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second largest city of Belgium. with 500.000 inhabitants is perhaps best known as a centre for diamonds. About 60% of the world's diamonds are traded in Antwerp. The diamond district is just in front of the central train station. Turn left at the station exit to explore some of the jewellery shops along Pelikaanstraat, turn right if you want to visit the diamond museum (Diamantmuseum) at 19-23 Koningin Astridplein, or go straight (along De Keyserlei) and turn left into Appelmansstraat for several diamond boutiques, the largest of which is Diamondland.
The Town Hall (Stadhuis) was built in the 1560s
In the 16th century, Antwerp was one of the most important financial centers of the world, where traders from all over Europe and Asia sold and bought their goods. After the siege of Antwerp in 1585 by the Spanish, this role as a financial center was taken over by Amsterdam. Nevertheless, since the 19th century and especially the 20th century, Antwerp has made a serious economic comeback.
It is the second largest city in Belgium, after Brussels, and it has a major European port. Antwerp is a splendid city with numerous architectural highlights, most of which date from the 16th (the golden era of Antwerp) and the 17th century. The destructions of the Second World War, unfortunately, has scarred somehow the fair face of the old town. Still there are enough monuments left for those who like monument-hopping to spend a few days admiring them. The past is also represented by the numerous paintings of Peter Paul Rubens who lived in the Antwerp of the early 17th century.
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