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Antwerp is not the only city that makes me think of bicycles galore, but there seems to be a lot more charm watching people gliding through this beautiful Belgian city than within the frenzied streets ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » History: Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past
In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, more than a hundred Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this "human zoo", ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » History: Antwerp 1920 Olympics: The Hunger Games
On the heels of World War I and a global pandemic (sound familiar?), in a city that had been occupied by the German army, starved and devastated—the Games would go on. Olympic Games Poster, Antwerp ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » History: Antwerp: a well-seasoned melting pot of Rubens, diamonds and Belgium’s only Chinatown
Tourists visiting the Belgian city of Antwerp are usually drawn by its reputation as the cradle of Flemish culture. This was home to the Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), whose ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » History: History of Antwerp Jews Published in Flemish in Belgium
A history of the Jews of Antwerp by the Belgian Jewish Historian, Ephraim Schmidt, was published in Flemish here today. The book will be translated into French and possibly into English, soon. JTA has ...
News Belgium » Antwerp » History: A guide to Antwerp, Belgium's striking second city
Antwerp has long been at the centre of things. Belgium’s handsome northern city grew wealthy on the profits of its port, trading since the 16th century in glittering diamonds, priceless works of art ...