Guidebook for Antwerpen

Christiane
Guidebook for Antwerpen

Food Scene

Sooooo tasty! Indonesian tapas with very friendly service!
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Kartini
61 Oude Koornmarkt
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Sooooo tasty! Indonesian tapas with very friendly service!
Their bread is fantastic! And try the lemon cakes... yummie! You can also have breakfast or lunch at their large common table...
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Le Pain Quotidien
45 Mechelsesteenweg
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Their bread is fantastic! And try the lemon cakes... yummie! You can also have breakfast or lunch at their large common table...
Best Vietnamese buns ever! Try the Bahn mi... you will never, ever, ever regret it...
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Camino
4 Muntstraat
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Best Vietnamese buns ever! Try the Bahn mi... you will never, ever, ever regret it...
A vintage brasserie at the perfect spot! The salad with goatcheese is yummie...
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Perruche
61 Oude Vaartplaats
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A vintage brasserie at the perfect spot! The salad with goatcheese is yummie...
A historical place with a magnificent courtyard... just 50 meters from your doorstep!
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De Groote Witte Arend
18 Reyndersstraat
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A historical place with a magnificent courtyard... just 50 meters from your doorstep!
One of these days, months or years this chef will have his own Michelin star... every plate has its balanced flavours and design! A must go... and close to the Dageraadplaats where the locals have a drink (or two)
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Restaurant Cena
Door Verstraeteplaats
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One of these days, months or years this chef will have his own Michelin star... every plate has its balanced flavours and design! A must go... and close to the Dageraadplaats where the locals have a drink (or two)
The perfect location with the best view on Antwerp!
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Plaasj Kaffee Food & Drinks
1 Wandeldijk
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The perfect location with the best view on Antwerp!
Have the streetfood feeling, but in a loungy way ;-) During weekends you can enjoy live music or DJ's... My favourite: fried fish platter!
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Mercado
43 Groenplaats
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Have the streetfood feeling, but in a loungy way ;-) During weekends you can enjoy live music or DJ's... My favourite: fried fish platter!
Every Saturday and Sunday you need to stroll and taste some great and cheap food! Bring your trolley to buy fresh pasta, Greek moussaka or just drink some cava...
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Nieuwstad
Nieuwstad
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Every Saturday and Sunday you need to stroll and taste some great and cheap food! Bring your trolley to buy fresh pasta, Greek moussaka or just drink some cava...
The best Chinese and modern restaurant! Make a reservation beforehand...
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Cuichine
3 Draakplaats
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The best Chinese and modern restaurant! Make a reservation beforehand...
A well known thai restaurant... straightforward and yummie!
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Yam Thai
76 Volkstraat
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A well known thai restaurant... straightforward and yummie!
Well, we do not need to introduce this famous restaurant ;-) Chef Sergio Herman has designed an special place, where you need to book very, very early.
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The Jane
1 Paradeplein
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Well, we do not need to introduce this famous restaurant ;-) Chef Sergio Herman has designed an special place, where you need to book very, very early.
Iconic restaurant with excellent food, special interior and great service and wines.... Reservation needed!
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The Glorious Inn
4A De Burburestraat
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Iconic restaurant with excellent food, special interior and great service and wines.... Reservation needed!
Michelin star restaurant at the famous MAS...If you don't have a reservation, you can still go to the rooftop for the magnificent view ;-)
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't Zilte
5 Hanzestedenplaats
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Michelin star restaurant at the famous MAS...If you don't have a reservation, you can still go to the rooftop for the magnificent view ;-)
High quality restaurant, great food, top location!
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Bizie Lizie
