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Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. The surviving structure was built between 1200 and 1225 as a gateway to a larger castle of the Dukes of Brabant which was demolished in the 19th century. As the first stone fortification of Antwerp, Het Steen is Antwerp's oldest building and used to be part of its oldest urban centre. The words "Het Steen", translated from Dutch mean "the rock" in English, although that is not the equivalent ethymological meaning.
The Boerentoren is a historic high-rise building in Antwerp, Belgium. Constructed between 1929 and 1932 and originally 87.5 m (287 ft) high, it remained the tallest building and the second tallest structure of any kind in the city until 2019, when the Antwerp Tower surpassed it with a height of 100.7 m (330 ft). At the time of construction it was the second tallest building in Europe by roof height.
Museum Vleeshuis in Antwerp is a monumental former Gildehuis located on the Vleeshouwerstraat between the Drie Hespenstraat and the Repenstraat. The building dates from the beginning of the sixteenth century. From 1913 it has been a museum for Antwerp Antiquities that has been dedicated to 800 years of music life in Antwerp and the Low Countries since 2006.
Wikipedia: Vleeshuis (Antwerpen) (NL), Website, Heritage Website
Henri (Hendrik) Conscience was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. He is best known for his romantic nationalist novel, The Lion of Flanders (1838), inspired by the victory of a Flemish peasant militia over French knights at the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs during the Franco-Flemish War.
The Cathedral of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's see of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been 'completed'. In Gothic style, its architects were Jan and Pieter Appelmans. It contains a number of significant works by the Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, as well as paintings by artists such as Otto van Veen, Jacob de Backer and Marten de Vos.
Wikipedia: Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) (EN), Heritage Website
6. Chinatown
Chinatown' is located on Van Wesenbekestraat a street in Antwerp, Belgium. Historically supporting the Chinese community that settled in Antwerp post-World War II, today Chinatown is well known for its pan-Asian atmosphere. The district houses an abundance of restaurants offering a variety of Asian cuisines such as Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Pakistani, Thai and Nepali. Pan-Asian organisations and businesses supporting the Chinese, Nepali, Indonesian and Filipino communities for example are found throughout the district and the biggest Asian supermarket in the country is also found in Chinatown. A Buddhist temple and a school for mastering kungfu are other commodities also found in the district. Chinese presence is still dominant. However, traders from Thailand, Nepal and other Asian countries have also settled in the district resulting in some dubbing it as Asiatown to reflect the changing demographics. Both at the entrance and the end of the street, two Chinese lions guard the street. A paifang known as the "Pagodepoort" was erected at the southern entrance to the street in 2010 after four years of planning.
7. Buitenmolen
The Buitenmolen in the Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo district of the Belgian city of Antwerp is a windmill. It was built in 1822 by the contractor Jacob Royers from Boom bricks on the Westmolengeest near the Zandvlietsesteenweg in Berendrecht. In 1936 the mill was equipped with a diesel engine with grinding stones. The mill was in operation until 1947. After years of decline, the mill was sold to Bakker Antoon Verbraak. Between 1987 and 1996, he had the mill restored in 2 steps. Since 1996 until the sudden death of Toon Verbraak in 1998, the milling was resumed. In 2003 and 2004, volunteer miller M. Jordan milled grain for animal feed and consumption. On May 17, 2015, the Dutch Robert Van't Geloof from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht turned, without sails and without windboards. On May 25, 2015, the milling was resumed for the first time in years.
Wikipedia: Buitenmolen (NL), Url, Facebook, Heritage Website
8. Jacob Jordaens
Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and a designer of tapestries and prints. He was a prolific artist who created biblical, mythological, and allegorical compositions, genre scenes, landscapes, illustrations of Flemish sayings and portraits. After the death of Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he became the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his time. Unlike those illustrious contemporaries he never travelled abroad to study the Antique and Italian painting and, except for a few short trips to locations elsewhere in the Low Countries, he resided in Antwerp his entire life. He also remained largely indifferent to Rubens and van Dyck's intellectual and courtly aspirations. This attitude was expressed in his art through a lack of idealistic treatment which contrasted with that of these contemporaries.
