Cathedral of Our Lady

Antwerp Christmas Market

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December 14th 2009
Yesterday I took the train to Antwerp to go to the Christmas market and to do some shopping. Usually all the shops are closed in Belgium on Sunday, but the two Sundays before Christmas, they open them for shopping. I was in luck because Antwerp is known as the big shopping (especially for diamonds) city in Belgium! The Antwerp Central Station, also known as the Railway Cathedral, was built in 1 ... read more

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more