16 Vlaamsekaai
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High quality restaurant, great food, top location!
Try the Belgian fries served by the iconic chef Sergio Herman... Delicous!
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Frites Atelier | Antwerpen
32 Korte Gasthuisstraat
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Try the Belgian fries served by the iconic chef Sergio Herman... Delicous!
A budgetfriendly restaurant with good quality food... and nice place to have just a drink...
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Via Via reiscafé
43 Wolstraat
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A budgetfriendly restaurant with good quality food... and nice place to have just a drink...
Great location to eat fresh fish!
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Visbistro Mojo
56 Kasteelpleinstraat
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Great location to eat fresh fish!
At the vibrant and fancy 'Zuid' you can have a 'fruits de mer'!
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Fiskebar
12 Marnixplaats
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At the vibrant and fancy 'Zuid' you can have a 'fruits de mer'!
A hidden place for lobster or fruits de mer...
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Dôme sur Mer
1 Arendstraat
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A hidden place for lobster or fruits de mer...
A tiny place with great food for a nice price. Check the opening hours and make a reservation. Close to the 'De Roma'.
June's Restaurant
18 Krugerplein
A tiny place with great food for a nice price. Check the opening hours and make a reservation. Close to the 'De Roma'.
Just around the corner... A very friendly place with good Belgian food for a fair price. Love the place!
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Café Lambik
16 Lange Leemstraat
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Just around the corner... A very friendly place with good Belgian food for a fair price. Love the place!
A funky Asian restaurant...
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Lucy Chang Antwerp
16 Marnixplaats
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A funky Asian restaurant...
A good Thai restaurant with excellent service and nice interior... My favourite dish: laap kai (minced chicken with lime and minth)
Restaurant A'Thai
48 Oude Koornmarkt
A good Thai restaurant with excellent service and nice interior... My favourite dish: laap kai (minced chicken with lime and minth)
Mingle amongst the locals and have a drink or eat a burger in this nicely decorated cafe/brasserie...
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Captain Zeppos
78 Vleminckveld
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Mingle amongst the locals and have a drink or eat a burger in this nicely decorated cafe/brasserie...
If you are a chocoholic, you cannot miss this famous shop... OMG! Known for controlling the whole process from picking the beans till the chocolate masterpieces...
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PIERRE MARCOLINI Antwerp Store
25 Schrijnwerkersstraat
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If you are a chocoholic, you cannot miss this famous shop... OMG! Known for controlling the whole process from picking the beans till the chocolate masterpieces...
Best bakery in town! Iconic place...
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Goossens
31 Korte Gasthuisstraat
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Best bakery in town! Iconic place...
The best sardines I ate... ever ever ever! Feel and taste 'the Provence' in this cute and lovely restaurant. You will return!
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Mistral
44 Polenlaan
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The best sardines I ate... ever ever ever! Feel and taste 'the Provence' in this cute and lovely restaurant. You will return!
A footstep away... Well known by the locals and great food! I ordered the menu with Asian mussels, Greek skewers with eggplant and a strawberry sweet finish. Delicious!
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Brasseurs
53 Britselei
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A footstep away... Well known by the locals and great food! I ordered the menu with Asian mussels, Greek skewers with eggplant and a strawberry sweet finish. Delicious!
The smallest fish restaurant in town! Order a shrimp croquette... the best you will ever have!
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Fish a'gogo
1 Handschoenmarkt
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The smallest fish restaurant in town! Order a shrimp croquette... the best you will ever have!
Our tip to have breakfast or lunch. I loooove the bagel with creamcheese and salmon with a homemade icetea.
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Goodie Foodie
23 Leeuwenstraat
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Our tip to have breakfast or lunch. I loooove the bagel with creamcheese and salmon with a homemade icetea.