9. Fotomuseum Antwerpen
The FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp is a Belgian Museum for Photography. It is located on the Waalsekaai, opposite the Waterpoort in the Antwerp district of South Museum. The museum manages a collection of approximately 3,000,000 international, historical or contemporary objects and images. She presents changing exhibitions from both current and historical photography, but also photo equipment, releases two magazines called .Tiff and Extra and provides a public offer with tours and workshops. The film operation of Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp was shown in the two cinema halls of the Fotomuseum, under the name Cinema Zuid, since 2019 this cinema Lumière with a wider programming. In addition, there is also Museum Café FOMU, a museum shop and a subject -specific library.
10. Sint-Pauluskerk
St. Paul's Church is a Roman Catholic church located at the Veemarkt in Antwerp, Belgium. Its exterior is mainly Gothic with a Baroque tower while the interior is characterised by its rich Baroque decoration. It holds paintings by Antwerp's leading artists Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens as well as abundant sculpture and church furniture crafted by leading Antwerp sculptors such as Artus Quellinus the Elder, Pieter Verbrugghen I, Jan Pieter van Baurscheit de Elder, Jan Claudius de Cock and Andries Colyns de Nole. Of particular note is the Calvary outside the Church which is made up of 63 life-size statues and nine reliefs executed in a popular and theatrical style.
Wikipedia: St. Paul's Church, Antwerp (EN), Heritage Website
11. Sint-Willibrorduskerk
The Sint-Willibrorduskerk in Berchem is a Roman Catholic prayer house. She lies on the Grotesteenweg, which was around the end of the fifteenth or early sixteenth century, the connecting road for traffic between Antwerp, Mechelen and Brussels. The first mentions of this church building date from the second half of the thirteenth century, but the construction of the current church at the end of the 15th century. It is a oriented cross basilica, which was completely protected as a monument in 1983. She used to be the main church of the Berchem dean. Since the reclassification of the diocese of Antwerp in 2005, she has been part of the Federation Berchem of the Dean in Antwerp.
Wikipedia: Sint-Willibrorduskerk (Berchem) (NL), Heritage Website
12. Bourlaschouwburg
Bourla Theatre is a theatre located in Antwerp that seats around 900. The building is designed in a neoclassical style on the site of the former Tapissierspand tapestry market. The theatre was designed on request from the city in 1827 by the city architect Pierre Bourla. Construction began in 1829, but was delayed due to the Belgian Revolution. The theatre was finally finished in 1834 and opened under the name, Grand Théâtre or Théâtre Royal Français, on account of its ownership by a French company. Presently, the Bourla houses the theatre company Het Toneelhuis, which is a merger of the companies, Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg and Blauwe Maandag Compagnie.
13. Het Letterenhuis
The Letterenhuis is a Belgian non-profit organization located in Antwerp. The Letterenhuis collects and archives information of Flemish artists, musicians, and writers, as well as portraits concerning Flemish culture as from 1750. The Letterenhuis fulfills two tasks: on the one hand it is an archiving and documentation centre and on the other hand it is a museum. The most interesting part of its collection are the manuscripts of famous Belgian authors like Hendrik Conscience, Willem Elsschot and the contemporary writer Tom Lanoye. In 2012 the Letterenhuis featured a theme exhibition about Louis Paul Boon to honor his one hundredth birth year.
14. Protestants Evangelische kerk
The Brabant Mount of Brabant is the name of the Protestant Community of Antwerp during the period that it came together in secret at the time of the Austrian Netherlands. The church building that has been in use since 1821 of the Protestant municipality of Antwerp-Noord of the United Protestant Church in Belgium is also indicated by this name. The late Gothic church building, the first stone of which was laid in 1615 was located on the Lange Winkelstraat and is recognized as a monument. It is the only thing that remains of the Roman Catholic monastery of the Sisters Annunciates in Antwerp.
