"The biggest city of Flanders" Top 5 Page for this destination Antwerp by benidormone


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My Hometown

Antwerp is the biggest city of Flanders it has about 460.000 inhabitants. It is a multi cultural city. All kinds of people live here. I like living here because I can be my own real personality. Alltough I was born in Schoten (about 8km from Antwerp) and lived there untill I was 22, it feels like I have allways been living in Antwerp. Above is a picture of the central station. A lot of construction work is going on. The Central train station is getting ready for the future. In 2006 there will be trains on three floors, on minus two the HST (high speed train) will go in a tunnel under the city. The tunnel is 1200 meters long. From Antwerp to Rotterdam will only take 50 minutes. Also a second Central station will be built.

Lazy in the sun

Here Dirk and I are enjoying the nice weather this summer.In Antwerp there are lots of places where you can drink or/and eat outside when the weather is nice.

Loosing weight

One of my biggest achievements in recent years was loosing weight.In October 2001 Dirk and I decided to go to weight watchers.On this picture I had reached my goal.In September 2002 I had lost 25kg.Dirk had lost 23kg.Now we are still doing fine.Thanks to Greta our leader we never gave up.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Multi cultural city great place to visit and to live
  • In a nutshell:The city never sleeps
  • Intro Updated Apr 17, 2004
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    mallyak Dec 20, 2008 at 4:12 PM Report Abuse

    Your wonderful home town was one of the highlights of our Europe trip!Lovely pics and tips!

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    nora_south_africa Apr 19, 2008 at 9:10 PM Report Abuse

    wonderful transport tips thanx

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    alywang Mar 31, 2007 at 8:48 PM Report Abuse

    those historical buildings make me wanna travel in our country:)

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    iandsmith Oct 29, 2006 at 1:02 PM Report Abuse

    Mmm, 2004 Rubens year, all those upcoming events in 2005. Perhaps and update? Apart from that, useful tips and thanks for sharing as I'm off to there next year. I have also just visited a town called Walhalla (in Australia)

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    songlines Feb 26, 2006 at 2:38 AM Report Abuse

    Enjoyed your page on Antwerp William! (And your other pages).Some day I hope to be at one of the VT meetings there, as I visit a few times a year. Happy travels!

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    ducati Aug 3, 2005 at 4:40 AM Report Abuse

    This year, LAundry Day will no longer be in the Kammenstraat (last year there were so many visitors that the org decided to change location). 't Eilandje (Braziliestraat) on the 3th of september= the new venue) check their website for more info.

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    Gitanes Apr 15, 2005 at 3:17 AM Report Abuse

    Benidormone, Irisbe was right your website about Antwerpen is veeeeeery useful; hopefully I´ll meet you all Antwerpen-gang (lol) when I move there to live. Best regards and congratulations form sunny spain!

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    dejavu2gb Mar 9, 2005 at 3:26 AM Report Abuse

    Great page on Antwerp William, you have some great pictures and very useful tips, thanks and well done! :)

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    cazz38 Feb 3, 2005 at 1:11 PM Report Abuse

    Loved your page William,the cathedral looks stunning and i wish we had a candy shop like that in Exeter.LOL.

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    mplessers Dec 5, 2004 at 2:37 AM Report Abuse

    Goeiemorgen (als je al wakker bent). Het was een leuke meeting gisteren... tot een volgende meeting...

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