish the previous period, but it would be exaggerated to say that the city was lost. She remained one of the main economic and cultural centers of the Spanish and later Austrian Netherlands. She produced great painters in her own Golden Age like Rubens, Jordans and Teniers. As a Roman Catholic stronghold in the Contrareformation, great works of art and construction came into being, mainly in a baroque style.

The municipality was occupied by the German army around 20 May 1940 and liberated on 4 September 1944. At least 9515 Jews were taken from Antwerp to concentration camps in Germany, where the vast majority were murdered. Many citizens took part in civil disobedience and armed resistance. At least 306 opponents were transported to the Auffanglager of Breendonk. In the special Night und Nebel concentration camps, three opponents from the municipality were killed by decapitation. The number of victims is unknown and is probably higher than the Belgian average of 1.02% of the population.

Districts: the border between the districts of 1 Antwerp and 6 Ewards has shifted to the west in early 2019.

Satellite photo of the Scheldt near Antwerp

Antwerp from the air

Administrative classification

Local reorganization and district training

On 1 January 1983 a merger carried out a major extension of the then municipality of Antwerp to seven peripheral municipalities: Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Honor, Hoboken, Merksem and Wilrich. The former (peripheral) municipalities are now districts within the municipality of Antwerp.

The district of Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo has been part of the then municipality of Antwerp since 1958.

Originally, the districts had a purely advisory role to the central city administration. Since 2000, however, they have again played a leading role. It is the only municipalities in Belgium with such a function. They are run by the district council and the district college.

Source: Population figures as at 1 January 2018: Belgian Official Gazette 19/02/2018 page 13744-13750

Neighborhood and neighborhood

Wise

Climate

Evolution of the population

• Source: NIS - Note: 1806 to 1970=31 December census; from 1980= population as of 1 January.
• 1871: attachment and exchange of Merksem territories (+? km² with a net population of 592).
• 1912: attachment and exchange of Berchem and Wilkish territories (+ 2.09 km² net with a net 36 inhabitants less).
• 1923: the establishment of areas of Burcht and ZWine Law (+11.77 km² with 2,426 inhabitants).
• 1929: adhesion of Oorderen, Oosterweel and Wilmarsdonk and areas of Eker, Hoevenen, Merksem and Lillo (+46.29 km² with 5,543 inhabitants).
• 1958: Attachment of Berendrecht, Lillo and Zandvliet (+52.93 km² with 7,249 inhabitants).
• 1983: Attachment of Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Hoboken, Merksem, Wilrich and the majority of the town of Eker (+64.68 km² with 305,503 inhabitants).

Demographic development of the merged entity

All historical data refer to the current municipality, including municipalities, as created after the merger of 1 January 1983.

• Sources:NIS, Opm:1806 to 1981=census; 1990 and later= population on 1 January

Origin

The table below shows the population breakdown by country of origin. "New Belgians" are Belgians who once had a different nationality. "Latest Belgians" are Belgians who have always been Belgian, but descended from a father/mother with a foreign origin.

Source: District and Location, City of Antwerp, 2016 (via stadincijfers.antwerpen.be/databank)

The city has almost 170 different foreign nationalities among its inhabitants. The largest group is represented by the Dutch, followed by Moroccans, Poland and Turks.

Language

Dutch is the official language. The local language is Antwerp, a dialect of Dutch. It is estimated that about 3 to 5% of the population speak French. Older immigrants from Morocco and Turkey still use their mother tongue Arabic, Berbers or Turkish. Some Orthodox Jews speak Yiddish.

The Great Market with the City Hall and the Statue of Brabo

Gildehouses on the Great Market

The Hendrik Conscienceplein

The exposed Kipdorp bridge in 2018

The Our Lady Cathedral. On the foreground: Green Location with Rubens image

St. Carolus Borromeus Church

St. Paul's Church

De Sint-Jacobskerk

Ingang Zoo van Antwerpen

Peter de Great at Clooster Square

Civil heritage

• Bourlaschouwburg: This building was built in the 19th century. Initially, theater was brought to the home of Spain in the Great Market. As this building soon became too small, the Tapis series building on the Grains market was now used. In the 19th century, the Tapis series building was demolished and the new Bourlaschouwburg was created.
• Flemish Opera: was established at the beginning of the 20th century.
• Feships Harmonie: since 1250, the leprose house was located here, "Ter Zieken", which remained in existence until the seventeenth century, after which the site was included in the lusthof Valkenburg. Valkenburg has been used as the Société D'harmonie's summer room since 1814, but it was only in 1844 that the organization took over. Once she had acquired the building, she had a competition to design a concert hall with a large balm hall and a garden. The winner became P. Dens, which raised the current neoclassicist building in 1845. Later, in 1876, he also designed the kiosk in Albertpark.
• Zoo: Antwerp is known for its zoo, which is one of the oldest in the world. The Antwerp Zoo is located in the middle of the city, housing more than 5000 animals in approximately 769 species. The Royal Animal Society monitors the welfare of many animals and has been helping to protect endangered species since 1843.

There were many outdoors around Antwerp, but not all of them were kept. Below are some conspicuous courts and buildings:

• River basin (Deurne): was founded in the 18th century as a lusthof in Rivers because of its location near the River ‘the Schijn’.
• Sterckshof (Deurne): former mansion of the Antwerp merchant Gerard Sterck.
• At Couwelaar (Deurne): this castle has been held over the centuries by, among other things, many merchants. One of them was a coward-looking trader, Gillis du Mont, who also owned the Bishops' Court.
• Bisschoppenhof (Deurne)
• Book park (Deurne)
• Torenhof: One of the few lusthoves that remained within the Antwerp ring. It's on the Markgravelei, near the King Albertpark. It was owned by the Italian family Annoni in the 17th century. Today it is part of the ‘Hof van Leysen’ provincial park.
• Court of Biart: located on the Karel Oomsstraat, inside the Antwerp ring. It's an eighteenth-century terror. The current house represents only half of the former main building.
• Middle Secret: was originally owned by the Cartuers of Antwerp, but was already described as a court of pasture in the 16th century. Today, there is the open-air museum and statuary of Antwerp. At present, MIDheim forms one park together with Den Brandt and the Nightengalenpark, south of the Antwerp ring.
• Den Brandt: It was originally in the 14th century, but later a terrain was created.
• Care vessel (Hoboken): He was a playhouse of the Du Bois family and was converted by Arnold du Bois into a Rococo-style mansion. Healthcare is a park today.
• Meerlenhof (Hoboken): In 1610, he was owned by the merchant Jozef van den Broec and was one of the most beautiful lusthoven of Hoboken.
• Schoonselhof (Hoboken/Wilrich): It was originally also a lusthof, but it was transformed into a cemetery for famous and prominent Antwerp teachers.
• Steytelinck (Wilrich): One of the six preserved lusthoven of Wilrich, located in the center of Wilrich and arranged as a park.
• Valaarhof (Wilrich): Today is also a public park.

