History

Antwerp is a very old city. There are excavations dating back to Gallo-Roman times. The name probably comes from the work where the curve in the Scheldt is referred to where the sand was thrown. There's also a funny anecdote associated with this name, the name Antwerp would come from "hand throw." The Roman soldier Silvius Brabo was said to have cut Druoon Antigoon's hand off the giant because it asked for too much. The great market in Antwerp has created Brabo's statue, which throws away the giant's hand. You can still see the hand in the Antwerp flag.

In the 16th century, Antwerp was one of the most important financial centers in the world where traders from all over Europe and Asia traded goods. After the Spanish siege of Antwerp in 1585, Amsterdam took over this role. Since the 19th century, and especially the 20th century, Antwerp has been making an economic comeback. New docks were dug up north of the city. The Northern expansion continues to this day. In the past, the ships were unloaded and loaded at the yards around the Stone. The port has left the city around 1968 and all activity is now in container terminals. The 2000 digging of the Deurganckdok, which even the village of Target had to disappear, is one such example. This dock is as close as possible to the mouth of the Scheldt to speed up the loading and unloading of the ships. No more annoying and dangerous journey on the Scheldt to the city. In the years 1956 to 1976, the largest extension of the port to the Dutch border was achieved by, among other things, the construction of the sand-fly lock, which allowed ships to receive up to 125000 tons. By shifting the area of work, certain port environments, such as the Island, were lost. Lifting and shrinking all over the place until these hangars, streets and plains were rediscovered by building promoters, who rebuilt and renovated the area. The MAS (museum at the power) is a catalyst for these changes.

The characteristics of Antwerp are the many images of the Maria-facades. Mary is usually accompanied by Jesus, as a child or understood. There are still 164 images, but once it was twice as many. These sometimes crowded images are usually made of stone, sometimes painted and usually well maintained. They're on the first floor of a bed in varnishes or on the corner of two streets under a balloon line. A globe, a snake, clouds or gold rays are attributes that are never far away. [2] and [3]

Antwerp was placed in the top 10 cities to be visited by the travel guide publisher Lonely Planet, and not insignificant, proclaimed in 2009 by ECA international as the best city to live in Copenhagen worldwide.

Due to the many rulings that have taken place in Antwerp in the past, including those of Spanish, Portuguese, Austrian and French, the Antwerp dialect is a mixture of words that have continued to stick out of foreign languages. In order to get an idea of words, but also of the verdict, it is best to consult the Antwerp dictionary [4].

Traditions

• ZWARDANS, the Lange Wapper People's dance group feeds the sworddance at the main entrance to the cathedral at semestrial. (Glove Market) This dance is a reconstruction of a 15th-century dance that was boosted in Flemish villages and cities. The musical guidance consists of drums, violins and bagpipes.

• Bold Os, in the Great Market the weighting of the heaviest cattle is carried out in March. Different fatteners have things with their exceptional animals at the main price. The organization is owned by the Royal Society Saint Jan, which was established in 1838. This is a tradition that has existed for more than 150 years. Usually, the Antwerp giants are taken out of the closet to break things up.

• GilDefest Finden's weekend for August 15th.

Orientation

The entire area of Antwerp is divided into 52 districts. The Antwerp district has about 183 000 inhabitants and is divided into 22 districts:

• Eilandje, The newest "hippe neighborhood" where well-off people who previously sought refuge in the "South" (under construction) live. The sailor and the skippers are here to do their maritime shopping. Willemdok, Bonapartedok and the dry dock are in this neighborhood. At the Mexican Bridge, it starts in the direction north of the port area. Around the above-mentioned docks, some images have been produced by the artist Carla Kamphuis-Meijer. They are all characters from paintings and drawings by Eugen Van Mieghem who lived in Montevideo Street and portrayed port life. Thousands of emigrants left from here between 1870 and 1920 with the Red Star Line for happiness in America. The revamped marina with about 250 more places, has taken a beautiful place here, and old warehouses where tobacco and cotton were stacked have now been tapped as homes. The City Archive is now located in St. Felix warehouse. The London Bridge was launched in 1869, this old bridge lies over the Connecting Dock connecting the Cathedral to the Willemdok. The Kot, where doctors are recruited, is in Cadixstraat. There are also some very good restaurants, dinners and many terraces around the docks. A hiking brochure called The Island is available from the tourist service in the Great Market 13. In 2009 a new park was opened in Antwerp North, Park Track North.
• Urban Park, Multicultural Neighborhood, where many nationalities live side by side. Nice city park, Russian Orthodox church, lots of ultra-orthodox Jews. Here you can find, among other things, a lot of gold dealers and diamonds, as well as Jewish bakers and the famous tradesman "Hoffy's", as well as the heavily guarded closed street with its diamond exchange and many international banks. The Urban Park itself is a triangular park located on the Rubenslei to a 1869 design by architect Friedrich Eduard Keilig. The park has an iron suspension bridge and a rock party, is 140 years old, and no significant changes have been made in all these years. There's a modest skate park, a playground, a discotheque and a lot of grass fields that are freely accessible. In 1279, five women were elected to this site and sent by the Bishop of Utrecht to Antwerp to form a monastery. In 1542, the monastery burned down. The fort Herentals was built in 1818 at the site of the city park now, but it was cleared in 1859. The city of Antwerp purchased it for 12 million Belgian francs.
• Zurenborg A lot of artists and intellectuals found shelter here. The Dawn, the eastern square of Antwerp and therefore called Dawn is the center of this neighborhood. Here are many cafes, and it's pleasant at night. Very important is the Cogels Osylei with houses in the late 19th century. Who was rich then lived there. Art nouveau, romance, neoclassicism and neogotics, you'll find it all. Around the mid-19th century, this area was still one of carnation traces and pastures with difficult water drainage, which acidified the wetlands. Hence the name Zurenborg. Unfortunately, the district is cut into two by the railway line towards the Netherlands. In the west of the railway line, the dwellings are less extravagant.
• Harmony a rather green neighborhood outside the slate with many men's houses from the previous century and parks (Harmonie, Albertpark and Park d'Hertoghe) The district lies on the Mechsteenweg and Harmonie (Ingust Hospital), Brederodewijk and Britselei on the old Justitis Palace.
• Kiel This neighborhood consists mainly of social housing. The main streets are the St Bernard's stone road that was just rebuilt and the Abdijstraat to shop there.
• Left bank, a relatively recent neighborhood with a lot of diversity. Easily accessible on foot through the Saint-Anna pedestrian tunnel, or in minutes by pre-metro. Around the F. Eedenplein is a villager, even though it's near the city center. You have beautiful outlines on the skyline of Antwerp, which are the cathedral and the farm tower. In the North, there is the St Anna beach (also called the site by local residents). The beach on the coast of the Scheldt is quite wide and has a number of hospitality cases and an open-air swimming pool, open during the summer months. However, swimming in the Scheldt is strictly forbidden. Right behind St. Anna's beach is called "the Chicago of the North" because of the many gray flats in Ceauşescu-style. You can walk in St. Annabos.
• Airball-Rozemaai-Schoonbroek
• St. Andries, a popular neighborhood with many restaurants. And it's not by chance that you find here the statue of Mother Netje, the chief figure in the novel "Mother Why are We Life" by Lode Zielens. The social abuses were devastating here. The Antwerp penals called this neighborhood the parish of misery. There used to be many alleys in this neighborhood. The horse gate is the only one that survived the major clean-up of 1869. A pump and three common toilets were the only sanitary for the entire alley.
• Stuivenberg The 1861 employment homes in this district are among the first housing units in Antwerp. Now there's a mix of many nationalities and cultures. It is above all living outside. It's here that the Stuivenberg Hospital can be found. In 1885, this hospital, with its eight large round rooms and its many windows and gardens, had an example. The Veldstraat swimming pool has been renovated recently, and you can also find a hamam and Turkish steam bath.
• Exhibition district - remnant of the World Exhibition in Antwerp in 1930.
• The South - built on the edge of/on a former dock of the port of Antwerp. Many trendy horecacases, the most important museum for fine art, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA, currently closed for renovation), the Museum of contemporary Art Antwerp MUHKA and the photography museum FOMU. After the demolition of the city hall, the South emerged in the 19th century. The hated Duke of Alva had allowed the insurgent Antwerp to build the Citadel in Spain on the grounds from the new judicial palace to the muffled southerdox and Kronenburgstraat. Later, during Belgium's struggle for independence in 1830, the Dutch stood for the longest. It was only in 1872 that the fortress broke down, and instead the broad countries and streets that, together with the static men's houses, now give the South their special character. Until 1940, the South was the fancy neighborhood, and then the neighborhood lost. It was only after 1970 that the neighborhood was revalued and thoroughly renovated. In the bolivaro, you find the new judicial palace with an impressive futuristic architecture.
• Skipper Quartet, notorious neighborhood with a lot of prostitution in the 1980s and 1990s, is now in some sort of recovery. Prostitution has now been reduced to three streets, including the large brothel complex Villa Tinto.
• Athenium neighborhood The city council had hoped that the arrival of the Permeke library would upgrade the neighborhood of De Coninckplein, but this is slow. Self-employed people complain about shoplifting and small crime. The Wesenbeekstraat is the Antwerp "chinatown," and you can find Chinese restaurants and shops. A pagoda port and two lion statues are located on the side of the Central Station.
• Wide-ode A crowded popular neighborhood where a lot happens on the streets. There's a mix of Belgian and Turkish shops, bars and restaurants.

