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Article: Antwerp.(visiting Antwerp, Belgium)
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- House Beautiful
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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{The Belgian city has shed its Flemish decorum and donned stylish new clothes.}
FOR YEARS A SLEEPING BEAUTY, ANTWERP has awakened and is now a hot new travel destination. Discovery began in 1993 when the Belgian city was named Cultural Capital of Europe. The citizens--who call themselves sinjorern, from the once-conquering Spanish--took a fresh look at their surroundings and realized that they had plenty of reasons to be proud. Here were museums and churches to rival the best in the world, marvelous old buildings spanning a whole encyclopedia of architectural styles, hundreds of restaurants (some 500 in the center alone), exquisite antiques shops, and, surprise ...