Antwerp Key Attractions
This fascinating 16th-century World Heritage-listed patrician house-cum-office-cum printing works (the world's first) is Antwerp's finest and most unexpected visitor attraction, reaching well beyond the history of publishing to portray the birth of a whole new technology and the lifestyle of the city in its Golden Age.
Vrijdagmarkt 22
Tel: (03) 221 1450.
Website: http://museum.antwerpen.be/plantin_moretus
Rubenshuis (Rubens' House)
The artist's home and studio from 1611 until his death in 1640, this atmospheric building includes 10 works by the great man plus many more period paintings and objets d'art from his contemporaries.
Wapper 9-11
Tel: (03) 201 1555.
Website: http://museum.antwerpen.be/rubenshuis
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Royal Museum of Fine Arts)
A collection fit to grace any world capital, housed in a huge classical building, spanning 600 years from the 14th century to the present day; upstairs for Old Flemish and Dutch Masters, downstairs for modern art and temporary exhibitions.
Leopold De Waelplaats
Tel: (03) 238 7809.
Website: http://museum.antwerpen.be/kmska
Diamantmuseum (Diamond Museum)
The history and romance of diamonds, including how and why Antwerp controls 80% of the world's rough diamonds market and 50% of its polished diamond market. There is a diamond cutter at work Monday to Friday.
Koningin Astridplein 19-23
Tel: (03) 202 4890.
Website: www.diamantmuseum.be
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal (Cathedral of Our Lady)
Described as ‘lacework in stone', the largest gothic cathedral in the Low Countries (and still Europe's tallest gothic church) was completed in 1521 and is adorned by Rubens masterpieces of which the Raising of the Cross and the Descent from the Cross are the best known. It has become the symbol of the city and is a stunning sight by night when floodlit.
Groenplaats 21
Tel: (03) 213 9951.
Website: www.dekathedraal.be
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