Belgium and Luxembourg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

WESTERN FLANDERS 139 THE LEGEND OF THE STEED BAYARD Set in the times of Charlemagne, the legend of the steed Bayard recounts the ...

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BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION 141 Late Gothic façade of the Stadhuis in Leuven’s Grote Markt Stretching from River Sch ...

Exploring Central and Eastern Flanders The main attractions of Central and Eastern Flanders lie in the west of the region. Antwe ...

CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLANDERS 143 GETTING AROUND None of the distances are very great. Maaseik, which lies close to the border wi ...

144 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION KEY Street-by-Street pp146–7 R Onze-Lieve- Vrouwekathedraal Handschoenmarkt 1. Tel ( ...

ANTWERP 145 E Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) Hanzestedenplaats 19. Tel (030) 10am–5pm Tue–Sun. & 7 http://www.mas.be Set in a ...

146 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION Fanning out from the east bank of the River Scheldt, Antwerp was and is one of the l ...

ANTWERP 147 . Onze-Lieve- Vrouwekathedraal The largest Gothic cathedral in Belgium, this building occupies a 1-ha (2.5-acre) sit ...

148 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION E Museum Plantin-Moretus Vrijdagmarkt 22–23. Tel (03) 10am–5pm Tue–Sun and Easter ...

ANTWERP 149 Choice antique furniture and art in the Museum Mayer van den Bergh R St-Jacobskerk Lange Nieuwstraat 73–75, Eikenstr ...

150 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION Antwerp: Rubenshuis Located on Wapper Square, Rubenshuis was Pieter Paul Rubens’s ho ...

ANTWERP 151 Dining Room Intricately fashioned leather panels line the walls of this room, which displays a noted still-life by F ...

152 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION GALLERY GUIDE The gallery is divided into two floors. Flemish Old Masters and 19th-c ...

ANTWERP 153 . Saint Barbara (1437) Jan van Eyck’s painting of St Barbara, in tones of grey, shows her sitting in front of a huge ...

154 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION Antwerp’s steel-and-glass Centraal Station, a monument to the railroad era A DOG OF ...

ANTWERP 155 The most famous street in the district of Zurenborg in southern Antwerp, Cogels-Osylei developed as a home of the we ...

156 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp266–7 and pp292–4 The stately Kastee ...

CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLANDERS 157 Mechelen’s magnificent Stadhuis decked in flowers and flags Abdij Tongerlo 5 Abdijstraat 40; 40 ...

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