By airplane

• Brussels Airport, IATA: BRU, ICAO EBBR, [5] is the nearest large airport. Every hour there is a direct bus from Brussels Airlines from the airport to the Central Station in Antwerp (De Keyserlei) with a stop at Hotel Crowne Plaza. The cost is €10. There is also a direct rail link between Brussels Airport and Antwerp Central, see for more information [6].

• Antwerp airport, ANR, [7]. Few airlines use this airport for passenger transport. CityJet [8] is flying on Antwerp from London City Airport, Manchester and, via London City, to Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh and Jersey. There are several buses per hour to Antwerp center, and there is also a tram connection (nearest 1.2 km).

• Eindhoven Airport, Ryanair

• Charleroi Airport, [9], Ryanair

• Maastricht, [10]

• Schiphol, a major airport for international connections in the Netherlands.

By train

Antwerp Central Station Inside

There are good rail links to Brussels airport (Brussels-National Airport). The Benelux train (Amsterdam-Brussels) stops in Antwerp-Central. The Thalys also stops in Antwerp-Central.

The main stations are

• Antwerp Central, ideal point of departure for tourism
• Antwerp Berchem

Less important:

• Antwerp Zuid
• Antwerp East
• Antwerp Dam
• Antwerp North Docks
• Antwerp Airball

To plan your trip, you can consult the SNCB website [11].

Per bus

The Van Stralenstraat has a Eurolines agency [12]. From there you can easily switch to local public transport, the bus station for both urban and local transport is near.

By car

For a number of years, the city authorities have been doing everything they can to eliminate the car or at least discourage car traffic. The parking meters have been in the city and the traffic jams in Antwerp are legendary. However, there are large Park & Ride's (free) at all the city's edges, always near a commonly operated bus or tram stop. These are also indicated on signs at the access roads. More Capabilities:[13] and [14]

By public transport

The Line [15] has a dense network of buses, trams and pre-metro in the city and the wider environment. You can buy tickets of €15 for 10 journeys at fixed points in the city (Line Stores), in newspaper stores, or at De Line vending machines. On the pre-metro lines, it is not permitted to buy a ticket on the vehicle - this should be done at the vending machines on each platform. It is also much more advantageous not to buy a ticket on the vehicle.

Prices change according to the number of zones (based on distance). It is only for journeys of about 10 kilometers (the areas are indicated on cards at the stop) that it is necessary to buy a ticket for three areas or more. The central hub for the line is the Franklin Roosevelt site near the central station.

Tens of tram lines and five pre-metro lines (underground tram) cross the city as well.

By taxi and cars

Taxis are quite expensive compared to some other countries. They don't drive around looking for customers, but wait in specific places, like at the Green City or the Central Station. You can try to get a hand to a taxi, but usually they're already on the way somewhere. These waiting areas are marked as a test in a few places with an orange TAXI mark. Prices are fixed on the taximeter, but differ according to the hour of the day (or night).

There are few free parking spaces in Antwerp, you cannot park on the Meir, but this is often done because the police have allowed it for a long time. On the Meir there is a lot of vehicle burglary, and the police recently started to turn off vehicles that have been falsely parked. You're NEVER allowed to park on the Meir. From 19 to 11 hours, you can drive it. Free parking on the Left Bank; the center is quickly and easily accessible through a pedestrian tunnel under the Scheldt or with the pre-metro driving in a tunnel under the sheldt. You'll also notice that the large underground car parks are signposted, often with the number of free places. You can easily park on the shelf-planes as well. The parks on the North and South terrace are paying, but if you go a little further, beyond the bus parking lot, you can park completely free, as long as you want. The car park at the National Bank with the passage through the tunnels on the Britselei and Maria Henri Ttalei has just been opened. The historic Spanish revolution has been partly preserved in the car park.

Anyone coming to Antwerp via the E17 can easily lose their car at Melsele's P+R. There are arrows on the car streets. The car park immediately connects to tram line 3. Within 10 minutes, you're in the center. Such Park & Ride's are provided at all Antwerp edges, always with a good connection to public transport.

By bicycle

Station de Steen van Velo Antwerp

There's a lot of bike lanes in the city, and most one-way streets are two-way for bicycles. You can also find a lot of street furniture that was specifically made to attach bicycles to.

You can rent bicycles on various addresses such as:

• League bicycle.
• The Windroos.
• Bicycle doctor, Difference Street.
• The Fietshaven, in parking under Central Station.
• The Freewheeler, Steenplein.

• Bicycle points (guarded bicycle stalling), Below Astrid Square (near the Central Station). yellow bicycles can also be rented and even minor repairs can be carried out. This is, of course, good for the day-people who use the Antwerp train and want to explore the city by bicycle.

• Velo. Since 2011, you can explore Antwerp on one of a thousand red city bicycles: The Velo's. Wherever you're in the inner city, there's always a Velo station at up to 400 meters of walk distance. The Velo is intended for short journeys. reserving a Velobicycle is the easiest way to do it at www.velo-antwerpen.be. For bicycle trips of half or a whole day, you'd better go to another bicycle landlord.

Cap

Try, Antwerp is relatively small and most destinations can reach within half an hour. Throughout the city, there are many things that are worth it. You get a city plan at the various info points like the Central Station.

For only €28.00, the Antwerp City Card provides access to the permanent collection and exhibitions of the Antwerp museums and the monumental churches for 48 hours. You also get 25 percent discount on attractions, sightseeing and bicycle rental. In the accompanying guide, you can find vouchers that give you a variety of advantages on typical Belgian and Antwerp products such as diamonds, chocolate and fries. For sale at Antwerp Tourism & Congress, via their website and at the tourist facilities in the Great Market and Central Station. [16]

Center

Rubenshuis

•   Rubenshuis , Wapper 9-11, ☎+32 3 201 1555. di-zo 10:00-17:00, last access at 16:30. Closed on 1 January, 1 May, Ascension Day, 1 November and 25 December. But open on Easter Monday and Pinkster Monday. Peter Paul Rubens's house (1577-1640) is now a museum of his life and work. In his time, he bought it for 7,600 guilders. The house we can now visit is not the house we used to visit. Parts were broken down and others built up. Only in 1937 did the city of Antwerp manage to acquire the Rubenshuis and start the necessary repairs. Old pictures of 17th-century town hall buildings served as a basis for the construction of the garden as we know it today. In order to reconstruct the pavilion at the end of the garden, a Rubens painting was done showing himself, his wife Helena and his son Nicolas. That painting hangs in Munich's Pinakotheek. Rubens were one of the most important painters, but also diplomat in northern Europe during the baroque period. The term Rubensian is still used to refer to women of lush forms. An audio guide is available and recommended.
•   Plantin Moretus Museum Friday 22-23, ☎+32 3 221 1450. di-zo 10:00-17:00. Closed on 1 January, 1 May, Ascension Day, 1 November and 25 December. But open on Easter Monday and Pinkster Monday. The house of the 16th century bookbinder and printer Christoffel Plantijn (1520-1589). The Museum Plantin-Moretus has an extraordinary collection of typographic material, including the two oldest printing presses in the world and complete sets of stamps and matrices, a wonderful library, a rich interior and the entire archive of the Plantiinian company. Captured UNESCO World Heritage. Christoffel Plantin was born in St Avertin at Tours in the south of France and worked as a schoolboy at Caen before coming to Antwerp to become a printer.
•   Antwerpse Zoo , Queen Astridplein 20-26, ☎ 32 3 202 4540. all days of open seasonal closing hours. The Antwerp Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the world (1843) with over 5,000 animals and many 19th-century architecture and design. The Egyptian temple and the Antilopenhouse are particularly important. There are also some very beautiful images in the garden. At the top of the entrance to the left is the 1899 Josué Dupon camel's engine of bronze. The birds of prey are the Jagende Arend of Michael Bracke from 2005. Michael Bracke is also a zoo animal attendant. A beautiful image from limestone has also been attacked by two jaguars by Joseph Geefs from 1869. Also, the 1612 Zitende Ever from Pietro Tacca and the Christophe Annys's Nile Horse Family of the garden. In the years to come, ZOO Antwerp will have a fundamental metamorphosis. Steady action is being taken against different parts of the garden. It's built at an authentic home for the animals, but also at an exotic garden with increased comfort for the visitor. The whole metamorphosis is carried out in different stages over a period of as many as 10 years.

