Antwerpen, Belgium
Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Antwerp gained fame as the center of the diamond industry and its legacy for its fine arts.
Belgium as a country is famous for its Belgian beers, Belgian waffles and Belgian chocolates.
Belgium has three (3) official languages: Dutch (Flemish), French and German. It also has three regions through Constitutional reforms in 1970s and 1980s, a compromise designed to minimize linguistic and cultural stress. The three regions are Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
The five Flemish provinces includes Antwerp, Limburg, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, and West Flanders.Wallonia has five provinces namely Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liege, Luxembourg, and Namur.
Brussels, the third region, functions as a Single capital region administration.
The top ten attractions in Antwerp are:
1. The Centraal Station
2. MAS Museum where you can see the whole of Antwerp
3. Het Steen
4. Vlaeykensgang, a hidden alley, type "Oude Kornmarkt 16" on google map and it will take you here
5. Cathedral of Our Lady and in front of it is the Nello and Patrasche statue
6. Zoo Antwerpen - just go outside the Centraal Station and you'll get here
7. Grote Markt
8. Plantin Moretus Museum
9. Red Star Line Museum
10. St. Paul's Church