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Museum: Steen, Het/National Maritime Museum: NATIONAL SCHEEPVAARTMUSEUM
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  • Written by LoriPori on Aug 24, 2005
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  • Wednesday, August 3, 2005
    Located on the banks of the River Scheldt, the NATIONAL SCHEEPVAARTMUSEUM or National Maritime Museum, is housed in the old fortification known as the Steen. Inside you will find ship models, maritime paintings, navigation instruments and a whole host of other objects and visual images from the maritimes.
    There are impressive models of eighteenth-century ships that sailed to the East Indies, a 400-year old astrolab and glass-encased models of how Antwerp was in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, showing how ships were built then.
    Besides the indoor Museum in the Steen, you can also walk around the Maritime Park, where real ships, boats and equipment are on display.
    Entrance fee was 5 Euros for Adults.


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    Phone: + 32 (0)3-201 93 40
    Address: Steenplein 1, 2000 Antwerpen
    Directions: next to the river, 2 minutes walk from the Market Square
    Website: http://www.antwerpen.be/cultuur/scheepvaartmuseum
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    Museum: Miniatuurstad: ANTWERP MINIATUURSTAD
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  • Updated by LoriPori on Aug 26, 2005
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    This was one of the places we visited on our tour of Antwerp. It really was very interesting to see a miniature version of the city of Antwerp, especially when they turned on the lights to show the city in all its glory at night.
    The buildings were created in exact detail of the original, only on a much smaller scale. The "Stadhuis" was particularly well done.

    Entry fee was 5 Euros


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    Address: Vlaamse Kaai
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    BEER TASTING: BEER TASTING
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  • Written by LoriPori on Dec 9, 2005
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  • Antwerp is well-known as a great BEER TASTING spot, as there are a lot of different kinds of beer to try.
    The Belgians say their beers are the best in the world -- but so say the Dutch and the Germans and I must say our Canadian Beer is pretty darn good too - Molson Canadian eh!
    Typical for Antwerp is "Bolleke" ( little bowl ). It's a special bowl-shaped glass filled with the local specialty " De Koninck ".


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    Comments for LoriPori about Antwerp
    evaanna Fri Sep 4, 2009 12:38 UTC
     Antwerp looks like a great city with so much to see. Loved the cathedral with its excellent lacy decorations and the Guild Houses. The legend of Brabo is most interesting.
    jumpingnorman Mon Jul 20, 2009 08:05 UTC
     My wife would love this ANTWERP MINIATUURSTAD since we saw a similar miniature city in Australia (Cockington Green) and she likes little houses...and I on the other hand love Maritime museums and big market squares...Norman :)
    lynnehamman Tue Apr 7, 2009 01:34 UTC
     Excellent page,Lori. The saga re name of Antwerp is very interesting story.Diamond-cutting is done here for De Beers, andprobably most of the world, as you point out. Lovely architecture with pics to demonstrate.
    mallyak Tue Apr 15, 2008 23:20 UTC
     Greta pics and tips Lori-our last stop on our forthcoming europe trip.And nice to see you as the featured member!
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