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•   Our Lady Cathedral, Green Room 21, ☎+32 3 213 9951. Monday-Friday 10:00 - 17:00, Saturday 10:00 - 15:00, sun and public holidays 13:00 - 16:00.. Our Lady Cathedral (1352-1521) is the largest Gothic church in the Netherlands, and houses some of Rubens' famous paintings. It also contains the oldest zero meridian in the world, put by Mercator there. Later, it moved to Paris for political reasons, and later to Greenwich.
  The sermon was sculpted by Michiel Van der Voort in 1713 and was initially in the Church of St Bernard's Abbey in Hemiksem. The church factory bought the serpent chair in 1803, and since 1804 it's been in the cathedral. The three women's figures present Asia, Europe and Africa. The image of Europe is skeptical as a sign of its supremacy over the other continents.
  Go climb the tower. Eight euros, good footwear and some condition, there is no need for more. Every Wednesday from April to September at 10 and 13.30 for groups up to 15 people. Reservations are provided by Prospekta vzw, Great Market 13, at the tourist service. Tel: 03 203 95 85 Those who fear heights prefer not to start. It pays more than the trouble. In clear weather, you can see the Atomium in Brussels.

Peter Pauwel Rubens's stand on Green

•   Green place, Green place. Green, countless restaurants and bistro, whether or not with a terrace, are located around the Rubens statue. There is a small flower market on Saturday and Sunday and there are numerous events in the summer. The Hilton Hotel found shelter in the old buildings of the Grand Bazar. Go to the covered terrace of the aforementioned hotel, stand next to the seating benches and the trash bin and watch Rubens. You'll find out his secret right away.
•   Glove market, Glove market. On the Glove market, on the right hand side of the Cathedral, there is a black cube serving Nello and Patrasche. They were the protagonists in A hound of Flanders, a 1872 book by Marie-Louise de la Ramée. The book tells the story of the Orphaned boy Nello, who is sweetened with the paintings of Rubens hanging in the cathedral, and his dog Patrasche, who went from Hoboken to the city every day to sell milk. It's a sentimental story that ends dramatically with the death of Nello before the painting, the cross-section of Rubens. The book is particularly popular and mandatory school literature in Japan. Until about 10 years ago, the Antwerp teachers did not know what was at stake when Japanese tourists asked for explanations about A hound or Flanders, because in Flanders the book had never appeared.
  
  The Glove market was the cemetery of the cathedral before the 16th century. It then became a market place for glove and fur sellers. The water well with forged iron would have been forged by the painter/smid Quinten Matsys. The legend says that he would have used only a hammer and an iron pond to create the artwork.
• the Five Monumentale Churches of Antwerp
  • The great Gothic O.-L. Women's Cathedral with the effervescent "Rubensen"
  • The hidden St. Andria church with the popular preacher.
  • the confident baroque St. Carolus Borromeus Church with Rubens’ signature
  • the famous St. Jacobskerk with a plethora of marmers
  • the (fantasy) rich St. Paulus church with unprecedented art treasures

Antwerp Great Market Panorama

Brabo on the Great Market

•   The Great Market, Great Market. The Great Market, beautiful square with the 1564 town hall (renaissance) and the gilden houses (16th and 17th centuries). In 1970, when a plaster was removed, it was discovered that the building of the city hall was made up of brown marble. The marble was fully restored with brown marble powder. If you stand in front of the city hall, you can see on the right, almost on the corner behind a glass plate, what it used to be like.
  The guilds were a bit the trade unions of a particular craft. They each had their screaming house that emitted the richness and power of the gild. The Brabofontein, Jef Lambeaux (1887) and the freedom tree are also on the Great Market. The image of Saint Joris in the facade of the Grand Markt 7 home is by Jef Lambeaux.
• Old Gilde and Crafts:
  • Gilderoom Street 3. Former "Valckenborch." At the time, the room of the old hand-arch St Sebastiaan. The first mention of this building dates back to 1350. Most likely, the building had a wooden facade. During the Spanish fury of 1576, it was hit by fire. It was rebuilt in 1616 and the front was completely rebuilt in 1952/55.
  • Gilderoom Street 4. Former home "the league" but in the popular mouth called "the four winds." This house dates back to 1309. It was also destroyed by fire at the Spanish fury in 1576. Rebuilt by Metser Zanders Yenens in 1576. This house is seen as an example of Antwerp's renaissance style. A lower facade is inspired by the Brabants-gotic skeleton. Two life-wide images of women, one with a rudder, the other with an anchor, celebrate the wing consoles. The building was restored in 1952/55.
  • Rue of Gilderoom 6. Former 'the halffman' house from 1375. At the time, it was the room of the young pearl or coal-pearl. A typical example of indigenous renaissance style. The top of the facade is particularly tasty, partly by using S-shapes and curls. The facade was carefully repaired in 1952/55.
  • Large Market 5. Former home "de Mouwe" also called "the Gulde Mouwe" or the Cuypershuys. At the time (1427) room of the barrel manure. Devoked at the Spanish Furie and rebuilt on December 19, 1577. The Preface was outsourced to the stonemaker Gilles Woutier.Watch the lion masks at the start of the facade. In 1906 the facade was restored to urban costs under the leadership of architect L. Blomme.
  • Large Market 9. Former House "den Spieghel" or "den Grooten Spiegele"
  • Large Market 11. Former home "den Arent" or den Grand Arent" also called "den Swerten Arend." At the time, the main dam of the Meersen or Meerseniers. In the Middle Ages, several seniors had a monopoly on the retail sale of consumer goods. The first entries in this House date from 1387. Brabants-late-gotic building. Because the house survived the Spanish Furie without damage, in 1577, a seated Maria picture was placed in the front panel. In 1906 the building was completely rebuilt by the Firma Kreglinger.
  • Large Market 38. Former 'the balance' house, then the laeken-making room or dry-shaving room. The 1395 wooden facade house was completely destroyed on October 4th, 1541, when a fire hit Maalderi street houses and surroundings. It was immediately put back in stone. The bottom floor arc drums show representations from the lakewry company.
  • Large Market 40. The former home, "Roodenborch," which stood in this place for 1,401 and, on 26 November, 1454, was owned by the skin vesters and shoemakers who cultivated it. In 1755 the building was purchased by the associated carpenters and writers. The facade dates back to 1644 and the craft industry received a grant of 400 pounds of artois from the magistrate on duty. The facade belongs to the full baroque style and is comparable to houses on the large Brussels market from that time. It is unclear whether there have been images in the panties.
  • Highlight 62. The corner house called "den Peerboom." At the time, the Chamber of carpenters and clerks. Originally, the house possessed a wooden facade. In 1704, the carpenters built the house. They stayed there up to 1,756 and then moved to the home "Roodenborch" on the big market. The building is an example of Flemish latvia.
  • Kaasrui 2 and 4. Former Metsershuis called The Four Called Crafts. The coronary artisanal was the metachers, the stonemakers, the casseteries and the shale and tichely covers. (1476) In 1531, this craft was built at Kaasrui's first house (camere). It burned down in the night of November 1, 1562. It was built back a little bit later. This house was wrongly regarded as the house of the bull. The classifying crown list with triangular fronton was introduced after 1708.
  • Long Koeport Street 60. The former house "The Hoefyser" or "the Gulde Hoefyser" Some sand and bricks parties of the facade are unfortunately the only ones left of this house. We know from old writings that the gold forgings came here in the 16th century and that the house was connected to the legacy of "den Wolsack" in the Old Stock Exchange 27.
    The last house with wooden facade in Antwerp is located in the street. This street connects the Black sister street to the Zirkstraat. Here too, it did not make much difference whether the house had been demolished. The strong commitment of some friends of art and residents has enabled them to preserve and restore their actions.

