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Antwerp is the real urban deal, a refreshingly down-to-earth yet vivacious cosmopolitan habitat blessed with magnificent architecture, fashionable shop fronts, beer-washed pubs, dazzling monuments, jazzed-up clubs, inspired artworks and restaurant tables piled with plates of superb Belgian and multicultural food. Antwerp, home of the Flemish Baroque master Rubens, not only has a wealth of outstanding museums, picturesque galleries, sculpted streets and beautiful architecture, but is also laced with refreshing greenery and urban haunts. Its culture, history, vibrant nightlife and world class shopping are within easy reach, thanks to excellent access by air, train, motorway and even water.
Antwerp is one of Europe’s largest petrochemical centres with a number of world class, modern refineries located within the port. THE meeting place for tank terminals. The companies in the Antwerp petrochemical cluster are interconnected by more than 100 pipelines that account for 52% of all transport between them and also between the industrial operations and the independent tank storage companies. The port holds more than 3.6 million m³ in independent storage capacity, with over 1,474 storage tanks. The storage capacity of stainless steel tanks totals 164,147m³. For these reasons, Antwerp is a logical choice for hosting StocExpo 2010, providing exhibitors with a unique event in the heart of a major customer base.
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If you are not sure as to whether or not you will require a visa to travel to Antwerp http://www.diplomatie.be/en/default.asp has a list of countries requirements as well as detailed information about the Belgian consulate in each country around the world.
For up-to-date weather forecasts for your trip to Antwerp the following link provides both °C and °F for your preference http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/06450.html as well as extended forecast.
To make Antwerp easier for you to navigate, the following link has a facility for you to print region maps & street maps with accuracy http://www.antwerpen.be/eCache/BEN/268.html
Antwerp is a pedestrian-friendly city. Some 20% of this historic city centre is traffic-free and during the many summer festivities pedestrians are given absolute priority. Another convenient way to get around the city is by bus or tram. These services enable your clients to easily reach all major places in Antwerp. There are two major bus terminal stations: Centraal Station en Rooseveltplaats.
Nice knowing is that a ticket is at least 20% cheaper in advance sale. A listing of the most common fares (price in advance sale/price when obtaining ticket from driver):
1,20 euro/1,50 euro, 60 minutes valid Ticket valid for 24 houres: 5 euro/6 euro, valid during one calendar day
8 euro/10 euro, 10 x 60 minutes valid
Newspaper shops, supermarkets, ticketdispensing machines at the stops, Tourism Antwerp (only ticket valid for 24 houres or 10-ride card)...
Public Transport 'De Lijn' Grote Hondstraat 58 2018 Antwerp Phone: +32 (0)3 218 14 11 Fax: +32 (0)3 218 15 00 E-mail: dienstregelingen.ant@delijn.be
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Cathedral This masterpiece of late gothic architecture is still the tallest building in Antwerp.
Steen This castle, originally built around the year 1200, is the oldest building in Antwerp.
Rubens House The palatial house where P.P. Rubens, Antwerp's most famous painter lived and worked is now one of the city's most popular museums.
City Hall Antwerp's city hall is an ornate Renaissance building, reminiscent of Italian Palaces.
Zoo One the oldest zoos in the world, the Antwerp Zoo is probably the city's most popular attraction.
Béguinage Hidden behind a brick wall lies Antwerp's Béguinage. Its picturesque historic houses date back to the 17th century.
Botanic Garden This charming small garden originated in the early 19th century as a herbal garden.
Bourla Theater Saved from the wrecking balls in the 1980s, the 19th century Bourla Theater is now Antwerp's most cherished theater building.
Butcher's Hall In the 16th century the Butcher's Hall was the city's tallest secular building.
Carolus Borromeus Church This church is exemplatory for the Baroque architecture favored by the Jesuits in the 17th century.
Central Station This majectic railway station is rightly known as Antwerp's 'Railway Cathedral'.
City Park Antwerp's small triangular city park is laid out as an English Style landscaped garden.
Grote Markt The city's central square, known as Grote Markt, features a statue of Brabo, a legendary city hero.
Groenplaats One of Antwerp's most popular squares features a statue of P.P. Rubens.
KBC Tower When completed in 1932, this 97m tall building was Antwerp's first skyscraper.
Meir Antwerp's pedestrianized shopping street attracts more than hundred thousand of visitors and shoppers each day.
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum The Middelheim park boasts a large open air sculpture museum with more than 300 sculptures on display.
Plantin-Moretus Museum This beautiful printing museum is featured on Unesco's World Heritage List
Royal Museum of Fine Arts The museum's collection features many works by P.P. Rubens and other famous artists.
The people of Antwerp have always had a reputation for being gourmets. Because of its unique location, in the 16th century – the “Golden Age” – Antwerp was a port where all types of foodstuffs, drinks, herbs and spices from distant lands arrived. Even today a wide range of exotic foods is still on sale in Antwerp. The majority of Antwerp restaurants tend to go in the direction of the French cuisine, with the addition of a few fine Belgian touches or the use of typical Belgian ingredients. However, in this cosmopolitan city you’ll find a whole range of European, ethnic and biological cuisine as well as restaurant experimenting with the latest food fads. The greatest concentration of places to eat is in the areas around the historic city centre, the central station and the South quarter of Antwerp.
Antwerpse handjes, apple dumplings, chocolate, beer and jenever Fresh bakeries, delis and confiserie (sweets) stores, praline and chocolate stores, salons de dégustation and coffee houses: a veritable gastronomic paradise with an impressive offer of culinary delights for the demanding gourmet.
In a few stores in Antwerp you can buy hand-made pralines and chocolates.
The Antwerpse Handjes - sand cookies or chocolates with or without marzipan shaped like a hand - are a well-known treat that is very much in demand.
Other typical sweets are Antwerps gebak, between a biscuit or a cake, covered with almonds, apricot jam and sugar icing or the Semini biscuit, a light sweet biscuit with sesame seed and a marzipan image of the Antwerp fertility symbol Semini.
Worstenbrood (sausage rolls) and appelbollen (apple dumplings) are the first choice for many people in Antwerp after the New Year. The roggeverdommeke, a delicious raisin / rye bread, is another timeless favourite. During carnivals and markets hot waffles and smoutebollen (dough balls fried in oil) are the snack of choice.
Another ritual, which has become an art of life in Antwerp, is drinking. Brouwerij De Koninck brews the well-known amber-coloured 'bolleke', the noble 'cuvée', the golden blonde 'Antoon' beer (created for the Van Dyck year in ‘99), the 'bolleke blond' and specially for the winter the 'Winterkoninck'. At house brewery 't Pakhuis you can learn more about the brewing process of the 'Antwerps blond', 'Antwerps bruin' and 'den Bangelijke' beers.
Nello's blond is a full-bodied, unfiltered high-fermentation beer that refers to the boy Nello in the story A Dog of Flanders. The ganzenbier (geese beer) from Lillo maintains the folklore of the polder region: it's a light or dark brew served in a stone pitcher. And you must taste 'Elixir d'Anvers', a liqueur with digestive properties based on 32 plants and herbs, prepared in accordance with an old tradition dating back to 1863.
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