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Overlooking the square is the
fine Baroque façade of the
Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk
(see p120) r.
The Cathedral and
the Scheldt
Continue along Wijngaardstraat
to reach Lijnwaadmarkt (Linen
Market) t. The street names
here recall the specialist
markets that once clustered
around the cathedral. Note
how buildings have been
constructed right up against o The Grote Markt and its elegant 16th-century Stadhuis (town hall)
the cathedral walls, such as
the restaurant Het Vermoeide at Torfbrug 10, is packed with Antwerp’s spectacular main
Model (“The Artist’s Sleepy religious statuary and the walls square, where you will see the
Model”) y. The bar on the adorned with paint ings of saints more famous version of Brabo,
JORDAENSKAAI L. KOEPOORTSTR. KEIZERSTRAAT of the street Commandment”. Continue to Jef Lambeaux, and the town
corner on the
– the name means “The Eleventh by the noted Antwerp sculptor
other side
hall. Head down the Oude
the Handschoenmarkt (Glove
o
called Het
GROTE u t e r w KIPDORP Elfde Gebod u, Market) from where there is a Koornmarkt (Old Cornmarket)
magnificent view of Onze Lieve
and Pelgrimsstraat. On the
MARKT
S c he l d t E.VAN DIJCKKAAI VLASMARKT i Groenplaats LANGE NIEUWE STR. q ST JACOBS Vrouwe Kathedraal (see p117) i. corner with Reyndersstraat is
HAARSTRAAT
y
the pub called De Vagant p,
MARKT
which specializes in jenever
d STOOFSTR. p MARKT GROEN- EIERMARKT ST KATELIJNEVEST LANGE NIEUWSTRAAT FRANKLIN gin. De Groote Witte Arend
ZAND
PLAATS
a LANGE KLARENSTRAAT EIKENSTRAAT JEZUSSTRAAT ROOSEVELT GEMEENTESTR. 2 (The Great White Eagle) a,
PLAATS
at Reyndersstraat 18, is an old
OUDE KOORN-
s VRIJDAG 0 Meir MEIR MEIR 6 LEYSSTRAAT Opera ANNEESSENSSTR. Astrid and celebrated tavern with a
OEVER STEENHOUWERSVEST LOMBARDENVEST WIEGSTR. 7 STATIESTRAAT ASTRIDPLEIN courtyard. On Vrijdagmarkt
KONINGIN
MARKT
(Friday Market) you will find
8 DE KEYSERLEI 3 the Museum Plantin-Moretus
JODENSTRAAT WAPPER FRANKRIJKLEI (see p120) s, a museum of
early printing, set in the 16th-
AUGUSTIJNENSTRAAT
HUIDEVETTERSSTR.
5
KOMEDIE HOPLAND QUELLINSTRAAT VESTINGSTRAAT Diamant 1 century house of the printer
KAMMENSTRAAT
PLEIN 9 APPELMANSSTRAAT Centraal who gave us the typeface
K.GASTHUISSTRAAT
down Steenhouwersvest to the
Key 4 Station called Plantin. From here, walk
square called St-Jansvliet, with
Walk route ZOO
the River Scheldt beyond. For
the most part, Antwerp turns
PELIKAANSTRAAT
its back on its wide and
Tips for Walkers windy river, but not the café-
0 metres 200 restaurant Zuiderterras d –
Starting point: Centraal Station an award-winning modern
Length: 3.2 km (2 miles) 0 yards 200 building with fine views across
Getting there: Centraal Station is the water.
served by bus and tram routes There is a well in the square
from all over the city. decorated with metalwork
Stopping-off points: There are foliage and a figure; this is
plenty of welcoming refreshment said to have been forged by
stops along the way. For a touch the painter Quentin Metsys
of class, try the Grand Café Horta in around 1495. The figure
(No. 9 on this walk). The walk
also passes other noted watering depicts the Roman soldier
holes, such as Het Vermoeide Silvius Brabo, throwing
Model (No. 16), Het Elfde Gebod the hand of the evil giant
(No. 17), De Vagant (No. 20), Antigonius into the River
and De Groote Witte Arend Scheldt – the folkloric origin
(No. 21). Or save yourself for the of the name Antwerp
spectacular Zuiderterras (No. 23) (handwerpen means “hand-
overlooking the River Scheldt. throw”). Now go to the Boats moored on the busy dockside of the
Grote Markt (see p116) o, River Scheldt
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