•   Boerentors, Scotter market. Boerentors, or also called the "KBC Tower" to the company that owns the Tower. This skyscraper is one of the oldest in Europe. The construction lasted three years, from 1929 to 1931, and is thus one of Europe's first skyscrapers (together with Edificio de Telefónica de España in Madrid). He's at the beginning of the Meir. There's a viewing point on the 25th floor (entrance 6E with an exhibition below) with a fantastic view of the city, also on the nearby cathedral. The tower is known for its art deco sculptures. The Boerentors, with their 97 meters as a pioneering skyscraper on the European continent, have to be a little relativised in comparison with their counterparts on the American continent, the Empire State Building in New York was built at the same time and in the same style and was built at 381 meters. The metal-carrying tower was coated with white natural stone.
• Vlaeykensgang, the secret street that connects the highway, the Old Cores Market and Pelgrimsstraat. It's a real street, but it's only accessible through an unobtrusive medieval portal. The medieval equivalent of a gated community! There are beautiful houses and expensive restaurants and sometimes very busy tourists, but intrinsically a very soothing combination of alleys. The street dates back to the late 16th century and was originally the street of the shoemakers. Ironically, the name Vlaeykens probably comes from a bakery (flemish=taart). A must in Antwerp. This is the best place to listen to the security of the cathedral.
• The rubbing, an experience to never forget again. Take a walk through the Antwerp sewers. The first 100 meters are taken by boat and there is also a need for action. It doesn't smell, and it's relatively dry. Entry to the sugar tree. Each participant receives protective clothing and boots. The walk with a guide takes about 3 hours.
• St. Catherina's courthouse, rue Rodestraat 39, ma-zo 08:00-18:00, a court founded in 1234 with very nice sites at the courthouse like the Holy Spirit's house. The special thing about this court was that the women didn't stay there for life, but until they got married or decided to leave it. It's an oasis of peace within the city. There's an inner garden with little orchards, a pond and, of course, saints. The courthouse is in the same street as the university.
• The Stone, Steenplein 1, this is a small castle on the banks of the Scheldt. It was probably part of the urban revolution and originally had a military function. Later, detainees were detained pending trial and received a bad connotation as a torture site. In a recess above the great entrance arc is a bas relief, presumably from the second century, which is supposed to represent "the god Semini." Originally, this image also had a long upright penis. This god stood for "fertility" and was once honored by many women in fertility problems. In the 17th century, the Jews found this discomfort and cut off the penis. This fact was encroached upon by many former and contemporary Antwerp troubadours. Papa Semini of God Seminis still alive in the typically Antwerp power terms "Godshumenas!" And "Seminis kids!" [17] The Stone is open every day except Monday. In the past, the maritime museum was located in it. From 2012, the city decided to work with the children's theater, HETPALEIS. We are now organizing original and active workshops, tours and exhibitions.
• Port cranes An arc shoot away from the Stone is located at the historical port cranes on the Rhine Bay at hangar 26 and 27. The oldest crane dates back to 1907, the last one in 1960. Together, they form the largest museum collection of taps in the world.

Visibility from left bank

• Sheep from the remains of the sludge (to the muffled south dock) to the pilotage system, there may be a trail beside the water on the blue stone and along old hangars. It's a walk about four kilometers. We need to be careful, and here and there, unfortunately, you have to go through unpleasant parks. Recently, living on the Sheep's shale has been in decline, and the new architecture has been present here for many years. It's therefore one of the most expensive places to live in the city.
• Atelier Jozef Peeters De Gerlachekaai 8 on the third floor. The studio can only be visited by appointment tel 03 238 29 44. Joseph Peeters was an avant-garde painter who came to live in Antwerp in 1920.
• Aquatopia, Queen Astridplein 7, open daily from 10h00 to 18h00, closed on 25 December [18] aquarium with 1 million liters of water and more than 10 000 fish.
• Museum Mayer van den Bergh; 10:00-17:00 daily, last access at 16:30. Closed on Monday and 1 January, 1 May, Ascension Day, 1 November and 25 December. Open it on Easter Monday and Pinkster Monday. Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858-1901) was a collector of high-level works from the Middle Ages. His preference was for the art of the Dutch from the 14th and 16th centuries, Breugel and portraits. After his death, Henriëtte Mayer van den Bergh (1838-1920) had a museum built in which her son's life work was sheltered. It's an Intimistic Museum, actually, a pee. [19]
• Museum of Meat; Every day from 10h to 17h, last access at 16h30. Closed on Monday and 1 January, 1 May, Ascension Day, 1 November and 25 December. Open on Easter Monday and Pentecostal Monday.This museum is home to music, musical instruments, street musicians, sounds, clocks and everything that has to do with clapping cups. The sound of the city is made out of windows and doors. Anyone who does not find that enough can go to the basement to see a studio from the whistleblowers Sergeys or the Van Engelen workshop, the copper blasting instrument maker.
• Virgin's house; Weekdays from 10h to 17h, weekends from 13h to 17h. Closed on Tuesday and on 1 January, 1 May, 9 May, 1 November and 25 December. From 1552 to 1882, the virginity house was an orphanage for girls (macaques). The girls were taught domestic tasks, sewing and hand work, some of the lucky ones also learned to write and count.
• Rockox House; Every day from 10h to 17h, weekends from 13h to 17h. Closed on Tuesday and on 1 January, 1 May, 9 May, 1 November and 25 December. Open on Easter Monday and Pinkster Monday. The homes on 10 and 12 Empress Street were unified by Nicolas Rockox in 1603. Rockox (1560-1640) was also a friend of Artists Rubens and Van Dijck. He studied rights in Leuven, Paris and Douai and played a leading role as ships and mayor of Antwerp between 1603 and 1625. He possessed a wonderful collection of antique antiquities and coins. The house was beautifully restored to its old glory under the leadership of the architects J L Stynen and R. De Bruyn on behalf of the Bank of Credit. It was made available to the public on 20 April 1977.[20]
• MAS; Museum at the stream. The building, of remarkable architecture, brings together several collections of distributed museums in the city. Here's the following: a permanent collection, a temporary expo, the Viewing Depot, the Knowledge Corners, the Walloon Bridge, the roof panorama, the Museum Square, the pavilions, café Storm, the Star restaurant The Silte, a panoramadak and the MASshop. It's the newest and the biggest museum in Antwerp. It's an open house, you can just walk in and out of it, even to the roof panorama. Only the museum rooms are paying.
• Zwembad Veldstraat; located in Antwerp-North. The art-deco-style building was designed by the architect Joseph Algoet in 1933. It is the oldest existing swimming pool of Antwerp and it was fully restored to its original state. On 28 March 2009, the reopening party was celebrated. The basement now has a hamma and a bathing house.
• Heritage library Hendrik Concience; [21] named after the writer of the Lion of Flanders, the man who taught his people to read. Pierre Concience, the father of Hendrik, was a Besançon carpenter who ended up in Antwerp during the Napoleon conquests. Hendrik Concience lived in Pompstraat.
• Hessenhuis Falconrui 53, was built in 1564 and was used as a warehouse for goods from Hessen (Germany) Since 1975, exhibitions have been organized regularly. It was in this building that the first exhibition of avalanche artists was held in 1958 by the then mayor Lode Craeybeckx. The G58 would become a concept in the Antwerp art world.
• AMVC Letterhouse; [22] This museum is kept the archives relating to the Flemish literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, but it also holds 120000 photographs, posters and other documents of writers, composers and artists.
• Public Library of Antwerp; [23] A new library called Permeke, located in a former car garage and located at Coninckplein, was intended to give a new impetus to the troubled neighborhood. Every third Sunday of the month from 10 to 16 hours, except in winter, many stalls are set up in the square for the library and the Conincksquare becomes a book square.
• Palace on the Meir; Meir and Wapper corner. A typical urban palace is designed by J.P. Baurcheit in 1745/1746 in Rococo-style with latent influences. Following the independence of Belgium, the Antwerp residence of the monarchs served to receive guests arriving at the port. Albert I was in the palace in 1914 when the war broke out. Since 1969, the palace was used as ICC-International Cultural Center, then became a film museum. As intensive use and periods of vacancy left their mark, the building closed its doors at the end of the 20th century. Following a thorough restoration, the Palace has been reopened on the Meir since 8 May 2012. Today, you can quite rightly go for an exciting piece of history, a visit to the Spiegelsroom, a wonderful lunch and a nice chocolate.
• Comics Station at the Central Station. Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10-18. Involved amusement park around Belgian comics €21.50.
• Museum De Reede , Ernest of Dijckkaai 7, ☎+32 472 190200, e-mail: [email protected]. do-ma 11:00-17:00, di-woe closed. A museum dedicated exclusively to graphic art, including etching, lithographies, engravings, wood prints and drawings. The collection includes works from the 17th to the 21st century of various artists including some 150 works by Francisco Goya, Félicien Rops and Edvard Munch. €8.00 adults, €3.00 13-18, free under 13 years of age. Between 12:00 and 13:00 a reduced rate of €5.00 for adults and €2.00 for 13-18 years applies.

South of Antwerp

Since the upgrading of the South in the 1990s, this is the most trendy place in Antwerp.

