Antwerp

Antwerp & Amsterdam

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September 29th 2010
Tonight is our last in Antwerp which is large and very cool city in the north east of Belgium. We’ve had a good time here - running in the Strada Park in the early morn, walking through the cobbled streets and squares, looking in the shops (mainly window shopping as many do not open early in the week or early in the day), gazing out at Scheldt River (see view back to the town from the river, pic ... 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