Religious heritage

Antwerp has a rich religious past. The city's ancient engravings are characterized by a multitude of towers. In addition to the cathedral and the 4 parish churches of St-Jacobs, St-Andries, St.-Walburga and St.-Joris, the city had 23 monastery orders, a burial church and a citagle church.

However, at the end of the 18th century, most of the monasteries in the southern Netherlands were either abolished by Emperor Joseph II or closed by the French occupying forces such as St Michielsabbej. A number of monuments were retained:

Religious monuments

• Our Lady Cathedral
• St. Andria Church (parish church, but for the reforming monastery church of the augurs), with a museum in the treasury.
• Saint Jacobskerk (parish church)
• St. Carolus Borromeus Church (Jesuit monastery church)
• St. Paul's Church (church of the dominicans, later parish church following the broken St. Walburgis or Church of the Church of the State)
• St. Jorish Church (Parish Church): The original St. Jorish Church was demolished at the time of the French Revolution. Since the rebuilding in the 19th century, there has been a neo-gotic building. Even the original furniture was not kept very much. The old confession chair ended up in the Vilvorde Church. The interior is nineteenth-century and consists mainly of wood cutting. It also provides shelter for the wooden image of Our Lady of the Castle, which comes from the former citadel of Antwerp.
• St. Antony Church (Parish Church): this nineteenth-century neogotic church was raised on the horse market at the site of the former Kapucin monastery chapel. It still contains some ancient works of art from the former monastery church. The Calvarie mountain of the old capuchin monastery was also preserved in the courtyard. The capucines moved to the Ossences market. The new building on the Ossenmarket is striking through the Saint Fransiscus image that hangs over the door.
• St. Bonifacie Church: Anglican Church and the headquarters of the archdiocese of north-west Europe.
• Courts and church (court and church of the mines): The Antwerp Court is made up of all small houses, centered around an inner square.
• Apostasy Monastery: In the seventeenth century, the apostelles occupied this building on the Horse Market, located at the kneecap. It's drawn up in a monastery style. The bottom floor has been converted into a store.
• Falcontinental monastery: The monastery broke down at the time of the French Revolution. Of the original monastery, only the Falconport was preserved. The falcons gave their names to Falconplein and Falconrui.
• Black-acid monastery: The Black Sisters of Antwerp have been present in Antwerp since the 14th century and come from Germany. They were awarded this building on the Black sister street by one of the German Buying Lists in Antwerp.
• White acid monastery: The monastery of the White Sisters is located in Kammenstraat and is one of the older monasteries in Antwerp. The monastery is about located at the altitude of the Augussian monastery. On the street, it is characterized by two narrow staircases with a mountain of Calvarie in the center.
• Carmelite monastery: The monastery is located on the Rosier. It's a pretty large building that almost all the Rosier honors. The carmelitessen was one of the few orders that could put their old monastery back into service after the French Revolution. However, the church was used as a parish church to replace St Joris, and also as a shelter for the Our Lady of the castle before being transferred to the new St Jorish Church.
• Pieter Potklooster: of the monastery, only the chapel was kept. It's a pretty old and conspicuous facade on the corner of the Lange and the Short Piedmont Street.
• Refuge of Tongerlo abbey (norbertijen): The former refuge of Tongerlo's Abbey is located in Lange Gashometown and is part of the Loan Gashometown of the CPAS.
• Reference of the Saint Michielsabbey of Antwerp (norbertijen): This is located in the Blue Fever Street opposite the cathedral. It might have been dating back to the 13th century, when the northwest built a building here. However, this building was destroyed at the time of the Spanish Furie, so that the new and current building is largely sixteenth-century, with the exception of the basements. Antwerp's Norbert Abbey was originally in the Kloosterstraat, but was lost in the French and Belgian Revolutions. The order played an important role in the celebrations in the Our Lady Church of Antwerp. The abbey had an illustrious past and worked over centuries as a place of residence for many important monarchs. From this abbey, the abdomen of Averbde, Midburg and Tongerlo were also established. Only the refuge and the archetect's worship of kings at the museum of Fine Arts recall Saint Michielsabbej. The refuge has become the hotel "Postiljon." The norberths left Antwerp and moved to live in the abdomen of their subsidiaries, Averbde and Tongerlo. The name of the Kloosterstraat, the Saint Michiel Bay and the new Saint Michiel church in the South are also reminiscent of the Abbey of Saint Michiel in Antwerp. Outside the city, they owned the Beershot Court, from which the football club was named, and they found, among other things, the interior of the Saint Fredeganus Church of Deurne, a large part of which comes from Saint Michiel Abbey. However, on the eve of the French Revolution, the interior became scattered, and the main altar's framework ended up in the St Truth Church of Zundert.

