Lonely Planet India - August 2016

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1. Shopaholics may never leave the Meir;
   it’s not Belgium’s biggest shopping street
   for nothing


2. Once the city’s party hall
   the Stadsfeestzaal is still a place to get happy
   and shop-happy


3. The beautiful Madonna and Child
   at the Cathedral of Our Lady


4. Rubenshuis is a perfect microcosm
   of the painter’s life and art and
   the great Italianate influence that pervaded
   his existence


5. Rubens stands tall on Groenplaats
   with the cathedral in the background
   Facing page:
   Silvius Brabo flings away the giant’s hand