Wikipedia: Brabantsche Olijfberg (NL), Website, Heritage Website
15. Tank
The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. Named after the English Civil War-era military leader Oliver Cromwell, the Cromwell was the first tank put into service by the British to combine high speed from a powerful, reliable engine and reasonable armour. The intended dual-purpose high velocity gun could not be fitted in the turret, so a medium velocity dual purpose gun was fitted instead. Further development of the Cromwell combined with a high velocity gun led to the Comet tank.
16. Boekenbergpark
The Boekenbergpark is located in Deurne-Zuid (Antwerp) on the Eksterlaar, between Unitaslaan and the Van Baurscheitlaan. The park is 10 hectares in size and was laid around 1800 around a rococo style outdoor residence as a huge kitschdecor from Folly's. The ruin tower and the cave complex with ice cellar have been preserved and offer shelter to the Natuurhistorisch Museum Boekenberg and a Speleological Foundation. Today the park is maintained as a mini forest, which means that nature in this park can take its course within certain boundaries because there is only necessary management.
17. Mala Zimetbaum
Malka Zimetbaum, also known as "Mala" Zimetbaum or "Mala the Belgian", was a Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She is also remembered for her lifesaving acts in favor of other prisoners during her captivity at Auschwitz and for the resistance she displayed at her execution following her being recaptured, when she tried committing suicide before the guards were able to execute her, then slapped the guard who tried to stop her, before eventually being killed. She was the first woman to escape from Auschwitz.
18. Kasteel Te Couwelaar
Couwelaar Castle, also known as De Drie Torekens, is a castle in the Deurne district of Antwerp. The castle is L-shaped and consists of a main building with wings, as well as several outbuildings including a coach house. The main building is characterized by two round towers at the front and a built-in, square tower at the rear. Over the centuries, the castle has been extensively altered and restored several times and has stylistic elements of the Neo-Renaissance and Rococo, among others. Couwelaar Castle is a historical monument.
19. Begijnhof Antwerpen
The Beguinage of Antwerp is one of the beguinages in Flanders and a beguinage in the Belgian city of Antwerp. It is located in the Rodestraat in the University Quarter and was founded in 1544 when the old beguinage from 1245, which was located outside the city walls, was abandoned for security reasons. The beguinage was originally of the square type, but later an alley was added. The original church was destroyed in 1799, the current St. Catherine's Church was built in 1827, probably under the direction of Pierre Bruno Bourla.
20. Stadspark
The Stadspark is a 14 -hectare park in the center of the Belgian city of Antwerp. It has the shape of a triangle whose base is facing south and the top to the north. The park is surrounded by the Quinten Matsijslei in the east, the Van Eycklei in the south and the Rubenslei in the west. The Stadspark takes the place of the former Schans or Lunet Herentals that formed a part of the Antwerp Fortress. Remarkable is the bridge built by architect Édouard Keilig between 1867 and 1869 over the pond located in the Stadspark.
21. Jain Tempel of Antwerp
The Jain Temple of Antwerp is located in the borough of Wilrijk. The building has a floor area of 1,000 m² and was inaugurated in 2010. Construction started in India in 1990 and took about 10 years. Then everything was dismantled and shipped and brought to Wilrijk. Construction started in 2000 and was rebuilt brick by brick, like a box of blocks. The design is based on that of traditional Jain temples and is made up of blocks of white marble that were first worked in India before being shipped to Belgium.
22. Willemdok
The Willemdok is located in Northern Antwerp and is located next to the older Bonapartedok. The Willemdok has a length of 378 m and a width of 198 m. The dock is a bit deeper with 6 m than the Bonapartok. The Willemdok was designed and constructed in 1803-1812 pursuant to a decree of 26 July 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte and came into use as "Le Grand Bassin" in 1813. Just like the Bonapartedok, it was designed by Nicolas Mengin. In 1815 the King of the Netherlands donated it to the city of Antwerp.
23. Klooster en kapel van de zusters Franciscanessen
The former Franciscaness monastery is a monastery in the Lange Kongostraat in Antwerp (district), built by architect Jules Bilmeyer. The late neogotic whole consists of a chapel, adjacent monastery buildings, monastery garden and accompanying garden walls. The building application for the chapel dates from 1910. In addition to being a missionary, the monastery order Franciscanessen-Missionaries of Maria were also active in education and catechesis in less well-to-do city districts.