• M HKA, [24].Formerly MUHKA. Museum of contemporary Art in Antwerp in a cultivated cereal silo. Full renovation was carried out in 2009.
• Photography Museum, [25]. Just renovated and located in the former Vlaanderen warehouse. A pretty small expo space, but sometimes surprisingly good performances.
• Royal Museum of Fine Arts, [26]. Has a collection of paintings from the 15th century to the 20th century. The permanent collection has works from grandmasters like Pieter Paul Rubens, Breugel, Van Eyck, Anton van Dyke, Jacob Jordaens and James Ensor to name just a few of them. There are, among other things, guiding principles for blind and partially sighted persons. Registration is necessary and can be obtained by telephone +32 3 242 0416 or by e-mail: [email protected] The museum will be closed from early 2010 to the end of 2017. Modernization works will then be carried out with the aim of doubling the exhibition capacity. The outside is not touched.
• The Lower House [27] is located on the sheep's cows. It's an old power plant. Through underground pipes, bridges, locks and port cranes were activated with water under pressure from the Pure Housing.
• The coin square, the central part of the Munthof, located in the center of the city on the Muntstraat, has been transformed into a fully-fledged public space. On a wall of the square, a permanent graffiti was installed by some artists, together with the youth service.

• Head synagogue is only used for special occasions because the Jewish population lives around the city park. The building dates back to 1893 and was designed by the architects Hertogs and Stordiau.

• New courts at the Bolivarian site are referred to by the Antwerp peninsula as the butterfly palace as a result of the peculiar roof structure. It's at the end of the leaks, the cars drive down the road. It was designed by British architect Richard Rogers who also designed the building where the seat of the Strasbourg Court speaks law.

• Tropical Institute located at the end of National Street - corner of Kronenburgstraat. It does not belong entirely to the south, but it does not belong to the Antwerp Center. This Art-Deco building was designed by Marcel Spitaels and Paul Le Bon and is still in its original state with marble staircases, wooden lambrisings, monumental mural paintings and a sunk garden on the Kronenburgh Street side. The garden and the building are protected. This building is the result of a 1923 architectural competition. The Institute specializes in research into tropical diseases, but also tuberculosis and AIDS. It was the first to isolate the HIV virus in a wild chimpanzee.

• Rudolph Steinschool Volkstraat 40, 200 meters from the Tropical Institute. It was built in 1899. The art nouveaug facade was beautifully restored by Rutger Steenmeier in 1994, the interior of the famous architect Bob Van Reeth. Only the facade has been preserved, but it is a wonderful example of art nouveau in Antwerp.

Theaters and theaters

• In 1834, Bourlaschouwburg, Komediestad, built by the French Architect Pierre Bruno Bourla (1783-1866), the theater still had a permanent service lampist who served to maintain and light and deaf the 80 oil lants that were rich in the theater. The outside has since been beautifully revamped, but behind the scene is still an authentic drawing system in wood with strings to change the decors. Currently, here is The House of Linguistic Matters, tel. 03/224 88 44.
• Urban Congressional, theater and auditorium, Theater Square 1. Tel: +32 3 229 1800
• Arenbergschouwburg Theater and auditorium. Tel: +32 3 202 4646.
• Fakkelteater Red Room/Kelderteater (Highway 12) and Black Room Reyndersstraat 7. Placement +32 3 233 1588 or +32 70 240 636.
• The Roma Located in an old cinema in Borgerhout. When the building was fully built, hundreds of volunteers put their hands out of the sleeves to turn this building back into a cultural temple. It remains a little peculiar, and the programming is excellent and very different. Tel: +32 3 292 9740.
• Really Antwerps theater There's just played in the Antwerp. Arenbergstraat 10, tel +32 3 231 2008.
• The Seeftheater This smallest café theater in Flanders has been in existence for 29 years, providing space for 49 people. Depth Street 34, tel ticketing +32 472 417181. Tel theater (no backup!) +32 3 231 2008. [28]
• Northeater St. Nicolaas site 3, tel. +32 3 231 2008.
• Current Theater, Blancefloerlaan 181 B, 2050 Antwerp, tel. +32 70 223 330 [29]
• Amuz, Augustinus Musical Center - Rue Kammenstraat 81 - 2000 Antwerp, based in the former St Augustine Church, an example of early architecture. However, there is a lot of trompe l'oeil to be found inside, but the marble parties have been painted, and so not really. It is not just music that can be listened to, the renovated church and the winter chapel can be visited. The tour must be requested. Tel: 03/229 18 00 [30]
• The south crown, Theater hall, business events, Flemish Bay 81, tel +32 3 229 1800.
• The Singel International Artistic Center of Antwerp with programming of dance, music and architecture. Desguinlei 25, tel 03/248 28 28.

Antwerp also has a good puppets' and poetry's theater tradition. The name Poesjenel is derived from Pulcinella. They're steppets.

• The pussy (Pope of Antwerp) is located in the Rue Repenstraat. Tel: 03 338 95 85 This is the oldest pastor. This theater was created in the 19th century by Louis Gustave Deschamps, a French sailor. The Register shall consist of: The Lion of Flanders, the nose and the Bloody hell, Romeo and Juliet, Isa Drolda and the Maegd of the Burden Gulf. Each show has three stories and the audience chooses.
• Penalties Great Market 5 in the 16th century basement of the café Den Bengel. [31] Traditional practice at the old stage stage of the performing arts is covered here. The popular stories are for adults and are put into the dialect. The theater plays in the Antwerp dialect full humor for groups and adults who know each other. Info & Reservation: Tel +32 3 289 5095 or [email protected]
• Pool of the Lange Wapper City Gap 20. One of the aims of this exercise is to preserve the Antwerp dialect and preserve the post-Soviet tradition. Info & Posts: Tel: 03/440 60 90 (after 6 p.m.)
• Froe Froe [32] This company is touring and using latex dolls in combination with roles played by actors. Rue de la Namenstraat 7, tel +32 3 248 7221.
• Poppenschouwburg Van Campen Tel: +32 3 237 3716. There are performances for adults in the dialect and children's performances in the netherlands.
• 't Bell [33] Here are the children from three to six, and they play with handcuffs. There are interactive performances on Sundays.

Cinema

In Antwerp, there were dozens of large and smaller cinemas, each of which had its own character and appearance. (Rex - Metro - Savoy - Odeon, etc.) Particularly leaf pearls, ornaments and plush seats. An old man pointed you up in the dark with her light on your seat, and in the break she went around with ice. Unfortunately, that romance is over forever. Only the Roma are vaguely impressed by this lost quantity. We must be satisfied with the halls of the big business.

• Metropolis Antwerp, Groenendaallaan 394, 2030 Antwerp, tel. +32 3 544 3660 [34]
• Cartonos, Kaasrui 4-6. The home port of the better film, tel +32 3 232 9632.
• UGC, Van Ertbornstraat 17, tel 0900/10 440. [35]

Other

Central Station

• Central Station, Belgium's most beautiful and largest station, which has been upgraded and extended with a high-speed line. The price card was EUR 1.2 billion and the renovation lasted for nine years. It is perhaps also one of Belgium's most beautiful buildings in an eclectic style. Look out at the special resting points, a fine piece of strength. Originally it was an end station, but since the Astrid Square tuning down, towards Dam, the trains can continue. The American weekly Newsweek ranked the central station of Antwerp at the world's top of the most impressive station buildings. It took a fourth place and had St Pancras in London, Grand Central in New York, and Chhatrapati Shivaji in Mumbazi.

• Stripwalls,
  • Jan Bosschaert in the Wolstraat
  • Willy Vandersteen in the Korte Ridderstraat
  • Merho in the Paradijsstraat
  • Jan Van der Veken on the Egg market
  • Ilah in Empress Street
  • Dick Matena in the Short Newsletter
  • Philip Paquet in Leopold De Waelstraat
  • Jommeke, to French Halsplein
  • Brecht Evens, on the bank between Kloosterstraat and Highway

• Bee-like concerts, Geert D'hollander or an international guest-bearer play from July 6 to September 30. Sunday from 15 to 16:00 to 1 September on Monday evening from 20 to 21:00 and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 to 12:00. There's some favorite places to listen to the security, but by far the best place is the Vlaeykensgang.

• Rue de Zirkstraat, not only is there a very strong Spanish store, El Valenciano, which sells wonderful products, but there is a first-floor bronze bass relief from a vagina on number 27. It refers to Payoke, a neighbor of Payoke, who was once based here and was campaigning against trafficking in women and prostitution.

• Botanical Tuin, Leopold Street. The lower garden of about one hectare is bounded along the street by an arduinen balustrade with cast iron street lanterns. The garden originated in the French revolution and later belonged to the pharmacy of the nearby St Elisabethgashuis. As a landscape, he was classed in 1950. Cacti and tropical plants are housed in the serres. There are about 2,000 plants, and a pig's angle was provided for all native species of pigs. The garden is accessible daily and free until 6:00 p.m.