Reconstituted monasteries and monasteries

• Brabansche Olijfberg (annunciaden): this monastery closed because of the reforms by Joseph II. The church was then used as a horse house and military bakery. The tower collapsed at the time of the French occupation. The church has a whistleblower with the clock of the citagle church of the former South castle. Since 1821, the church has been used as a Protestant church.
• Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Francis): this monastery closed at the time of the French occupation and was set up as a academy of fine arts during the occupation. The religious elements have been removed, but the engraving in the white gateway makes it possible to confront the past and the present. It is still Antwerp's Academy of Fine Arts. The francis canals later moved to their new premises on the bank.
• Amuz - Augustine Music Center (august tiger): the augurs reinstalled after their expulsion from the dismantled St Andria Monastery (with its preserved St Andries Church) during the counter-reformation in Everdur Street a good 400 years ago. In 70 years, the community grew so that the monastery took the entire area between the Rue Kammen, the Rue Eleven and the Oudan. The church has become a concert hall. In addition to the church, there is also a winter chapel with neo-Byzantine wall paintings.
• Cartuine monastery: The monastery is based in the St. Rochus state and was inhabited by the cartuers until the French Revolution. After the French Revolution, the monastery came into the hands of the nuns of hairdressers. In the end, the building was recruited by the Tropical Medical Institute.

Gas houses and godhouses

• St. Elisabeth gashuis: The oldest hospital in the town of Antwerp was close to the Our Lady Cathedral at the beginning of the 13th century. In 1238, due to a lack of space, a new gas home was created on the site of Ter Elst, which was donated to the gas homeless brothers and sisters by the city authorities. The gas brothers and sisters adopted the Augustine rule. The gas home itself owes its name to Hungary's congregation daughter, born in 1207, who, after her husband's death, devoted her life to caring for the poor and sick. The gas home existed until the French Revolution. Then the sisters were driven out of the gas home and lost their possessions. Under Willem I, in 1824, the sisters would return to the gas house to resume their duties, but they were no longer the owners of the land. A new complex has been created behind the old halls where the St Elisabeth Gas Home is still operating as a hospital. The old buildings and hospitals, with a kitchen containing several azueles, have been cultivated since 1989. Some hospital rooms were converted into congress and holiday rooms and hotels. The complex is owned by the CPAS of the city of Antwerp. It's often seen on the Open Monuments Days. The chapel is accessible on appointment. The complex was renamed in Elzenveld, following the name given to the territory in 1207, when it was given to armenia care.
• Saint Julian's gas home: founded in 1305 by Ida van Wijneghem and canunnik Jan Tuclant. The St Julian's gas home provided shelter for poor foreigners transiting Antwerp for three nights and was the first night stay in the city. The St Julian's gas home is mainly known by the annual organization of the last evening dinner on White Thursday. The chapel and buildings are currently rented to the Black Panter art gallery. Since the summer of 2012, pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela have been able to stay here for free.
• St. Nicolaas Houis, also the current St. Nicolaas site: a small place in Antwerp surrounded by some old houses and a chapel, with in the middle a picture of the sacred Nicolas of Myra, the patron saint of the teenage people. This divinely was created in 1386 by the craftsmen of the peasants to accommodate impoverished members of their craft. The square serves as a cultural center in which various theater companies, including the Violieren, one of the ancient shipowner chambers of the city of Antwerp, have their own place.
• St. Annagodshuis in the Short Newsletter: founded in 1400 by Elisabeth, a widow of Jan Hays and Boudewijk de Riddere, as a place of residence for six poor old women. It is achieved by a long gait just next to the chapel and thus ends up on a long-acting indoor bull. The gown provides room for a restaurant.
• Saint Barbaragodshuis: was founded in 1489 by church master Nicolas Boot. Eight old needy women were housed under the commission of the groves and cellular brothers. In 1504, a chapel was built, and the whole complex was dedicated to the sacred Barbara in 1506. The God's house is part of the DamesSchool of Antwerp and is not always open to the public. It consists of a small inner bull with a few small white houses and a small haircut. The Dames School itself is made up of different parts from different centuries. Part of it is Du Bois Vroylade's old hotel from the 18th century, which includes a horse house. The school also owns a basement decorated with Delftse tiles. As a result, the school is often open on the Open Monumental Day and on the open door every year.

Commercial goods

In addition to the rich religious past, Antwerp also experienced a period of economic prosperity in the 16th century. The city was also one of the first ports to be served by the commercial vessels of the New World. The Antwerp Stock Exchange is also referred to as the mother of all fairs, since the construction plan of the Antwerp Stock Exchange was later replicated in Amsterdam, London and Lille.

Antwerp was an important commercial city in the north, where rich merchants, such as Fuggers from Augsburg and Gresham, the founder of the London Stock Exchange, resisted. It was also wanted to see the economy emitted into culture, which was shaped by triumph gears, which referred to the wealth of the city, and the construction of the bombastic town hall.

The following is a short list of marketable buildings:

• English Trade nation: In the middle of the 16th century, the City Council assigned the Court of Liere as a place of residence. It's an imposable building made up of three gardens. The buildings of the former city archive of Antwerp, in Venus Street, were also warehouses of the English Commercial National. After the fall of Antwerp, the Court of Liere was used as a college of the Jesuits, who also had an international presence in the Lange Brilstraat for Irish students at the college. The Van Liere Court is owned by the University of Antwerp.
• Portuguese Commerce, in Kipdorp: acts like the city's firemen.
• Trade fair in Borzestraat: was originally the "mother of all scholarships" and consists of an inner square with a sister mill shop around it. The Trade Fair has been burning through centuries, leaving the old tower alone. The new trade fair dates back to the 19th century and was also dominated in the same century; It's an example of old technology combined with modern technology. Many merchants established around the trade fair. For example, there are many merchant homes in the university neighborhood, where the Portuguese and English nations were also located. Certainly, St. Fransiscus is home in Lange Newsstand, which was inhabited in the 16th century by Gresham, the later founder of the London Stock Exchange.
• House de Draeck, in the Mutsaart street: formed an assembly with Rue Raapstraat 6. This house was a sugar refinery of the Italian merchant Giovanni Balbini.
• Former Royal Palace on the Meir.
• Old Stock Exchange: before the trade fair was set up outside the city walls, there was another stock exchange. The Old Stock Exchange lies between the Hofstraat, the Oude Beurs street, the Lange Koeportal street and the Zirkstraat. It's made up of several separate buildings that were originally interconnected through corridors. It's made up of a house called Den Rhyn, which consists of a small inner plaza with pagadderators. House Den Rhyn is in private hands. It was originally connected to the Silver Midway, where the entrance was to the Long Cow Street. The house of the silver shoe is not visible to the audience, as it is behind the gate. Finally, there is the house Den Wolsack, which is owned by Herita vzw. It is known in particular about the great ceiling paintings "The Gods of the Olympus Mountain".
• Meat store: was the former building of the Antwerp bone-growers and used to be a market for meat products. The meat house serves as a museum.
• Brewerhouse: was the house of the brewers and is located in the north of the city, on the Adriaan Brouwerstraat. It was the Brouwers' scream house and was kept in its original form as a museum.

