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It is the most important shopping area in the country, both by number of shoppers and by rent prices. [1] The street has been mostly pedestrianised since 1993 and is said to be the Belgian equivalent to New York's 5th Avenue. In the centre of Antwerp, Meir connects the Antwerp City Hall with the trains at Antwerp Central Station.
In the early 1970s UFSIA joined into a confederation with "Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen" (RUCA) and "Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen" (UIA), public institutions. [1] In 2003 UFSIA, RUCA, and UIA merged into the University of Antwerp to become the first explicitly pluralistic university in Belgium, offering philosophical, ethical, and ...
The Grote Markt (Dutch: [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr(ə)kt] ⓘ; "Big Market") is the central square of Antwerp, Belgium, situated in the heart of the old city quarter.It is surrounded by the city's Renaissance Town Hall, as well as numerous guildhalls with elaborate façades, the majority of which are reconstructions from the 19th and early 20th century, approximating paintings of the square by ...
Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at 208.22 km 2 (80.39 sq mi), after Tournai and Couvin.
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. [1] The Royal Exchange in London was modelled on the Antwerp bourse. [2] The bourse has been described as "the mother of all stock exchanges". [3]
The Zuid (Dutch for "South") is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River.The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.
Antwerp's City Hall, c. 1609–1706 In the 16th century, Antwerp became one of the busiest trading ports and most prosperous cities in Northern Europe.The municipal authorities wished to replace the city's small medieval City Hall with a more imposing structure befitting the prosperity of the great port city.
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station (Dutch: Station Antwerpen-Centraal; French: Gare d'Anvers-Central) [a] is the main railway station in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the most important hubs in the country and is one of the four Belgian stations on the high-speed rail network. From 1873 to early 2007, it was a terminal station.