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Van Wesenbekestraat. 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 ...
The Vleeshuis by Jozef Linnig, before 1886. Vleeshuis in 2023. Carved oak group representing Saint George fighting the dragon (ca. 1514). The Vleeshuis ( Butcher's Hall, or literally Meat House) in Antwerp, Belgium, is a former guildhall. It is now a museum located between the Drie Hespenstraat, the Repenstraat and the Vleeshouwersstraat.
The history of the Jews in Antwerp, a major city in the modern country of Belgium, goes back at least eight hundred years. Jewish life was first recorded in the city in the High Middle Ages. While the Jewish population grew and waned over the centuries, by the beginning of World War II Antwerp had a thriving Jewish community comprising some ...
Antwerp City Hall. / 51.2213; 4.3992. The City Hall ( Dutch: Stadhuis ⓘ) of Antwerp, Belgium, stands on the western side of that city's Grote Markt (main square). Erected between 1561 and 1565, after designs made by Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, this Renaissance building incorporates both Flemish and ...
Mosconi. / 49.608972°N 6.135806°E / 49.608972; 6.135806. Mosconi is an Italian restaurant located at 13 rue Munster in the Grund district of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, overlooking the river Alzette. Headed by chef Ilario Mosconi, formerly from Lombardy, Italy, it is one of the Relais & Châteaux series of hotels and gourmet ...
Antwerp ( / ˈæntwɜːrp / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə (n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers [ɑ̃vɛʁs] ⓘ) 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 204.51 km 2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin. With a population ...
Rubenshuis. Coordinates: 51°13′2″N 4°24′33″E. The Rubenshuis exterior, as seen from the Wapper. The Rubenshuis ( Dutch for 'Rubens House') is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself.
51°13′44″N 4°24′17″E / . 51.2290°N 4.4048°E. / 51.2290; 4.4048. Type. Cultural history. Website. https://mas.be/en. The Museum aan de Stroom ( MAS; Dutch for: Museum by the Stream) is a museum located along the river Scheldt in the Eilandje district of Antwerp, Belgium. It opened in May 2011 and is the largest museum in Antwerp.