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Grote Markt Antwerp
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Pascal Vanhove 🚵🥾🚴♂️
May 16, 2020
Cycling
The historic center of Antwerp, a must-see when visiting Antwerp!
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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën
September 14, 2020
Hiking
A place with charisma.
From this spot, whichever direction you look, Antwerp displays its wealth in all its splendor. Hanseatic houses remind us of the good relations with German territories. Brabo makes a victory gesture at his fountain. The town hall has been restored to its former glory. The Tree of Peace, etc.... in other words, a square with a history.
From this spot, whichever direction you look, Antwerp displays its wealth in all its splendor. Hanseatic houses remind us of the good relations with German territories. Brabo makes a victory gesture at his fountain. The town hall has been restored to its former glory. The Tree of Peace, etc.... in other words, a square with a history.
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Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷
July 17, 2022
Hiking
The history of the Grote Markt started as a forum or square just outside the medieval residential core. Duke Hendrik I of Brabant 1165-1235 donated this communal land to the city in 1220. The name Merckt appeared for the first time in 1310. It is also around this time that the first annual fairs or forts of Brabant took place. Here English merchants did business with Italians, Spaniards, Hanseatics from the North German Hanseatic cities, South Germans and Flemings. At the end of the 15th century, Antwerp became the most important city in the Netherlands at the expense of Bruges.
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