ANTWERPEN - BELGIUM

Antwerp is situated on the Schelde River, about 88 km from the North Sea and only  55km from Brussels. Antwerp is an essential part of an enormous harbour complex, one of the greatest in the world. The harbour installations of Antwerp grew especially after World War II.

I have been quite often in Antwerp, because it is a beautiful city, lots to see and probably the only city where a big zoo (fortunately modernized) is just besides the Train station.





The train station



In front of the train station



The market place



The city hall



Het Steen (The Stone) part of the fortification of the city



along the river Schelde



The entrance to the zoo

You can read more about Antwerp here on my Countries & Cities Travel Blog