Musea

• Urban museums
  • Hessenhuis
  • Letterhouse
  • Museum at the Stream (MAS)
  • Museum Fritz Mayer van den Bergh
  • Museum Meat House
  • Middle Museum (open-air museum with image park)
  • Museum Plantin-Moretus (with Urban Prentenkabinet)
  • Rubenshuis
  • Red Star Line Museum
• Museum foundation
  • Fotomuseum Antwerp
  • ModeMuseum Antwerp (MoMu)
  • DIVA
• Flemish Museum
  • Royal Museum of the Arts of Antwerp (KMSKA)
• Private museums
  • Eugene Van Mieghemmuseum
  • Virgin House
  • Museum of contemporary Art Antwerp (MUHKA)
  • Museum De Reede
  • Snapshots & Rockox House
  • Flemish Tram and Autobus Museum (VlaTAM)

Strings and plaques

• The Great Market, with the city hall, several gilded houses and the Brabofontein
• The Meir, a shop-walkway connecting the old city to the station
• The Cogels Osylei and other streets with art deco and jugenstility
• The Hendrik Conscienceplein
• The Green Square in the city center with a statue of P.P. Categories
• The Theater Square with a covered portion for Public Markets.
• De Van Wesenbekestraat, the center of the Chinese community in Antwerp
• The Sheep
• Marnix Square named after Marnix of St. Aldegonde with monument "Scheldt Free".

The Stone

Other buildings

• The Stone, a former ringwalburg
• Heritage library Hendrik Conscience, the preservation library of the city of Antwerp
• Central Station, the largest station in the city
• Antwerp court building, a court building located in the south of the city on the Bolivarian site
• Boerentors, the first skyscraper in continental Europe
• Zaha Hadid harbor
• Designcenter de Winkelhaak, winner of two Belgian Building Awards in 2003

Other attractions

• Extra City, center of contemporary art in Antwerp.
• Tankmonument
• Comics Station, Indoor amusement park

Exercise

The excavation industry in Antwerp is a very different business. There are many bars, such as the tourist heart around Green City and Great Market, but also in the South and Island, and in the Antwerp student neighborhood around Ossenkt and Urban. In the past, the dance and concert hall Apollon (later cinema Forum) played an important role in the cultural life of the Antwerp teachers.

As a port city, Antwerp has also always known a prostitution district near the port for the seamen.

Events

• The Sinksenfoor is an annual ceremony which took place on the muffled south docks until 2014 and has been held at the Park Track East since 2015. With more than 150 attractions, Sinksenfoor is one of Belgium's biggest cherries. The carnival gives its name to the Sinksen party, better known as Pinkastes - traditionally the first day of the foil, and is written for six weeks.
• The Antwerp Pride: Second weekend of August, with various parties and activities for the LGBT community.
• The Rubber Market: on 15 August each, with market crackers in 17th-century pairs as in P.P. Categories.
• The Christmas market: annually during the year-end period (after Sinterklaas until the beginning of January) at the Green City, the Glove Market, Sugar Rice, the Great Market and the Gone Square.
• Every summer, the Zomer of Antwerp is organized every summer, with theater, music and dance, circus and film.
• During the winter months, the Winter in Antwerp is being organized with a Christmas market, a skating runway, a fair and a wide range of cross-cutting activities.
• In Antwerp, several music festivals are held every year, including Laundry Day, Jazz Middle, Left woofer, Reverze, Twenty-Eighteen and the Summerfestival.
• Events are regularly organized at Antwerp Expo.

International elections

In 1993, as the 9th European City, Antwerp played the role of European Capital of Culture.

Music

Antwerp has a host of musicians among its (former) inhabitants, but many songs were also composed across the city itself. The most famous song about the city is undoubtedly the lights of the Scheldt of Bobbejaan Ships (1952). The number was covered by Louis Neefs (1966), Jacques Raymond (1983), Wannes Van de Velde & Hans De Booij (1992), Will Tura (1977 and 2007), Jo Vally (1996), Daan (200) 8) and Katastrobbery (2011). The Strangers also mentioned "The Skews" lights in their code Ansârpe (1975).

Other known songs about the city are Oh Dear Lady Tower of La Esterella (1953), Antwerp of Mad Curry (1970), I want this Night in the Straits of Wannes of the Velde (1973) and DenAntwerp becomes Kampiodowis and Stafke Fabri (1988). The following are also of particular importance: New light from the Antwerp Urbanism of Wannes Van de Velde (1967), Come Back to Antwerp of Jean Lou (1969), Antwerp, What Hedde Gij Still Misdan of Tony Bell (1974), I Liet my Hart in my Stafke Antwerp Fabri (1986), Antwerp on Saturday night of Ed Kooyman & Herman Van Haeren (1990), Antwerp of Della Bosiers (1993), Den Antwerpschen Omganck of 't Kliekske (1999), Antwerp and Tomorrow Mauro (2004), Adieu Antwerp of Kadril (2009), Antwerps Testament van Tourist LeMC (2010) and Antwerp by Eva De Roovere (2011).

In 2010, ATV regional TV station launched a call to write "the longest song of the city." The song had 23 poachs, with several well-known Antwerp teachers including Axl Peleman, Els De Schepper, Jelle Cleymans, Mira and Jenne Decleir working with them.

Antwerp also has a number of concert halls, such as the City of Strasbourg, the Bourlaschouwburg, the Flemish Opera, the Arenbergschouwburg and the Queen Elisabeth Room. Large pop performances are often held in the Sports Palace or in the Lotto Arena. These event halls are located in Merksem. In addition, there are other known pods: The Roma and Trix, both of whom are in Borgerhout.

