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of light and space owes much towers with five hexa gonal turrets VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
to the seven-aisled nave and and rising gables, all built in
vaulted ceiling. The cathedral’s alternate strips of stone and brick. Practical Information
large collection of paintings and The Gothic interior holds a 47 km (29 miles) N of Brussels.
sculptures, some on loan from museum, Sounds of the City, Road Map C1. * 500,000.
the Koninklijk Museum voor which presents artifacts from over n Grote Markt 13; (03) 2320103;
Schone Kunsten (see p156) until 600 years of music in Antwerp. Centraal Station. ( Grote Markt
2017, includes three works by (Dec); Theaterplein (Sat and Sun);
Rubens, of which two – Raising E Het Steen Kloosterstraat (Sun).
of the Cross (1610) and Descent Steenplein 1. Transport
from the Cross (1612) – are trip tychs. Antwerp’s castle, Het Steen, was k £ @ 4
built on the banks of the Scheldt
P Vleeshuis to protect the town and con trol
Vleeshouwersstraat 38. Tel (03) shipping. Although a castle at the base of the ent rance ramp
2926100. Open 10am–5pm Thu–Sun stood on this site in the 10th depicts another legendary
Museum aan de & Easter Mon. & 7 century, during the Viking local giant, the jovial rogue
Stroom (MAS)
600 metres There has been a Vleeshuis (Meat raids, the lower section, Lange Wapper, who could
KLAPD ORP
(660 yards) NOSESTR ST-PAULUSSTR HUIKSTR FALC ON R U I Hall) on this site since 1250, but which is the oldest part grow taller at will and played
JORDAENSKAAI OUDE BEUR S L. KOEPOORTSTR MINDERBROEDERSUI Rockoxhuis VE KE STR A AT by the architect Herman de dates only from the 13th Over the main gate is an
Het Steen St-Pauluskerk the present hall was designed of the pre sent building, alarming tricks on drinkers.
Vleeshuis
century. Above that
old sculpture of Semini,
Waghemakere and
MUTSAARDSTR BLINDESTR
section are vestiges of
completed in 1504. It
Scandinavian god of
STRAAT
S c h e l d t STEENPLEIN E. VAN DIJCKKAAI Stadhuis OUDE KOORNMARKT KAASRUI Onze-Lieve- St-Carolus KEIZERSTR St - P.VAN HOBOKEN features slender the rebuilding ordered Lange Wapper guarding fertility – the statue
in 1520 by Charles V.
was once held to
GROTE MARKT
Borromeuskerk
Jacobskerk
For many cen turies,
be a talisman for
Vrouwekathedraal
Groenplaats
Antwerp’s people.
until 1823, Het Steen
ST-JACOBS MARKT FRANKLIN
Het Steen
L A N GE
PLAATS
plaats
De Vlaamse
GEMEENTESTR
Museum REYNDERSSTR Groen- EIERMARKT Meir EIKENSTR N I E U W E S T R A AT ROOSEVELT Bus Station Astrid served as the
SCHOENMARKT
Plantin-Moretus VRIJDAG Opera town’s prison. Eventually, R St-Pauluskerk
KONINGIN
MARKT M E IR M E I R LEYSSTR STATIESTR ASTRIDPLEIN the whole edifice under- St-Paulusstraat 22. Tel (03) 2323267.
C ARNO T S TR
Rubenshuis H O PLA N D KIPDORPVEST Opera D E K EY SE RLE I went a romanticized Open Apr–Oct: 2–5pm daily. 8 3pm
JODENSTR
P L A N T I N K A A L K LO OS T E RSTRAAT ST ANDRIES NATIONALESTRAAT Museum Mayer KOMEDIE GRAAN- THEATERPLEIN TABAKVEST Q U EL LI N STR AAT A P P L E M A N S STRAAT VESTINGSTRAAT Centraal restoration in the Sun & public holidays. 5
AUGUSTIJNEN STR
Diamant
Modemuseum
(MoMu)
Station
PLEIN
year 1890. According
Completed in the early 17th
F R A N K R I J K L E I
K.GA STHUISSTR
MARKT
KAMMENSTR
to legend, the castle
van den Bergh
century, this splendid church
ARENBERGSTR
BREDESTR
PLAATS
Antwerp Zoo
was once home to
displays a mix of Gothic and
the evil giant Druon
PREKERSTRAAT
STR
BEGIJNEN STR VLEMINCKVELD LANGE GASTHUISSTR Maagdenhuis R U B E N S L E I QU INT E N MAT SI JS LEI P EL I K A AN S T R A AT P LO E G ST R AAT exacted a heavy toll on Baroque features. The exte rior
Antigoon, who
dates from about 1571, and has
LEOPOLD-
an elaborate Baroque gateway,
ST-
JORISPOORT
LAN GEKIEVITSTR
ST-ROCHU S S TR A AT
M HKA STR LEUVEN KLOOSTER- STRAAT KR ONEN B UR G S TR A AT TERNINCK STR Stadspark shipping and cut off the hands while the interior has intricately
(Museum van of captains who failed to pay him. carved wooden choir stalls.
S C HEL D E ST R A AT
WAALSE KAAI VERLATSSTR VRIJHEIDSTRAAT Middelheimmuseum V A N E Y C K L E I 6 km (4 miles) brave Roman soldier Silvius Brabo, of paintings illustrating the Fifteen
Hedendaagse
Kunst Antwerpen) VOLKSTRAAT He was eventually slain by the St-Pauluskerk possesses a series
VLAAMSE KAAI
Antwerp Airport
3 km (2 miles)
LEOPOLD DE
Cogels-Osylei
in turn and threw it into the River
which, The Scourging of the Pillar,
FotoMuseum DE BURBURESTR WAELPLAATS Koninklijk Museum B R I T S E L E I 1.5 km (1 mile) who chopped off the giant’s hand Mysteries of the Rosary, one of
voor Schone
Kunsten Antwerp Scheldt. This handwerpen, or is an exquisite canvas by Rubens.
hand-throwing, is said by one
There are also paintings by van
1 Grote Markt legend to be the gesture that Dyck and Jordaens.
2 Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal gave Antwerp its name. The
3 Vleeshuis bronze statue dating from 1963 E Museum aan de Stroom
4 Het Steen (MAS)
5 St-Pauluskerk Hanzestedenplaats 1. Tel(03) 338
6 Modemuseum (MoMu) 4400. Open 10am–5pm Tue–Fri,
10am–6pm Sat & Sun (until 5pm in
7 Museum Plantin-Moretus winter). & 7 ∑ mas.be
8 Maagdenhuis
9 Rockoxhuis Set in a spiralling building in
the old docks area just north of the
0 St-Jacobskerk historic centre is the Museum aan
q Rubenshuis de Stroom, (Museum on the River).
w Museum Mayer van den Bergh It combines artifacts formerly
e Koninklijk Museum voor held in the Maritime, Folklore and
Schone Kunsten Ethnographic museums and the
r M HKA Vleeshuis to present a portrait of
t FotoMuseum Antwerp’s historic relation ship
y Centraal Station Het Steen, Antwerp’s castle on the banks with the River Scheldt and the
u Antwerp Zoo of the Scheldt world beyond.
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