Belgium and Luxembourg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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The most famous street in the district of Zurenborg in
southern Antwerp, Cogels-Osylei developed as a home
of the wealthy between 1894 and 1906. Local architects
designed mansions using a vast range of styles: Gothic,
Byzantine, Baroque, Neo-Classical, a fusion of historic
influences (Eclectic style), and even the newly minted Art
Nouveau. With mosaics, statues, turrets and iron work,
the houses can be palatial, artistic or splendidly flamboy-
ant. The most strik ing cha racteristic is the extraordinary
individuality expressed in such a concentrated area.

A 60-Minute Walk Around Cogels-Osylei

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Walk route

TIPS FOR WALKERS

Starting point: Guldenvliesstraat

and Waterloostraat junction.

Length: 2 km (1.5 miles).

Getting there: Bus 9, 20 or

Tram 6, 11 to Cogels-Osylei, a

short walk from Guldenvliesstraat.

Cafés and restaurants: Tr y

Dageraadplaats, which is 200 m

(660 ft) to the north of Tramplein.

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Decorative summer mosaic on one
of the four De Vier Seizoenen 2
Horseshoe arches and Art Nouveau ironwork at De Slag van Waterloo 1
Pure lines and white shades at the
mansion at Cogels-Osylei 32–36 5
Waterloostraat
Beginning at Guldenvliesstraat
walk straight up Waterloostraat
till De Slag van Waterloo (The
Battle of Waterloo) house 1 ,
which has Art Nouveau iron-
work and a mosaic commem-
orating the battle as well as
profiles of Wellington and
Napoleon. At the cross roads is
a quartet of houses by Joseph
Bascourt (1863–1927). Known
as De Vier Seizoenen (The
Four Sea sons) 2 , each has an
Art Nouveau mosaic depicting
a season. Take a right turn at
the end of the street.
Transvaalstraat
Another Bascourt house stands
on the left at No. 56. Built in
1898, it is named Boreas 3 ,
after the Greek god of the
north wind, and has an unu-
sual projecting oriel window.
Continue till the Tramplein
and take the first right turn.
Cogels-Osylei
A set of contrasting houses
line up at the turn into Cogles-
Osylei. De Zevensterre (The
Seven Stars) 4 , at No. 17,
has turrets and gables.
Further down, at a
roundabout, is the
white palace at
32–36 5 , domi-
nated by French
Neo-Classical
taste and built
between 1897 and 1899. Next
is De Huize Zonnebloem
(The Sunflower House) 6. Art
Nouveau-style organic shapes
cover this pretty mansion
designed in 1900. Many other
styles are seen down the road,
ending at Uitbreidingsstraat.