Drinks & Nightlife

The best museum for beer lovers! And especially if you want to know everything about the Antwerp 'Bolleke'. Very interactive and afterwards you can taste their latests 'try outs' Very easy to reach with tram 7!
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De Koninck Antwerp City Brewery
291 Mechelsesteenweg
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The best museum for beer lovers! And especially if you want to know everything about the Antwerp 'Bolleke'. Very interactive and afterwards you can taste their latests 'try outs' Very easy to reach with tram 7!
Great place and just one of the few where you can drink 'Karmeliet' (my favourite beer) on tap!
Best Beers Cafe
18 Ernest Van Dijckkaai
Great place and just one of the few where you can drink 'Karmeliet' (my favourite beer) on tap!
An iconic bar at the magnificent Dageraadplaats since 40 years...
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Zeezicht
7-8 Dageraadplaats
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An iconic bar at the magnificent Dageraadplaats since 40 years...
Perfect location to mingle amongst the locals! Get to know another part of Antwerp...
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Café Mombasa
37 Moorkensplein
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Perfect location to mingle amongst the locals! Get to know another part of Antwerp...
At the corner of the market place Den Engel is famous for the authentic interior and... all the council members drink their beer here! Sunday nights you can have a dance...
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Den Engel
3 Grote Markt
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At the corner of the market place Den Engel is famous for the authentic interior and... all the council members drink their beer here! Sunday nights you can have a dance...
Great place to have a drink. They love diversity and welcome all people...
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Den Draak
1 Draakplaats
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Great place to have a drink. They love diversity and welcome all people...
Very, very famous for their cocktails!
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Sips Cocktailbar
8 Gillisplaats
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Very, very famous for their cocktails!
Join the locals and probably you will have a blast night. Often (on Sundays) you will experience jazz performances...
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Café Hopper
2 Leopold de Waelstraat
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Join the locals and probably you will have a blast night. Often (on Sundays) you will experience jazz performances...
One of our favourite places to have a drink. Mingle amongst the locals...
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Pelikaan
14 Melkmarkt
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One of our favourite places to have a drink. Mingle amongst the locals...
An iconic place! It is well known for the organ and a 24/7 café...
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Beveren
2 Vlasmarkt
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An iconic place! It is well known for the organ and a 24/7 café...
The eldest café in Antwerp! A must go...
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Quinten Matsijs
17 Moriaanstraat
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The eldest café in Antwerp! A must go...
A great place to have a drink on the terrace. If you are tired from strolling the Antiques Shops in the Kloosterstraat, this is the perfect spot to relax.. One of our favourites!
Octo
108 Kloosterstraat
A great place to have a drink on the terrace. If you are tired from strolling the Antiques Shops in the Kloosterstraat, this is the perfect spot to relax.. One of our favourites!
A unique place where they have hundreds of Jenevers... and a special interior! 50 meters from your doorstep so you can take an extra one ;-)
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De Vagant
25 Reyndersstraat
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A unique place where they have hundreds of Jenevers... and a special interior! 50 meters from your doorstep so you can take an extra one ;-)
Famous night club, where you can have a drink in the red light district ;-). Just make sure you go with some friends.
'T Keteltje
25 Oudemansstraat
Famous night club, where you can have a drink in the red light district ;-). Just make sure you go with some friends.
The most famous night club of the gay scene.
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Red and Blue
11 Lange Schipperskapelstraat
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The most famous night club of the gay scene.
You need to explore 't Eilandje... a hot spot in town with a nice harbour and trendy bars. Bacchus maybe an exceptional 'brown bar' with friendly service and often live music. Also delicious breakfast or brunch on Sundays.
Bacchus eatery
128 Napelsstraat
You need to explore 't Eilandje... a hot spot in town with a nice harbour and trendy bars. Bacchus maybe an exceptional 'brown bar' with friendly service and often live music. Also delicious breakfast or brunch on Sundays.
Special vintage bar, where you can drink a beer or a coffee. Very often you can enjoy some live music... Great place! I love the old coffee or tea cups...
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Bar Bakeliet
11 Laar
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Special vintage bar, where you can drink a beer or a coffee. Very often you can enjoy some live music... Great place! I love the old coffee or tea cups...
Great bar with loads of beer on tap. If you go to the bathroom, you can see the barrels through a window...
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Bier Central
25 De Keyserlei
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Great bar with loads of beer on tap. If you go to the bathroom, you can see the barrels through a window...