Media

• ATV, the regional television channel in and around Antwerp,
• Gazet van Antwerpen, a Flemish national newspaper, from Antwerp, with regional editions including three urban seditions. However, the main focus is largely on the province of Antwerp and the Waasland.
• The city has several local radio stations, Radio Minerva is the most popular according to CIM measurements. Radio Central was set up in 1980 and is therefore the oldest channel operating under its original name. Another local station, for example, is CROOZE.fm.

Port

In 2018, the port of Antwerp processed 235.2 million tons of goods, making it the largest port in Europe and the 17th in the world after Rotterdam. In the same year, 11.1 million TEUs were spilled over. The port has an important position in Europe for treating steel, fruit, forestry products, coffee and tobacco. Every year around 14 600 seagoing and 57 000 inland waterway vessels arrive at the port. Antwerp also owns the second largest petrochemical complex in the world.

Antwerp is also part of the Economic Network AlbertKanal.

Diamant

The city is also at the heart of the global diamond industry, both in terms of trade and grinding.

Shop streets

Antwerp has several shopping streets and centers.

• De Meir is one of Belgium's largest shopping streets, where international chains are mainly based. This street runs from the Tenierstad to the Huidevet Street. And the road to the Congolese boat was also walking here.
• The Wild Sea is a shopping area near the Meir and the Huidevet Street. It's designed as a pedestrian area.
• The city hall, located on the Meir, is the city's latest shopping center. The hall dates back to 1908, but it almost completely burned in 2000. On 25 October 2007 the renovated building reopened its doors as a shopping center. There are some exclusive stores to be found, the first Tommy Hilfiger Tailor Made in the world. There are also a number of eating sites and a 'floating' champagne bar. In addition, the city hall now also has new access to the Hopland.

De Keyserlei

• De Keyserlei lies between the Meir and the Central Station. There are various restaurants, but there are also fast food chains and a Media Market. From the De Keyserlei, people have access to the UGC cinema complex.
• The Van Wesenbekestraat at Queen Astridplein and Central Station is the center of the Chinese community in Antwerp. There are many Chinese shops, supermarkets and restaurants.
• The Grand Bazar Shopping Center is the largest shopping center in the inner city. It's on the Green site. In the basement, one of Antwerp's biggest supermarkets is found.
• The main names are found in the Huidevet Street. Gucci and Louis Vuitton, among others, are based here.
• The monastery street is home mainly to broccants, with a wide range of antique paintings, old furniture and residential accessories, in various styles.
• The Wolstraat and the Lange Coastal Street are home to a large number of commercial businesses in broccants, old books and art objects.
• The Kammen street is a more alternative shopping street, particularly popular among young people. In addition to booklets, there are also markers. The street became known thanks to the Laundry Day street festival. There's also weekly jays running in different stores.
• Four out of six major Antwerp fashion designers, including Dries Van Noten, are based in the National Street. The Modemuseum is also located on this street.
• Major shopping streets outside the inner city are the Bredabaan in Merksem, the Herentalsebaan in Deurne and the Abdijstraat in the Kiel.

Markets

Some major weekly markets in Antwerp:

• The market in St John's Square, Wednesday and Friday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., is the largest weekly local market.
• the bird market, from 8:00 to 13:00 on Sunday at the Old Age;
• the exotic market, on Saturday 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. at the Elder's Seagoing Service;
• the farm market on Friday, 11.30 to 16.30 at the Desguinlei.

Other major markets:

• Monthly markets:
  • Beam market: the sale of products with bioquality labels on Falconplein, each first and third Sunday of the month, from 7.30 to 18.00.
  • Book Square: book market with musical performances at De Coninckplein, every third Sunday of the month from 10 to 17 hours, except during November, December, January and February.
• Antiques and broccanes:
  • Saturday antitrust market: every Saturday from 9 to 17 hours (not on public holidays) on the market in line.
  • Sunday antitrust market: from 9 to 17 hours on Sunday (including public holidays) at St. Jansvliet.
  • Lambermontmartre: art market at Leopold de Waelgebiet, from May to September, each Sunday between 12 and 17 hours. Several artists (painters, photographers, graphers, sculptors) are showing their work here in a Montmartre atmosphere around the fountain, accompanied by acoustic music.
  • The Friday market: Early and new items are being auctioned on Friday morning. Every Friday from 9 to 13 hours on the Friday market.

Road traffic

The R1, ring around Antwerp, near the Kennedy tunnel under the Scheldt

The R1 motorway forms the Ring around Antwerp and connects the A1/E19 (Breda), the A12 (Mountains on Zoom-Vlissingen), the A21/E34 (Turnhout-Eindhoven-Duisburg), the A13/E313 (Hasselt), the A1/E 19 (Mechelen-Brussels), A12 (Boom-Brussels), A14/E17 (Ghent-Kortrijk-Lille) and E34 (Zelzate-Knokke). The combination of major north-south connections (from Rotterdam, Amsterdam and other parts of the Netherlands to Antwerp, Brussels and Bergen and further to France) and major east-west connections (between Germany, especially Aachen and Cologne, on the one hand, and the Belgian coast, on the other) makes this Antwerp ring road one of the most advanced sections of the motorway in Western Europe with the necessary traffic chaos. The controversial East-West axis should improve this from 2025/2030.

The Lavens (France, Italy, the US, Britselei), which were built in the 19th century on the foundations of the 16th-century Spanish revolution, are the most important transport route "intra muros", i.e. within the old Brialmontomwalling on which the R1 is now situated. Other major roads are the Havenweg, the Nord Stream, the Bredaban, the Turnhoutseweg, the Mechelsesteenweg (also known as N1), the Boomsesteenweg and the Blancefloraan. Two major bypasses that are not motorways are the Singel and the R11.

Public transport

Antwerp-Central Station

Velo Antwerp at Astrid Square

Transport company De Lijn operates urban transport in Antwerp with buses and trams. Eight tram lines use the Antwerp suburban and Scheldt premetro, namely tram lines 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 15. There are also trams 4, 7, 11, 12, 24 and 70. Many regional buses have Franklin Roosevelt as their end point in Antwerp.