Wikipedia: Franciscanessenklooster in de Lange Kongostraat (NL), Heritage Website
24. Hoofdsynagoge van de Israelisch Orthodoxe Gemeente Machsiké Hadass
The Machsike Hadass is a Haredi Jewish community in Antwerp. The name comes from Hebrew and means "Keepers of the Commandment" or also "Maintainers of the Faith". In standard Hebrew, this is pronounced machsikee hadat. The main synagogue of this Israelite Hasidic community was built in 1913-14 in an eclectic style with an exotic character to a design by J. Hofman. The synagogue is located at 43 Oostenstraat and Chaim Kreiswirth is the Chief Rabbi.
25. Sint Michielskerk
The Antwerp parish church of St. Michael is located on the Amerikalei on the border of the Zuid-Museum and Brederode districts. It is a three-aisled cruciform basilica with predominantly neo-Romanesque elements, built in the period 1893-97. The church was designed by Frans Van Dijk, who also designed the Royal Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Photography. The church is counted among the Monumental Churches in the Diocese of Antwerp.
Wikipedia: Sint-Michiel-en-Sint-Petruskerk (NL), Heritage Website
26. Plantentuin
The Botanic Garden of Antwerp, which also carries the name Den Botaniek, is a landscaped botanical garden created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare. Before that the park was, at the end of the 18th century, a plant garden for the Ecole Centrale and then the herb garden and later the vegetable garden of the Sint-Elisabethgasthuis in Antwerp.
27. Joodse Synagoge
The Synagogue Shomré Hadas, commonly known as the Hollandse Synagoge. is a Modern Orthodox synagogue built in Antwerp, Belgium. The building is so named because it was commissioned by descendants of Jews who came to Antwerp from the Netherlands in the early 19th century. It was the first large synagogue in Antwerp. Today the synagogue is used for services only on Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Shabbat morning service.
28. Bonapartedok
The Bonapartedok is located in the port area in the northern part of the Island. The Bonapartedok is located on the Rijnkaai, which runs on the west side of Antwerp's oldest dock, where Hangar 26 is located in the Antwerp regional TV channel ATV. On the other side of this shed on the Bonaparteguldam, the tavern and disco-bar steering board is located on the top floor. Eastern and in connection is the Willemdok.
29. Nassaubrug
The Nassau Bridge is a bridge in the Antwerp port area on the right bank of the Scheldt. The bridge is over the narrow connection between the Bonapartedok and the Willemdok in the old port of Antwerp and thereby connects the dock complex with the island and the Sint-Laureiskaai on the north side of the Bonapartedok. It is the oldest bridge in the port of Antwerp, built in 1867 and restored a first time in 1912.
30. Museum aan de Stroom
The MAS, or Museum aan de Stroom, is a museum in Antwerp that opened on 14 May 2011. The MAS has eight exhibition spaces and a collection of approximately 500,000 objects. The focus of the MAS is the connection between Antwerp and the world. The history, art and culture of the port city of Antwerp, international trade and shipping and art and culture from Europe, Africa, Asia, America and Oceania are central.
31. Sint-Andrieskerk
St. Andrew’s Church is a Catholic church in Antwerp built in the 16th century. Its exterior is mainly characterised by a late-Gothic style while its interior is predominantly executed in Baroque style. It is the parish church of the Parish of St. Andrew’s. During the nineteenth century the St. Andrew's Parish was known as the parish of misery as it was by then mainly populated by poor people.
Wikipedia: St. Andrew's Church, Antwerp (EN), Heritage Website
32. Brabo Fountain
The Brabo Fountain is a eclectic-style fountain-sculpture located in the Grote Markt of Antwerp, Belgium, in front of the City Hall. The fountain, dating from 1887, contains a bronze statue by the sculptor Jef Lambeaux depicting the city's legendary founder, Silvius Brabo, throwing the severed hand of the giant Druon Antigoon into the river Scheldt. It received protected status in 1982.
33. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. This collection is representative of the artistic production and the taste of art enthusiasts in Antwerp, Belgium and the Northern and Southern Netherlands since the 15th century.
Wikipedia: Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (EN), Website, Heritage Website
34. Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk
St. Charles Borromeo Church is a church in central Antwerp, located on the Hendrik Conscience square. It was built in 1615-1621 as the Jesuit church of Antwerp, which was closed in 1773. It was rededicated in 1779 to Saint Charles Borromeo. The church was formerly known for 39 ceiling pieces by Rubens that were lost in a fire when lightning struck the church on 18 July 1718.
Wikipedia: St. Charles Borromeo Church, Antwerp (EN), Heritage Website
35. Zoo Antwerpen
ZOO Antwerp is a zoo that belongs to the KMDA. The zoo was opened on July 21, 1843 and is therefore the oldest zoo in Belgium and one of the oldest zoos in the world. The Zoo is located right next to the Antwerp-Central station on Koningin Astridplein in Antwerp. This zoo is also popularly called 'De Zoo' or 'De Zoologie'. In 2014, 425 species found shelter in the Zoo.
36. Middelheim Museum
The Middelheimmuseum is a Belgian open -air museum for modern and contemporary sculpture. The museum is located in the Middelheimpark, part of the Nachtegalenpark, in Antwerp. The sculpture park is about thirty hectares. The museum is the oldest of its kind and enjoys international fame. It was opened in 1951 under the name Open Air Museum for Sculpture Middelheim.
Wikipedia: Openluchtmuseum voor beeldhouwkunst Middelheim (NL), Website, Url
37. Theodoor Verstraete
Theodoor Verstraete, also spelled Theodor Verstraete and Théodore Verstraete was a Belgian Realist painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes depicting life in the countryside as well as his paintings of the Belgian coastal landscape. He has been called the 'poet of rural life' who depicted the humble life of the people in the countryside with empathy.
38. Stadsarchief Sint-Felix pakhuis
The Stapelhuis Sint-Felix, now called Felixpakhuis, is a monumental warehouse from 1858, on Godefriduskaai nr. 30 in Antwerp, with a central passage to the Oudeleeuwenrui. Since 2006, the Antwerp City Archives Felix Archive has been located in the building. It is located on the Willemdok, opposite the MAS or the Museum on the Stroom, in the 't Eilandje district.
39. Schelde Vrij
Scheldt Vrije is a monument at the Marnixplace in Antwerp. The image was designed in 1873 by architect Jean-Jacques Winders, in collaboration with the sculptor Louis Dupuis, who made the lions and medallions, Jacques De Brakeleer, who took care of Neptune and Mercury and Frans Floris who realized the writing women's figure. In 1883 the monument was completed.
40. Hogere Zeevaartschool
The Antwerp Maritime Academy, officially Antwerp Maritime Academy (AMA), is a school that mainly trains the trades of Merchant Navy Officer. The institution, which teaches Dutch, French and English, has been established since 1932 in the port area north of Antwerp, on the right bank of the Scheldt, and welcomes students from 17 different nationalities.
Wikipedia: École supérieure de navigation d'Anvers (FR), Url, Heritage Website
41. Thomas More Hogeschool
The Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool is a former Catholic college in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2000 it merged into the Lessius University of Applied Sciences, which later became the Thomas More University of Applied Sciences for professional bachelor's degrees. Since 2013, the academic programmes have been part of KU Leuven.
Wikipedia: Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool (NL), Website, Heritage Website
42. Maison Guiette
Maison Guiette also known as Les Peupliers, is a house in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Le Corbusier in 1926 and built in 1927. It was the studio and living quarters of René Guiette, a painter and art critic. One of the Franco-Swiss architect's lesser-known works, it is an early example of the International Style.
