Welcome on this thread
This thread will contain the updates on the various projects going on in the beautiful city of Antwerp.
Or like people from Antwerp tend to call it: 'The Real City of Belgium, the rest is parking."
I would like to start with a brief introduction to Antwerp.
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Antwerpen is the capital of the Flemish province of Flanders and is the second biggest city in Belgium, after Brussels, with 502.604 inhabitants. But since Belgium is built in a dense way, specially Flanders, you could imply that the urban/metro are, or easier said, the people that depend on the city, reaches easily more than a million.
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Antwerpen, in English Antwerp, is a crucial economic part of Flanders. The Port of Antwerp is the second biggest in Europe, after the one in Rotterdam. On world scale it varies from the 11th to the 20th, based on which statistic you take a look at. The second biggest petrochemical complex in the world can be found here. Antwerp is also one of the world's centers of the diamond business, hosting a large number diamond traders and no less than 4 diamond bourses. It is also an important transport hub. The jobless rate in Antwerp is currently 16.0%.
A few shots of Antwerp so you are able to visualize it:
Old Market
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City Hall
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Panorama
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The main shopping street: Meir
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The Central Station
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Groenplaats and Cathedral
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Port of Antwerp
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This thread will contain the updates on the various projects going on in the beautiful city of Antwerp.
Or like people from Antwerp tend to call it: 'The Real City of Belgium, the rest is parking."
I would like to start with a brief introduction to Antwerp.
Antwerpen is the capital of the Flemish province of Flanders and is the second biggest city in Belgium, after Brussels, with 502.604 inhabitants. But since Belgium is built in a dense way, specially Flanders, you could imply that the urban/metro are, or easier said, the people that depend on the city, reaches easily more than a million.
Antwerpen, in English Antwerp, is a crucial economic part of Flanders. The Port of Antwerp is the second biggest in Europe, after the one in Rotterdam. On world scale it varies from the 11th to the 20th, based on which statistic you take a look at. The second biggest petrochemical complex in the world can be found here. Antwerp is also one of the world's centers of the diamond business, hosting a large number diamond traders and no less than 4 diamond bourses. It is also an important transport hub. The jobless rate in Antwerp is currently 16.0%.
A few shots of Antwerp so you are able to visualize it:
Old Market
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City Hall
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Panorama
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The main shopping street: Meir
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The Central Station
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Groenplaats and Cathedral
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Port of Antwerp
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Antwerpen, Felix Pakhuis.
Antwerpen, Felix Pakhuis.
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