Outside Antwerp

• Middle [36] open-air museum, a permanent image park opened at the time by the mob mayor, Craeybeckx. Existing Middle High with older works and Middle Low with contemporary works. Architect Renaat Braem (Sire, Belgium is the most ugly country in the world) built the pavilion Braem in the park, housing vulnerable images and temporary exhibitions. The green lung of Antwerp, which is just over the ring, includes Park Vogelzang, Niger Park and Den Brandt, where Jazz Midheim takes place every two years, in addition to the Middle Park.

• House of Guiette - Popullaan 32 - is the only dwelling in Belgium built by architect Le Corbusier. The home/studio was created in 1926 for the painter René Guiette. Typically, the big glass parties and the open plan.

• Saint Anneke, once a lovely village called Flemish Chief with a curtain and a Belvédère where the Antwerp mussels came to eat but ultimately Antwerp became the Left Bank. Le Corbusier had plans to build a new city on LO, but it didn't go on. Saaie highway is now leading the lead. What remains of the past is the beach and the wall. You can go swimming in the open air. Zwembad de Molen, Wandeldijk 40, Tel +32 3 219 1036. There's a prab and a moonbed. In 1955, the last remains of the village were demolished, but from Antwerp LO you have a panoramic view of the city of Antwerp, and the site of the Scheldebut is pleasant. To be reached with trams 3, 5, 9 and 15 - Frederik Van Eeden station. The St Annatunnel, better known as the pedestrian tunnel, connects St Jansvliet in the center of the city to Frederik Van Eedenplein on the left bank. The tunnel is 572 meters long and was designed by Emile Van Averbeke. The elevators' building is part of the artdeco style. It's where the tension De Roose was already in the 15th century and connected with the county of Flanders with his mooring pier in front of Antwerp. From 1745, it served as a ferry house until it was classed as a historical monument in 1929 and then, as is more the case in Flanders, it was dismantled for the construction of the tunnel. When you get out of the building, you have a planted tree on your right side, and almost on the Scheldt, you have a statue of King Boude Wine from the Antwerp sculptor Wilfried Pas. The pasture of the bohemia can be visited even further. A dozen old anchors and buoys were shown in the meadow.

• Galgenweel, it's about four kilometers away from LO in the direction of Burcht, and a sailor paradise of about 47 hectares for the fan. Fishing may also take place, but the water has been found to be unsuitable for swimming or bathing.

• However, between 2008 and 2011, the management company Antwerp Mobile was set up as a natural tidal area. This is to compensate for the slips and suspensions that would be lost during the construction of the Eastern Wine. A buffer basin has been built to collect water from the Laarbeek in the event of a storm.

• Natural area Middle pond, opened on 8 June 2008. This area originally consisted of sprayed land which was landed from harbor works in 1970. The fertile polderlandscape as such turned from a wetland into a dry and dry area. This has been changed by the rebuilding of a large water pool and watercourses. 38,000 trees and bushes were planted. There's two walks through the middle pond. Reiger (blue) and rabbit (yellow) walking path. The lanes must not be left, dogs must not be disturbed at the leash and the rest must not be disturbed, with the aim of not disturbing the breeding grounds of the waterbirds. Medium pond is easy to reach with tram 15 (terminus Linear Bank) and tram 3.

• Fort Liefkenshoek, built during the 80-year war (1568-1648) and designed to protect the city of Antwerp and continue to supply it. Spaniards, Hollanders, French, Austrian and German people have occupied the impressive fortress in turn. Four bathing sites are showing exhibitions and the refurbishment of the fortress is continuing. To be reached via N49/E34 - Rotterdam - beyond the Beverenttunnel - first exit Target - on the roundabout follow the pointer Fort Liefkenangle. Apr-Oct wo-zo 09:30-17:00 and Nov-mrt wo-vr 09:30-17:00 and will be at 13:00-17:00.

• Zilvermuseum Sterckshof[37] The collection of the silver museum covers a period of about 500 years. The museum is also a research center for the art of goldbeds.

• Museum Stampe & Vertongen located at Deurne Airport. It shows fighter planes from World War I. Stampe was a fighter pilot. [38]

• Former BP Building Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 162. This 1960 building is a design by the architect Leon Stynen and P de Meyer. Specifically on this building, the central column containing the utilities is also the carrier to which all the floors of steel wire ropes are attached. It was the first European implementation of such a suspension system. The building is 13 stories tall. Schuin facing this building is Antwerp Expo. Easy to reach with tram 2 (Half Expo). Many events are being organized in these large exhibition areas. The most important cultural event is the annual Book Fair of Flanders, where readers and writers find each other. [39]

• Explore the city from a boat (Flandria boats at the Steen) A port tour with a Flandriaboot belongs to Antwerp like a Bolleke and the Cathedral. It's a nice way to discover the port from the water side. Departure and arrival at Port 14 next to the London Bridge. The trips take place from 1 May to 30 September, at 13:30 a.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, public holidays and school vacations at 10:30 and 1:30. Contact: Flandria, Steenplein 1, Tel +32 3 231 3100 [40]
• Visit the Antwerp port. One of the biggest in the world. The port covers 14000 ha.
• Pik one of the many festivals during the Zomer of Antwerp Tel +32 78 054 050 (only during the festivities) [41].
• Go skating around the skating track at De Steen during Winter of Antwerp
• Do an Antwerp Spooquandling and have a special night with Antwerp Ghostwalk [42]. A black-dressed man with this high hat takes you to strange spots in ancient Antwerp and tells a hundred-duit about Jan without Fears and Lange Wapper who could manifest themselves in all sorts of shapes. Especially in a cold dark winter night, it's very imaginative. For kids, there's also a separate ghost walk. Tel: 03/224 85 20.
• Took Jos and the Pekelteef. Jos Smos and his partner, the Pekelteef, armed with pull bag, guitar and harmonica, give a diaping tour of the old city. The launch will take place in the Great Market. Some knowledge of the Antwerp is an advantage but not a requirement. Reservations are necessary. Tel: +32 3 236 9586 or [email protected]
• Try to escape from a room near Antwerp Clue. Teams of 2 and 6 persons are confined in a room and must escape from that room within 60 minutes by seeking instructions and solving puzzles and puzzles. Godefriduskaai 28, +32 3 233 5812 [43]

• The Kraak factory, Tave Bay, 5, e-mail: [email protected]. Play a spectacular escape room in the heart of Antwerp.

Guided cycle trips

• Antwerp by Bike. €15.00.
• Antwerp At the right time, ☎ +32 3 260 3939, e-mail: [email protected].
• Baja Bikes.
• Cyclant.

Shop

The main street is the Meir, between the De Keyserlei (at the Central Station) and the Green Room (at the Cathedral). This is also one of the more well-known shopping streets in Belgium.

The oldest mention of the Meir is 1257, so in 2007 the Meir was 750. The burnt city hall is open again after a thorough restoration. It has now become a beautiful shopping center and has not been looked at a square meter of gold leaf. This mall also connects the Meir to the Hopland. When you get to the end of the Meir, seen from the Central Station, you can also go to the left, to the Huidevet Street. In this street, you find the better brands. And when you go back to the traffic lights to the left, you get to the Schuttershofstraat. This street, near the Bourlaschouwburg, houses all kinds of fashion houses. This used to be called the Quartier Latin. The plates for the French-speaking bourgeoisie of Antwerp were here. When you walk out this street, you automatically get to the Wapper (Rubenshuis - Hortacafé) and Hopland (Designer clothing).

If you want to shop in the heart of Antwerp like a holiday village, take one of the streets on the right in the Huidevetterstraat. So you get into the Wild Sea, where there are all kinds of little, little, little shops. At the middle square, try the famous gembertea at the Lombardia bioshop. Starbucks (America's largest group of coffee bars) has bought its recipe! This place was called the wild sea, because underground different sewers or sewers came together, which caused the necessary flow. Above ground is a big picture of a crucified Christ. The plague used to be a game breaker on several occasions and adequate remedies were unprecedented. A Christian image would then have to provide the necessary protection. If you walk into the Lombardy vest, you get to the House A. On number 2-4. Gloves have been sold since 1884. Their designs are made in French and Belgian workshops. The ever-very well-attended production of chocolate maker Burie (short-range 3) has an irresistible attraction to tourists. Walk on the Short House Street. The New Building connects the Short Gashometown to the Huidevetter Street and provides shelter for dozens of small shops. A little further from that, the image of Den Deugniet does not stand. Let's tempt you through the bakery's spots at Goossens. Since 1884, the bakery has been located here and is probably the oldest and most famous bakery in Antwerp. Skates, sausage bread, cakes and flemish, you can't pass it, but you have to stand in the line and sit patiently until you can get in.