Wikipedia: Maison Guiette (EN), Architect Wikipedia, Heritage Website
43. DE Studio
The studio is a building on Mechelseplein in Antwerp that is now being used as a cultural center. Originally built as a noble city palace it later became a hotel, a bank and an acting school. The building, which is located in the Antwerp Theaterbuurt, has been operated since 2011 by the Villanella Arts Center.
44. Kattendijkdok
The Kattendijk dock is located in the north of Antwerp and connects to the Verbindingsdok and the Suez dock, which in turn connects to the America dock and Albert dock. It is located in a north-south axis. The Kattendijk dock was excavated and extended in several phases, namely from 1860, 1869 to 1881.
45. Waterpoort
The Waterpoort is a monumental gate located in the Zuiderdokken, Zuid Antwerp, Belgium. The gate was sculpted by Huibrecht van den Eynde and Johannes van Mildert, and was erected in 1624. It originally served as a water gate on the Scheldt river, as well as an honorary gate to King Philip IV of Spain.
46. Kapel van het Allerheiligste Sacrament
The Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament on the Hemelstraat in Antwerp is a 19th-century neo-Gothic chapel built from 1890 to 1892 by architect Ernest Stordiau. Although it was originally built as a women's monastery, it is now used as a priory of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X for Flanders.
Wikipedia: Kapel van het Allerheiligste Sacrament (NL), Website, Website Fr, Heritage Website
47. Sint-Norbertuskerk
The Church of St Norbert is a neo-Gothic church in Antwerp. The building is located in the Zurenborg district, on the corner of the Dawn Place and the Short Altaarstraat. This district has an eclectic building. It is located in the border area of the districts of Antwerp, Berchem and Borgerhout.
Wikipedia: Sint-Norbertuskerk (Antwerpen) (NL), Heritage Website
48. Snijders & Rockoxhuis
The Snijders&Rockox House is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium. It is located in two neighbouring townhouses formerly owned by the artist Frans Snyders (1579–1657) and the mayor Nicolaas Rockox (1560–1640). It is owned by KBC Bank and showcases a collection of 16th and 17th century Flemish art.
49. Sint-Hubertuskerk
The Saint-Hubertus Church is a parish church in the present district of Berchem of Antwerp. The church was designed by Jan De Vroey and was originally from the early 20th century. The church of the Saint Hubertus Parish is located on the Victor Jacobslei in the Old Berchem district.
Wikipedia: Sint-Hubertuskerk (Berchem) (NL), Heritage Website
50. Christus’ Geboortekerk
St. Joseph's Church is an originally Roman Catholic church in Antwerp. It was inaugurated in 1868 and built in neo-Romanesque style to a design by Eugeen Gife. Since 2000 it has been rented by the Russian Orthodox Christ's Nativity parish. The address of the church is Loosplaats 1.
Wikipedia: Sint-Jozefkerk (Antwerpen) (NL), Website, Heritage Website
51. Hobokense Polder
The Hobokense Polder is a nature reserve located in Hoboken. It is 170 hectares in size. It is located in the north of Hoboken. Since 1995 it has been a nature reserve. On December 23, 1998, it officially became a nature reserve. It is managed by Natuurpunt Hobokense Polder vzw.
52. Handelsbeurs
The bourse at Antwerp is a building in Antwerp, Belgium, which was first opened in 1531 as the world's first purpose-built commodity exchange. The Royal Exchange in London was modelled on the Antwerp bourse. The bourse has been described as "the mother of all stock exchanges".
Wikipedia: Bourse at Antwerp (EN), Website, Heritage Website
53. Sint-Jan Maria Vianneykerk
The old parish church of Sint-Jan Maria Vianney is a former parish church in the municipality of Antwerp, located at Boomstesteenweg 333. It was designed by Simon Van Craen. It is an austere brick hall church without a tower, with a pre-built portal and a cross on the gable.
Wikipedia: Oude parochiekerk Sint-Jan Maria Vianney (NL), Heritage Website
54. Districtshuis Deurne
The District House of Deurne is a building in the district of Deurne in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The building is located on the Maurice Dequeeckerplein. To the south of the district house is the provincial domain Rivierenhof and to the east the Arboretum Rivierenhof.