Entertainment & Activities

If you want to discover Antwerp below the ground! A very special way to learn more about our town... Make sure you make your reservations beforehand.
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De Ruien
21 Suikerrui
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If you want to discover Antwerp below the ground! A very special way to learn more about our town... Make sure you make your reservations beforehand.
If you are into Comics, this is a must go! Interactive, fun and at a great location (in the Central station!)
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Comics Station Antwerp
Mediaplein
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If you are into Comics, this is a must go! Interactive, fun and at a great location (in the Central station!)
Chocolate experience for the addicts! If you want to learn, taste and make your own 'praline', you are at the right spot! Best and tastiest museum ever...
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Csokoládé Nemzet
7 Koningin Astridplein
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Chocolate experience for the addicts! If you want to learn, taste and make your own 'praline', you are at the right spot! Best and tastiest museum ever...

Sightseeing

Mount the Cathedral! Every Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday (till September) at 9.30, 12.30 en 14.00 uur. It takes about 2,5 hours for an amazing view... Book your tickets in advance! visitantwerpen.be
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Miasszonyunk székesegyháza
21 Groenplaats
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Mount the Cathedral! Every Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday (till September) at 9.30, 12.30 en 14.00 uur. It takes about 2,5 hours for an amazing view... Book your tickets in advance! visitantwerpen.be
You really need to see this 'spooky town'. Since years there are plans to expand the harbour and over 1400 people needed to leave their village 'Doel'. A few die hards stay and live in the place full of grafitti and a very special atmosphere. There still is a bar and you can eat really very good at the mill. A must go! ON Sunday you will hear some stories in the local café... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPERJf0Q3vo
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Doel
22 helybéli ajánlásával
You really need to see this 'spooky town'. Since years there are plans to expand the harbour and over 1400 people needed to leave their village 'Doel'. A few die hards stay and live in the place full of grafitti and a very special atmosphere. There still is a bar and you can eat really very good at the mill. A must go! ON Sunday you will hear some stories in the local café... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPERJf0Q3vo
Take the waterbus (public transport) and see Antwerp from the river...
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the waterbus
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Take the waterbus (public transport) and see Antwerp from the river...

Parks & Nature

If you want to escape the huzzle of the city, take a walk (or a run) at Rivierenhof. Several brasseries (or even the tennis club) offer great food or a drink as well.... Even in summer they have a unique open air concert area!
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Rivierenhof Tartományi Térség
246 Turnhoutsebaan
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If you want to escape the huzzle of the city, take a walk (or a run) at Rivierenhof. Several brasseries (or even the tennis club) offer great food or a drink as well.... Even in summer they have a unique open air concert area!
A fantastic place to stroll in... quite different than 'normal' parks. You can walk, jog, bike, skate, have a picknick or just take breakfast or a drink at the renovated old packhouse...
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Park Spoor Noord
Ellermanstraat
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A fantastic place to stroll in... quite different than 'normal' parks. You can walk, jog, bike, skate, have a picknick or just take breakfast or a drink at the renovated old packhouse...

Arts & Culture

At this special location at the little harbour, you can enter the MAS and go straight to the rooftop (it is for free!). Amazing view!
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MAS - Museum aan de Stroom
1 Hanzestedenplaats
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At this special location at the little harbour, you can enter the MAS and go straight to the rooftop (it is for free!). Amazing view!
On Sunday afternoons you can stroll through the Kloosterstraat with all antiques and brocante shops.
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Kloosterstraat
Kloosterstraat
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On Sunday afternoons you can stroll through the Kloosterstraat with all antiques and brocante shops.

Shopping

This building is totally renovated in the exact same shape before it burned down. Beautiful grandeur!
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Shopping Stadsfeestzaal
78 Meir
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This building is totally renovated in the exact same shape before it burned down. Beautiful grandeur!
Scandinavion shop with loads of clothes, design articles, small furniture,...
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MOOSE in the CITY
10 IJzerenwaag
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Scandinavion shop with loads of clothes, design articles, small furniture,...