Alternative shopping is mainly done in Kammenstraat near the Green City, but there are also many trendy clothing shops here. Rue Kammen is easy to reach from the Wild Sea.

For jewelry and gold of questionable quality, you have to be around the Central Station. Don't buy individuals who contact you on the street and can, so to speak, offer you a purchase. Quality can be found, among other things, with recognized jewelers in the diamond neighborhood.

In the street 25 Ploegstraat, there's a gift shop, where you can bring and take things without any money transaction. Open from March 14:00-18:00.

Weekly markets

• Bird market: The Antwerp Pop says the Birds Market, not the Birds Market or the Birds Market. This is the biggest market and attracts thousands of merchandise at the Theater Square and the Elder's Room every Sunday at 8:00-13:00. Poultry, flowers, textiles and the like are also sold. Some of the workers make the sale of their product a real show.

• Foreign exchange market: Same location on Saturday from 8:00 to 16:00. You're in the south on this market. Asian and Spanish snacks, Italian cheeses and pasta, Moroccan and Turkish specialties, olives and tapenades, it is a sensationalist experience. Explosive stalls full of fresh exotic fruit and vegetables. Anyone who wants oysters and a glass of white wine should not look any further.

• Brocante: Every Saturday, 9:00 to 17:00 on the market for lineside. A small market next to the cathedral, with silver chippings.

• Bumblebees and antitrust markets: St. Jansvlat, from 9:00 to 17:00 on Sunday, the basketball square is converted into an antique market before the entrance to the pedestrian stunel. Step on to the Tilt Street. Here are many items selling second-hand and antique items.

• Friday market: Every Friday from 9:00 to 13:00 on the Friday market. It is sold by bidding, and it goes from clothing to things from bankruptcy, bicycles or records, and so on. The surrounding rupees are certainly worthy of a visit. As long ago as the 16th century, this square was built by the town planner Van Schoonbeke with the intention of selling second-hand goods. In the center of the square is a statue of the Holy Catharina, the patron saint of the food sellers.

Chinatown

• Seing Thai Supermarket in Van Wesenbekestraat 28. A Thai department store, but you can also find Vietnamese, Indonesian and other Asian products.

• Sun Wah: a Chinese supermarket with all possible and impossible Asian products. From Wesenbekestraat 16.

A list of restaurants in the Island can be found on [44]. In Bordeaux Street 12, there's even been eaten in an old Kommissariat.

Since 1985, on the first Saturday of Spring, Seminikoken, light sweet cake has been soiled with sesame seed and decorated with a flinterthin image of Semini, distributed to young marriages when they leave the Antwerp City Hall. The Seminikoek is a tribute to the oldest citizen of Antwerp whose images have been seen over the gate of the Stone for centuries.

Last Monday the tradition of eating three-day sausages, loaf bread and apples on the first Monday following Sunday. In the case of the bakers, the aforementioned leaks will be waiting in large numbers for the Antwerp pencils. It is said that small self-employed people and café bathers on this day were hiring their regular customers and therefore actually worked on that day without profit, hence the name lost Monday.

Antwerp is rich in a number of great-masters' chocolate. Some of these are Bernard Proot (Del Rey-Appelmansstraat 5), Goossens (Goossens-Isabellalei) Letes Burie (Burie-Korte Gashomestraat 3). They are artisanal artists who have brought the subject to unprecedented levels. Top quality and exclusivity is their response to industrial chocolate. Antwerp has not experienced Antwerp without testing its products.

All day

• No1 in the highway. Here you can eat the best fries. A few more very good frills are Haute Friture, Flemish Bay 66 and Fritur Kattekwadin de Verbal 112.
• Best Frit Den Hoek on Anselmostraat 73, near the old Justitiepaleis, is not Antwerp's best known but it is the best according to Week-end Knack and Culinaire Ambiance.[45]
• Don't go to the restaurants/bars around the Central Station, the price/quality ratio is very bad as well as quality. An exception: Roma restaurant, the oldest and best Italian restaurant in Antwerp.
• Try it in the restaurants of the highway and the Old Corner market. These are only two minutes away from the Great Market.
• Foyer, Komediestad 18. An umbrella hall in the old Royal Netherlands Schouwburg. Breakfast is very nice, but it is necessary to reserve.
• Kleinblatt, Provinciestraat 206, 2018 Antwerp. [46] Every day, except Saturdays and Jewish public holidays, you can get here from six hours for kosher leaks. In the bakery, the rabbinate is monitored. The pie is unforgettable.
• Hoffy's, Lange Kievitstraat 52 2018 Antwerp. You can eat on the spot, but you can get home as well. All possible kosher specialties are available. Filtered graphic (filled carp) is only one of them.
• Belgo Israel House, Van Leriusstraat 1 2018 Antwerp. The kosher wine that is traded has only been sold by Jewish hands. There are wines from Israel, France, Spain and the USA.
• Herczl & Gold, Provincial Street 216, 2018 Antwerp. A small store with a strange cheese machine in the window. Cocher milk products are sold. Behind the store is an artisanal milker.

In the afternoon

• Famous in Flanders, especially among students, are the smokes, besieged sandwiches. The best is in "Jean-Pierre" (Great Kauwenberg 7), unfortunately closed during the weekend.
• In the afternoon, there is also a tendency towards cremerie (ice-cream shop) for a Dame Blanche or a Brussels wafer, for example.
• Van Hecke Wafel House, Nationalestraat 88.
• Désiré de Lille, Rue de la Santé de Lille, 16.
• Antoon Van Dijck, Great Market 4. The artist Antoon Van dijck was born in this building.

evening

• Thai Thai Simple +32 3 293 6642 [47]. American 72. Fresh and simplicity are the keywords.
• Belinda Indonesian restaurant (BIR) +32 345 4259 [48]. Sugar fruit 16. Authentic Indonesian cuisine of mild-to-gently seasoned.
• Sombat +32 3 226 2190 [49]. Street of meat 1. Thai haute cuisine
• Da Giovani, [50] Relatively good value for money, very tourism. 20% discount for students. A good family restaurant. The owners will contact you in Italian on the street and promote their restaurant.
• Hilton Hotel The famous hotel also has its own restaurant. Famous guests: Among others, tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who, however, prepared his own food in his room.
• Goresourca's garden (American 184) is the restaurant of the Krishna's. They serve healthy macro-biotic food at a low cost.
• Mezze-Cafe Varelli (Plantinkaai Engineers 15). High quality from modern Greek cuisine, which works only with fresh products, contrasting with the traditional blue-white samples with traditional sirtaki music and sedated names such as "parthenon" and walls covered with the photographs of the Acropolis.
• Pumping house In this building, the pumping house of dry dock 7 was located. Since 2002, a café restaurant has been in the renovated building. The technical equipment for pumping the water out of the docks has been retained.

There are almost 4 000 cafés and restaurants in the Antwerp downtown. On [51], you'll find an overview of the cafes.

• Kulminator, Vleminckveld 32 - according to ratebeer.com, the best cafe in the world. Unparalleled choice of beers, including year-olds.
• Cotton Fields, now GruunLocation — pet blues cafe at the Green site. Nice terrace. During the weekends live events that always attract a lot of people. Known for his coffee with a liqueur.
• The Hague, 20 City Gathering - known for his Belgian beer.
• Berlin, Little Market 1 - Trendy occasion in the center of the city.
• The Muze, Milk Market 15 — jazzcafé on the milk market. Ambient atmosphere with regular live (jazz) music. Apart from the typical Belgian beers, coffee lovers can enjoy a genuine Italian espresso or a larger ‘Coffie Vertreek’. This was the cafe where, in the '60s, the singer Ferre Grignard took up, and with his songs Ring Ring I've got to sing and Drunken Sailor took the world.
• In the Paeters Vaetje, Brother Street 1, in the shadow of the cathedral, you can choose from over a hundred different types of beer. In good weather, it's nice to sit outside.
• The Pelgrom, Pelgrimsstraat 15, café in an old underground storage facility, with medieval decoration.
• The Rots, Great Market, metal music cafe at the cathedral with a corresponding CD store and many performances.
• Old Arsenal, Maria Arrow Street 4, old brown cafe with a love for real smell and jelly (at least ten different ones on the map), another beer every month.
• Quinten Matsakis, 17 rue Morian, oldest cafe in Antwerp (17th century).
• Café Beveren, Flax Market 2, Decap Orgel working population and jukebox.
• The Duifkes, Grains Market 5, Bruin café, Stella, Koninck, Hoegaarden and soup-based cooks are the specialties here.
• Entrepot du Congo, Vlaamse Kaai 42, talks and dinners at the muffled Peach Docks.
• De Post, 26 Green City, unforcibly eating cafe with terrace.
• The tired model, line market 2, small rooftop cafe to listen to the security guard on Monday evening. A cathedral sticker (dwelling built against the cathedral)
• The Grand White Arend, Reyndersstraat 18. In the courtyard there are wooden banks and tables to enjoy one of the 100 beers that can be obtained here or enjoy regional dishes with beer. This 16th century dwelling is home to a chapel because it was a nonsense monastery for a while.
• Housebrouwery the Warehouse, Flemish Bay 76.
• The Vagant, Reyndersstraat 25, brown bar with more than 200 Belgian juniper. On the first floor, the Vagant has a small museum on the Antwerp distilleries. On the other side of the street, the shark shop sells more than 400 juniper and some better beers.
• Seak view, Dawn 7-8. To be achieved with tram 11. Full-sized bar. A heavy beer is offered every month for EUR 2,50.