55. De Vijf Werelddeelen
The house of Vijf Werelddelen, in Dutch: behind Vijf Werelddelen, is an achievement due to the architect Frans Smet-Verhas in 1901. It is considered to be one of the most original and extravagant works in Art Nouveau in Belgium and is in Antwerp in the Flemish region.
56. Sint-Janskerk
The Sint-Janskerk, nicknamed "De Peperbus", is a parish church on Sint-Jansstraat in Borgerhout. It is a large and impressive, neo-Romanesque church in the style of a basilica, built in 1887-1890. The plans are from the architects Hendrik Beyaert and Frans Baeckelmans.
Wikipedia: Sint-Janskerk (Borgerhout) (NL), Heritage Website
57. Sint-Julianusgasthuis
The Sint-Julianusgasthuis is a historic guest house in Antwerp that now serves as an art gallery De Zwarte Panter. The Gasthuis was founded in 1305 by Ida van der List-van Wijneghem and Kanunnik Jan Tuclant and served as an inn for (poor) strangers in transit.
Wikipedia: Sint-Julianusgasthuis (NL), Website, Heritage Website
58. Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library is the repository library of the city of Antwerp. It is named after the Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience, whose statue adorns the library. The library conserves books and magazines to keep them available permanently.
Wikipedia: Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (EN), Heritage Website
59. Hessenhuis
The Hessenhuis is a historic building in Northern Antwerp, on the Hessenplein of the same name, the Oude Leeuwenrui, the starch and falconrui, and Hessenbrug, which connects to the horse market. Nowadays there are an exhibition space and a homocafé.
60. Baron Isidoor Opsomer
Isidore Edmond Henri Opsomer, also known as Isidoor Opsomer, was a Flemish painter. He was a realistic and post-impressionist painter of portraits, cityscapes, landscapes, and still lifes. He was also active as an etcher and lithographer.
61. Lange Wapper
Lange Wapper is a Flemish folkloric character. He is a legendary giant and trickster whose folk tales were told especially in the city of Antwerp and its neighbouring towns, but similar tales are also prominent in other Flemish cities.
62. Sint-Willibrorduskerk
St. Willibrord's Church is a church in Antwerp, Belgium. The church is located on the Kerkstraat in Antwerp North, somewhat enclosed between the Central Station area, the Seefhoek and Stuivenberg districts and the Borgerhout district.
Wikipedia: Sint-Willibrorduskerk (Antwerpen) (NL), Heritage Website
63. Justitiepaleis Antwerpen
The Antwerp courthouse, often also called Vlinderpaleis, is a building in the south of the Belgian city of Antwerp. It is located on the Bolivarplaats, where the South Station used to be. The building was designed by Richard Rogers.
64. Oude Landen
The old countries is a 100 hectares of nature at Ekeren in Antwerp. It has been a protected landscape since 1980. In 2002 it was also recognized as a Flemish nature reserve. The old countries are managed by Natuurpunt.
65. Rivierenhof
The Rivierenhof is a provincial domain in the Antwerp city district Deurne, owned by and managed by the province of Antwerp. It includes an area of 132 ha and is therefore the largest park in the city of Antwerp.
66. Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum
The Flemish Tram and Bus Museum is a museum of public transport that exhibits historical trams and buses. The museum is situated in the Berchem district of Antwerp, in the former tram shed of Groenenhoek.
Wikipedia: Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum (EN), Website, Heritage Website
67. Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Smartenkerk
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Zeven Smartenkerk or simply: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Smartenkerk is a parish church in the Merksem, which belongs to the municipality of Antwerp, located at Pastoor Bampsstraat 2.
Wikipedia: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Zeven Smartenkerk (Merksem) (NL), Heritage Website
68. Sint-Bonifaciuskerk
Saint Boniface Church is an Anglican church in Antwerp. It falls within the Archdeaconry of North-West Europe, which itself is part of the 44th diocese of the Church of England, the Diocese in Europe.
Wikipedia: St. Boniface Church, Antwerp (EN), Website, Heritage Website
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