The main station in the Antwerp district is the Antwerp-Central, where, in addition to intercity trains and stop trains, the high-speed railway in Thalys also stands. Antwerp-Berchem Station is also an important hub. Since Monday 26 March 2007, the North-South link between Antwerp-Berchem and the former Dam station has been in service. This tunnel allows the trains of the west and south of the city to travel directly to the Netherlands and vice versa. The rail tunnel will double capacity to 100 000 passengers per day.

In addition, SNCB has within the municipal boundaries the stations Antwerp-Airball, North Docks, South, Honor, Saint-Mariaburg and Hoboken-Polder. Antwerp has direct rail links to Ghent and Kortrijk (line 59), Amsterdam-Rotterdam (line 12 or HSL4), Mechelen-Brussels-France (line 25 and 27), Puurs (line 52), Lier, Hasselt and Turnhout (line 15).

SNCB has also developed a suburban railway around the city with four lines: S1 (also part of the Western ExpressNet), S32 and S33 and S34.

The Antwerp-North Vorming Station in the harbor is the Benelux's largest marshaling yard and the second largest in Europe, after Maschen Rangierbahnhof near Hamburg. Other freight stations are Antwerp-Kiel and Antwerp-Schijngateway.

Antwerp is also served by the Dutch bus line 19 of Connexxion, which links the towns of Breda (North Brabant) and Hulst (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen) through the Antwerp Waasland tunnel. This bus stops at the halves of semi-wine (left bank) and north.

In June 2011, the Velo Antwerp bicycle part system was introduced. The user can quickly move through the city and choose a year, week or day card. By the end of 2017, there were 300 active stations and 3600 bicycles.

As of 1 July 2017, a ferry service on the Scheldt was taken from the right bank (Scheldeponton at the Stone) to the left bank. In addition, a waterbus serves the connection from the Scheldeponton to Kruibeke and Hemiksem. The waterbus in the other direction connects the Scheldeponton to the St Annastrand in the north of the left bank, Zwijdrecht, the Kallosluis, Fort Liefkenshoek and Fort Lillo.

Airport

In the area of Antwerp, the International Airport of Antwerp is located in the south of Deurne.

Maria picture on the corner of the highway and the flax market, a typical street image

Most religions and philosophies have a permanent seat and/or place of worship in Antwerp. Antwerp has been known for years for its tolerance of the diversity of religions and philosophies.

Christendom

Catholic Church

The Catholic Church has the largest number of believers in the Antwerp Christian community. Antwerp is the seat of the same-name diocese, whose main church is the Our Lady Cathedral. The city of Antwerp, together with the municipality of Stabroek, forms the blanket of Antwerp. The city has 70 parochies divided among 11 federations. In neighboring countries, Antwerp is also known as a Roman Catholic center (Jesuits).

The St. Pius X Priesbrotherhood has its priority in Heaven Street for goose Flanders.

Protestantism

Antwerp has five Protestant municipalities, which are part of the Unified Protestant Church in Belgium. The worship continues in the churches: Brabantse Olijfberg, Christus Commune, De Wijngaard and Antwerp-Linkeroever. In addition, the German-speaking parish church is DEGPA.

Evangelical municipalities

There are 10 Dutch-speaking evangelical municipalities in Antwerp. They are affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance of Flanders. Together with the Protestant municipalities, they are represented in the public administration as ARPEE.

Anglican Church

The Anglican Church has a parish in Antwerp and organizes religious services in St. Bonifacie. Antwerp is the headquarters of the archipelago of North-West Europe, comprising Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, which is part of the European Diocese of the Church of England.

Orthodox churches

In Antwerp, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has a parish which is responsible for Greek Orthodox and a parish of Russian tradition. There is also a parish of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Georgian Orthodox Orthodox Church. The religious worship in the Russian tradition continues in the St Joseph Church, the Church of the Greek Orthodox in the Church of the Mother-of-God Church and the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Church of the Nativity. The religious worship of the Georgian-Orthodox Church is taking place in St. Laurent's Church.

State marks and free churches

• Suomen Merimieskirkko (Finnish marine church)
• Norske Sjømannskirke (Norwegian zeemanskerk)
• Svenska Sjömanskyrkan (Swedish zeemanskerk)
• Assyrian Church of the East
• Baptist municipality
• Ethiopian Church
• Assembly of believers
• Miscellaneous pinkster municipalities

Other churches and movements

• Apostolian Old Catholic Church
• Armenian Church
• The Christian Community
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Katholiek Apostolische Church
• Church of Jesus Christ of the Holy See of the Last Days (Mormonen)
• New Apostolian Church
• Free-Catholic Church
• Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
• Seventh-day fans

Islam

Islam is highly represented in the Moroccan and Turkish communities, and, like Christianity, has different tendencies. 18.8% of the population of Antwerp is Muslim.

Judaism

Stolperstein for Anna Rutzki

Antwerp is hosting a large Jewish community, of which about 20,000 believers practice Orthodox Judaism. Many of them belong to the rigorous orthodox charedian direction. Antwerp is the largest center of Christian Jews in Europe after London. They are dressed accordingly and are therefore a striking feature in the Antwerp street image. Chassidian Jews are the majority of the Christian Jews. Major Christian movements based in Antwerp include Pshevorsk, Satmar, Belz, Bobov and Lubavitch. The Jewish community has two main synagogues in the city, namely the Machsike Hadass and Shomre Hadas. The Antwerp City Center is the only Belgian city surrounded by an eroev.

Buddhism

In Antwerp, the following currents are represented within Buddhism:

• Vajrayana
• Theravada
• Zen (Soto)
• Shin Buddhism (Jodo-Shinsho) /(Ch'an)
• Humanist Buddhism

There are two temples in the city, notably the Shin Buddhist Jikōji (Temple of the Light of Emulsification) and the Chinese Buddhist Fo Guang Shan temple.

Hinduism

• Hare Krishna movement
• Jiddu Krishnamurti
• Osho
• Sathya Sai Baba Organization
• Sarasvati
• Swaminarayan - B. A. P. S. Sanstha
• Premananda Center

Jainism

In Antwerp, there are about 400 families among his supporters. In Wilrich, in 2010, the largest jain temple in the world was inaugurated outside India. It is also the only jain temple in continental Europe.

