Belgium Beautiful City of Antwerp

Belgium Beautiful City of Antwerp. Tourism. Antwerp (Antwerpen /Anvers in Dutch/French) is Belgium's second city biggest port and capital of cool. It has long been a powerful magnet for everyone from fashion moguls and club queens to art lovers and diamond dealers. In the mid-16th century it was one of Europe's most important cities and home to baroque superstar painter Pieter Paul Rubens as many a museum will regularly remind you. Despite many historical travails thereafter and severe WWII bombing Antwerp retains an intriguing medieval heart with plenty of café-filled cobbled lanes a riverside fortress and a truly impressive cathedral. Today however Antwerp's top drawcards are its vibrant fashion and entertainment scene along with its startling architectural and cultural contrasts.