Antwerp, Belgium view on map

fodors.com:
XX_PARAGRAPHBREAK_XX In its heyday, Antwerp (Antwerpen in Flemish, Anvers in French) played second fiddle only to Paris. Read more from http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?des...

nationalgeographic.com:
Antwerp, Belgium's second largest city, is the diamond capital of the world. Read more from http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countrie...

world66.com:
Pis?, plenty of impressive museums, delicious chocolate and a city centre divided into the upper and the lower town with a beautiful cathedral and the Grote Markt where you can enjoy your Belgian beers. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/belgium/brussels

lonelyplanet.com:
Guilds were specialist associations of traders and craftsmen (eg the Guild of Weavers, the Guild of Butchers) and had already been in existence for several centuries before they began building their wood and stone headquarters -guildhalls -around the perimeter of Antwerp's Grote Markt, mirroring the construction of similar buildings around Brussels' Grand Place. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/belgium/ant...

fodors.com:
This cities are in the way to others, e.g.: Lille in the way Antwerp-Paris, Dresden in the way Prague-Berlin or Brussels in the way Berlin-Amsterdam (at nighttrain). Read more from http://fodors.com/forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&star...

travel-guides.com:
The atmospheric Historisch Centrum (historic centre) of Antwerp clusters around the two squares of Grote Markt and Groenplaats. Read more from http://www.cityguide.travel-guides.com/city/285/si...

world66.com:
Especially at the 'Grote Markt' and the 'Handschoenmarkt', you should just sit down, relax and soak in the atmosphere. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/belgium/antwerp/nigh...

wikitravel.org:
I dunno... P.S. I gotta say it: Stupid sexy Flanders. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Talk:Flanders

tripreport.com:
Date of travel: Aug 2007 Bruges is a very old city, and it's obvious that the locals are very proud of what they have and will do all they can to keep it the way it is. Read more from http://www.tripreport.com/resort/Belgium/Brussels/...

lonelyplanet.com:
From Antwerp you could travel onto Bruges or Ghent, but that would be too much for a day trip, I guess. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?...

world66.com:
Sint-Baafs in Ghent. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/belgium

wikipedia.org:
)from his blog , The Brussels Journal ,after receiving a letter from the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism ,an agency that falls under the responsibility of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and directed by Jozef de Witte ,asking him to remove the text, because, they claim, it violates the Belgian law of 1981 on racism and xenophobia. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Belien

world66.com:
Antwerp is one of the Belgium cities where you can fancy yourself the King of Belgium over a glass of Koninck beer (or one of the other 400 brands) with a view on the old guildhouses on the Grote Markt. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/belgium/antwerp

planetware.com:
loss of its old town walls (all but four towers having been demolished since the mid 19th C. to make way for traffic), Bruges with its perfectly preserved medieval town center remains a tourist dream, a magnet drawing more than two million visitors a year. Read more from http://www.planetware.com/belgium/bruges-brugge-b-...

wikitravel.org:
Great places are the three towers of Ghent: the cathedral of St. Bavo (with the famous medieval altarpiece painting 'Adoration of the Mystic Lamb'), the church of St. Nicholas and the Belfort (Belfry). Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Ghent

world66.com:
East Belgium Travel Guide. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/belgium/east_belgium...

bugbog.com:
Belgium Travel Guide, climate: Best: May-Sept. Read more from http://www.bugbog.com/european_countries/belgium_t...

wikitravel.org:
Nice but very small historic centre, consisting of Grote Markt/Grand' Place and a few surrounding streets. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Belgium

world66.com:
Speeding limits are 120km/h on freeways, 90km/h outside residential/build-up areas (in Flanders, however, more and more roads have a speed limit of 70km/h), 50km/h in towns and cities, 30km/h in schoolzones. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/belgium/gettingaroun...

lonelyplanet.com:
Wretched is the only word suitable for the mild winter weather from November to March: the days are grey and wet with occasional light snow. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/belgium/

wikipedia.org:
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 fifteenth century. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijk_Museum_voo...

wikipedia.org:
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lonelyplanet.com:
Baroque bars and blocks of choc: this diamond capital is everyone's best friend. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/belgium/ant...

tripreport.com:
A holiday in Belgium, though, is full of delights with pretty seaside towns, the scenic wooded Ardennes, medieval towns and castles. Read more from http://www.tripreport.com/country/Belgium

world66.com:
Boat trips on the Meuse river can be arranged here and many daytrips can be made to charming town in the Ardennes. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/belgium/dinant

wikitravel.org:
IC 1544 Liege-Guillemins (22:06) -Ans(B) -Waremme -Landen -Tienen -Leuven -Bruxelles-Nord -Bruxelles-Central -Bruxelles-Midi -Denderleeuw -Gent St Pieters -Drongen -Landegem -Hansbeke -Bellem -Aalter -Maria-Aalter -Beernem -Oostkamp -Brugge -Oostende (1:11). Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Talk:Belgium

wikitravel.org:
While it may not be historically preserved as fully as other Flemish medieval cities like Bruges or, to a certain extent, Ghent, it is first of all a very dynamic city, offering a perfect mix of history and present-day modern life. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Antwerp

lonelyplanet.com:
The golden age began to tarnish in the mid-15th century when the Low Countries (present-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) were inherited by Spain, igniting a long battle against Catholic Spanish rule. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/belgium/his...