Freedom

Organized acquittals work together in Antwerp under the Voluntary Antwerp umbrella with headquarters in Breugelstraat. Since 2008, this umbrella has brought together the former Humanist Alliance and the Parents' Association for Moral, the Sava Youth Association and the Grijze Geuzen Senate Group. As a recognized socio-cultural organization, Antwerp is a free-loving organization under the Humanist-Free Association. The Voluntary meeting center, or Karel Cuypershuis is in Lange Street.

Antwerp is the provincial capital of the province of Antwerp and the province of Antwerp is therefore located in Antwerp. In addition to the station Antwerp-Central, the Anna Alias building, which includes the Flemish Administrative Center (VAC) of the Flemish Government, is included.

Structure

The town of Antwerp is situated in the constituency of Antwerp, which is identical to the province of Antwerp, and is situated in the district of Antwerp and the constituency of Antwerp.

Antwerp		Supranational	National		Community	Region	State	Arrondissement	County District	Canton	Municipality	District
Administrative	Level	European Union	Belgium		Flanders		Antwerp	Antwerp			Antwerp	Antwerp, Berchem, Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo, Borgerhout, Deurne, Evert, Hoboken, Merksem and Wilrich.
	Governance	European Commission	Belgian Government		Flemish Government		Deputation				Municipal Government	District College
	Council	European Parliament	Chamber of Representatives	Flemish Parliament			County Council				Municipal Council	County Council
Choose Description		Dutch KiesCollege	Kieskring Antwerp					Antwerp	Antwerp	Antwerp	Antwerp	Antwerp, Berchem, Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo, Borgerhout, Deurne, Evert, Hoboken, Merksem and Wilrich.
Election		European	Federal		Flemish		Provincial Executive				Municipal	County Council

Former Mayors

In the first years of Belgian independence, Antwerp had Catholic-unionist mayors. From 1848 to 1921, the mayors were liberals (except for the Meeting Intermezzo between 1863 and 1872). Between 1921 and 1932, the city had a Catholic mayor, with French Van Cauwelaert. The city's nominated mayors are all socialist from 1932 to 2012: Camille Huysmans, Lode Craeybeckx, Frans Detiège and Mathilde Schroyens, and after the merger Bob Cools, Leona Detiège and Patrick Janssens. From 2013, this will be the Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever.

2019-2024

The outgoing majority (N-VA, CD&V and Open Vld) only holds a majority of one seat, thus seeking a different coalition. This became N-VA, sp. a and Open Field: a majority of 31 out of 55 seats.

The 14 October 2018 elections gave the following distribution of seats in the municipal council:

• N-VA: 23 seats (Bart De Wever, Annick De Ridder, Nabilla Ait Daoud, Koen Kennis, Fons Duchateau, Johan Klaps, Kristel Somers, Franky Loveniers, Danielle Meirsman, Sevilay Altintas, Koen Laenens, Martine Vrints, Sanne Descamps, Patrick Van den Abbeele, Nathalie Van Baren, Els Van Doesburg, Kevin Vereecken, André Gantman, Mark Tijsmans, Peter Wouters, Manuela Van Werd, Ludo Van Campenhout and Liesbeth Homans)
• Green: 11 seats (Wouter Van Besien, Ikrame Kastit, Yasmia Setta, Imade Annouri, Karen Maes, Ilse Van Bolderen, Freya Piryns and the successors Joris Giebens, Koen De Vylder, Nordine Saidi Mazarou and Omar Fathi, who are Marij Preneel, Mieke Vogels, Bart Staes, yrem Almaci and Joke Laukens))
• sp.a. 6 seats (Jinnih Beels, Tom Meeuws, Güler Turan, Karim Bachar, Hicham El Mzairh and Yasmine Kherbache)
• Vlaams Belang: 6 seats (Filip Dewinter, Anke Van dermeersch, Sam Van Rooy, Peggy Pooters, Jan Penris and Gerolf Annemans)
• PVDA: 4 seats (Peter Mertens, Mie Branders, Mohamed Chebaa Amimou and Khadija Chennouf)
• CD&V: 3 seats (Caroline Bastiaens, Nahima Lanjri and Sam Voeten (succeeds Kris Peeters))
• Open Field: 2 seats (Philippe De Backer and Claude Marinower)

College of ships

The creatures shall be numbered in order of their election. This is done at the first municipal council of the new municipal council). The mayor is presented to the provincial governor by a majority of future municipal councilors (including a signature list) in advance of the month and (after a thorough review of possible objections) appointed by the Flemish Government and taken the oath by the governor. For the second term of Bart De Wever, the swearing-in was on 4 January 2019 and the first municipal council was on 7 January 2019.

Election results since 1976

The following table shows the results of the Antwerp municipal elections since 1976, The elections will take place every six years on the second Sunday in October. The 1976 elections are only about the two districts of Antwerp and Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo taken together. In Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Honor, Hoboken, Merksem and Wilrich, separate local council elections were held at that time. They would not merge with Antwerp until 1983.

The red numbers next to the data indicate the names under which the parties were present in each election.
The seats of the formed coalition are bold. The largest batch is in color.

The figures in bold form the negotiated majority of the administration. From 2013 to 2018, a coalition of N-VA, CD&V and Open Vld together accounted for 30 out of 55 seats.

The next municipal council will be elected six years later, on 13 October 2024.

The city of Antwerp consists of 12 court cantons each setting up a peace court. Each canton is made up of a section of the town of Antwerp, some of which are supplemented by peripheral municipalities. They are part of the judicial arrondissement of Antwerp and the judicial area of Antwerp.

Antwerp	Supranational	National				Judicial area	State	Arrondissement		Canton
Area	European Union	Belgium				Antwerp	Antwerp	Antwerp		Antwerp 1-12
Social law	Court of Justice	Court of Cassation				Cour du travail		Tribunal de travail
Commercial law						Court of Appeal		Commercial Court		Peace court
Civil law								Court of First Instance		Peace Court/Police Court
Criminal justice						Court of Appeal	Assembly

Higher education

The University of Antwerp (UA) is an association with the Higher Maritime School of Antwerp, Artesis Plantijn, Antwerp and Karel de Great College. Antwerp Management School is an autonomous part of the UAndrafts located in Antwerp. The Catholic University of Leuven has two departments in the center of the city: Campus Carolus and Campus St. Andries. The University of Education Thomas More also has a campus in the city.