Clubs

• Public, [52]. Very popular with students.
• Café D'Anvers, [53]. On Thursday, this club is free access from 16
• Nanno, [54]. Nanno sur l'o is a club based in a boat on St. Laureiskaai. On Friday night, the club is the decor for Deja-Vu [55], an urban club concept. Deja-Vu President DJs are: DJ Nicolaz, TLP and Mystique. However, a Blue Flame Member's card [56] is needed to enter.
• Red & Blue, [57]. Targeted on gay men on Saturday, but on other evenings, an ordinary club.
• Noxx, [58].
• Café Capital, [59]. Believed in the city park, especially more alternative audiences. Closed after a fire. Reopening is scheduled.

Specializations

• The Koninck (available in four different glass panes: "bolleke", "prinske", "prinseske" and "hand" (new since 2008), beer brewed in Antwerp (corner Mechelsesteenweg-Boomgaardstraat). The brewery celebrates her 175th birthday.
• Antwerp Handles: Small cookies in the form of a hand. These biscuits made with butter, almonds, sugar and eggs, saw the light of life in the bakery of the Antwerp baker Jos of Hakker in 1934. In 1970, a chocolate version with a marzipan filling was marketed.
• Elixir d'Anvers: This gold-colored liquor, which has existed since 1863, is produced from 32 plants and herbs. (distillery "de Beukelaar", Haanjeslei 132) [60] De Elixir d'Anvers is prepared in four stages: Maceration - Distilation - Preparation in the autoclave and maturation in old oak vessels. The production process takes about 5 months. F.X. The Beukelaer is one of Belgium's oldest and most famous liqueur distilleries. Antwerp teachers call it a horse product, and indeed it is because the drink was also used in horses with colic.
• Garments designed by the Antwerp Six (Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dries Van Noten, Marina Yee and Dirk Van Saene).
• Coffie Verheyen: [61] recognized as a regional product by VLAM (Flemish Center for Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing) and the European Union. This Antwerp coffee is characterized by its medium branding and body. August Van de Wielelei 15, 2100 Deurne. Tel: +32 3 353 0392.
• Arabs or Red Coots: Coffee-flavored candy wrapped in paper with a drawing from a Moor on it. The sweets and the drawing are both a product of Louis Roodthain. His company in Lange Rue de Lange 374 is based in a classed juvenile spirit building. Tel: +32 3 230 6599.

Antwerp has 55 licensed hotels. They must respect the requirements of Tourism in Flanders. Tourism Flanders controls them and distributes the stars. There are also 5 licensed hotels without a star.

Budget

• Antwerp Mabuhay Lodgings. Bed and Breakfast, hospitality room in a nice neighborhood of Antwerp - Zurenborg. Top score on TripAdvisor
• abhostel, [62]. A little trendy youth hostel. For backpackers, through backpackers.
• The scout house, [63]. A scouting youth hostel that is open to all and offers cheap shelter, on the edge of the center.
• Camping Vogelzang, (Birzanglaan 7-9). 10 minutes outside the center (with the tram) and perfect for travelers with a tight budget.
• Pulcinella, [64] Mount youth hostel of the Flemish Youth Hostels, in the center.
• Boomerang, [65]. A youth hostel near the center.
• Heckey, [66]. A youth hostel near the center.
• Friends of the Fwat, three addresses for tourists traveling cycling or walking through Belgium [67]
• Hotel Monico Hotel without a star, obsolete but clean. €60.00 for a room for two breakfast persons. Close to the Central Station and the Zoo. Queen Astridplein 34 Tel +32 3 225 0093.
• Rubenshof Hotel with 1 star. A family hotel with 22 rooms located in an art-new-level mansion house with old painted ceilings and glass windows. It's outdated but clean. €52.00 for a room for two people without a bathroom but with breakfast, €76.00 with a bathroom. The hotel is close to the Flemish Palace (New Judicial Palace) and to the Museum of Clean Art.
• The Swan B&B, [68]. At rest night in a fully equipped apartment near the historic heart of the city. Starting at EUR 65.

Average

•   Lindner Hotel Antwerp , Lange Kievitstraat 125, ☎+32 3 2277700, fax: +32 3 2277 01, e-mail: [email protected]. This hotel is perfectly situated in the beating heart of Antwerp.

•   Ramada Plaza , Desguinlei 94, ☎+32 3 2448211, e-mail: [email protected]. 215 beautiful rooms on the inner ring of Antwerp with its own restaurant and bar

•   Crowne Plaza , Gerard le Grellelaan 10, ☎+32 3 2597500, e-mail: [email protected]. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 12:00 p.m. Antwerp's largest hotel on the inside of Antwerp from €92.15 a night.

•   Van der Valk Antwerp , Lieutenant Lippenslaan 66, ☎+32 3 2359191, e-mail: [email protected]. Nice hotel on the inner ring of Antwerp

•   Theater Hotel , Arenbergstraat 30, ☎+32 3 2035410, e-mail: [email protected]. Four stars of the hotel in the heart of Antwerp. The Royal Netherlands Schouwburg, Arenbergschouwburg and the Real Antwerp Theater are just around the corner.

•   Hotel Rubens , Old Stock Exchange 29, ☎+32 3 2224848, fax: +32 3 2251940. Check out: 12:00 p.m. Hotel Rubens; In the Old Beurs, near the Great Market, one of the oldest streets of Antwerp, you find the Heritage House Den Wolsack. Sack refers to a dead end. In the 14th century, reference was made to this house. Behind the garden is the Hofroom, at least it's thought, to a design from the architect Engelbrecht Baets. A first unicum: on the first floor there is the book toilet, where the walls and the seat consist of leather bookstraps (not currently available for viewing). A second unicum: on the ground floor, the largest ceiling painting painted on canvas in Belgium, showing the gods on the olympus mountain (currently in restoration). The clock on the facade is of the same designer who built the clock of the cathedral. In addition to this House of Heritage, Hotel Rubens is located.

Duration

•   Hilton Hotel Old Town, Green City 32, ☎+32 4 228 8111, e-mail: [email protected]. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 12:00 p.m.

Some cafes also have wireless access and charge about €5.00 per hour. Some of these cafés: Café Zürich (Rue Verlatstraat 2), Bozart (Leopold De Waelgebiet) and Ultimatum (Major Markt 8).

• 2Zones [69] Great service. They ask for €4.50 an hour for anything you can do. Print, scan, burn CDs, read cameras, etc.
• Pool Planet [70] 6 computers, €1.00 per half hour. You can print.
• In the library [71], the Internet is quite cheap. However, many options are turned off and printing is not possible.

Most parts of Antwerp are safe. Some neighborhoods can be better avoided in the evening, neighborhoods such as Stuivenberg, Seefhoek, Old Berchem (within the Ring), Borgerhout (within the ring). All tourist areas are safe, including at night. However, use your common sense and do not make too much noise at night (neighbors and police are strict on this).

Of course, in Antwerp, all the warnings that apply in other cities are also valid.

Since Flanders (and Belgium) is not that big, it is quite easy to take the train and visit another city. A day trip to the many cities around the city is therefore perfectly possible. Try to prepare yourself, because figuring out everything on the day itself can be difficult.

• Amsterdam — known for its graves, a large number of bicycles and coffee shops
• Bruge — a very beautiful old city. often referred to as the "Venice of the North" because of the flooding of so many rivers
• Brussels — the capital of Belgium with the Great Market, Manneken Pis, the European quarter and the Atomium
• Ghent — a modern city with a wonderful medieval center
• Paris — the light city, two hours away with the Thalys
• Lille — known for its largest bookshop in Europe (‘Le furet du Nord’)
• Zealand — where the Scheldt reaches the North Sea; about an hour by train, with a switch in the Netherlands