A Faculty for Comparative Religious Sciences is also based in Wilrich, which studies the various religions and philosophies at university level on the basis of total tolerance.

Clubs

Several Antwerp clubs have played an important role in Belgian football in the past. Royal Antwerp FC is the country's oldest football club, became four landskamphips and is now playing in First Class A. Another successful club was Beershot VAC, which became the champion seven times and ceased to exist in 1999. The club's identity was first integrated into Germinal Eker (which then first joined as Germinal Beershot Antwerp and later as Beershot AC in First Class), and after the collapse of that club in May 2013 also in first-provincial KFCO Wilijk, which changed its name to KFCO Beershot Wilijk. Berchem Sport became a viceccenton three times, but fell to the lower national series. Tubantia Borgerhout also has a long history in national football, and was once in the top department. Other Antwerp clubs in the national series were KRC Borgerhout, KSK Hoboken, Merksem SC, Maccabi Antwerp and Saint-Ignatius SC Antwerp.

In the corfbal, almost all the clubs from the top department of Antwerp are descended: Scaldis, Riviera, Mercury, Borgerhout/green-white, Boeckenberg, Mons KV and Shelicopi. Catbavrienden, AKC, ATBS and Minerva also brought the landmark to their home town in the past. Six times the Europe Cup was won by a team from Antwerp. Riviera brought the trophy home in 1977, AKC did it to them in '86 and Shelicopi in '91. Catbans managed it three times ('92, '97 and '98') and are thus to date the most successful Belgian club in the European corfbal.

In the case of football, there is one Antwerp team in the top department: Chase Antwerp. In basketball, Antwerp has the Port of Antwerp Giants, St. Jan AB, Gembo BBC and Soba Antwerp, in the Sasja (men) handball and DHW Antwerp HC (women), in the volleyball Topvolley Antwerp, in the field hockey Royal Antwerp HC, in baseball Royal Antwerp Eagles, Royal Greys, Hoboken Pioneers, Borgerhout Grains, K. Deurne Spartans and Berendrecht Bears, and finally in the water polo Antwerpse Waterpolo.

There are also the judoclubs Top Judo Antwerp, Antwerp Judo United and Judoclub Berendrecht, athletics clubs Olse Merksem, Beershot Atletics and New Brabo Atletics, triatlonclub ATRIAC and the bathing club Brabo Swim.

Finally, Antwerp also has thaiboksers who are among the world's top champions with World Cup champions such as Werner Konings, Daniëlla Somers, Xavier Fraeyman, Jan Van Denderen, Murat Direcki and Luc Kempeneers.

Events

Antwerp was the host city for the 1920 Summer Olympics. They took place on the grounds of the current Beeershot. The name of the team's stadium, Olympic Stadium, refers to this.

Antwerp was at the Bosuilstadium of Royal Antwerp FC playground at the 1972 European Football Championship.

The former thriving cycling life has become a little bit lost since the Sports Palace (with cycling piste) became more of an event hall. By organizing the Belgian championship on 25 June 2006, the city hopes to revitalize that cycle tradition. In the field, since 2006, the Scheldecross has also been organized annually on the bank of left.

The tennis flourishes with the Proximus Diamond Games, a Tier-2 WTA tournament that continues annually in the Sports Palace and is the world's largest single-entry female nistology. The trophy is a diamond tennis racket. In order to take it home, a playwright has to win the tournament three times in a five-year period. For the time being, only Amélie Mauresmo has been able to win this prize by winning the tournament three times in such a period. Venus Williams was playing her chance to win the racket for the time being, after winning the tournament twice in a five-year period.

In addition, the IronMan 70.3 Antwerp, Antwerp 10 Miles, Marathon of Antwerp and the style dance competition Antwerp Stars Cup are organized every year.

Various

In the municipality, the Indo-orskipist Aspen is located in Wilrich.

Antwerp has sister links to the following cities:

• Fes, Morocco since 2000
• Barcelona, Spain since 1997
• Haifa, Israel since 1995
• Cape Town, South Africa, since 1996
• Los Angeles, since 1987
• Ludwigshafen, Germany, since 1998
• Marseille, France since 1958
• Mulhouse, France since 1954
• Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 1940
• St. Petersburg, Russia since 1958
• Shanghai, China since 1984

Antwerp from the Left

	District of Antwerp
Antwerp ・ Berchem ・ Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo ・ Borgerhout ・ Deurne ・ Honor ・ Hoboken ・ Merksem ・ Wilrich City of Antwerp ・ Arrondissement of Antwerp ・ Provincie Antwerp ・ Flanders

	Municipalities in the province of Antwerp
Aartselaar ・ Antwerp ・ Arendonk ・ Baarle-Hertog ・ Balen ・ Beerse ・ Berlaar ・ Boechout ・ Bonus ・ Boom ・ Bornem ・ Bornem ・ Bresbeek ・ Bale ・ Dessel ・ Duffel ・ Edegem ・ Essen ・ Yellow ・ Grobbendonk ・ Heist-on-den-Berg ・ Hemicsem ・ Herentals ・ Herenthout ・ Herselt ・ Highstreets ・ Hove ・ Hulshout ・ Kalmthout ・ Kapellen ・ Kasterlee ・ Kontich ・ Laakdal ・ Lier ・ Lille ・ Lint ・ Malle ・ Mechel ・ Meerhout ・ Merksplas ・ Mol ・ Mortsel ・ Niel ・ Nile ・ Olen ・ Old Turnhout ・ Putte ・ Putte Hourly-St. Amands ・ Ranst ・ Ravels ・ Rise ・ Rice ・ Rumst ・ Schelle ・ Shots ・ St. Katal-Waver ・ Stabroek ・ Turnhout ・ Vorselaar ・ Sistaar ・ Westerlo ・ Wine ・ Willebroek ・ Wommelgem ・ Womelgem ・ Wustle ・ Zandhoven ・ Zoersaar ・ Right to wine Belgium: Provinces ・ Municipalities