WHAT FRENCH FRIES CAN DO....

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Most people don't want to miss this famous "fritkot" (French fries)
when they visit Antwerpen in Belgium.
Don't mind with a long queue in winter.

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Or for famous pastries with the famous Belgian chocolates.....



And don't miss the Belgian wafels, fresh from oven.




Public telephone as street furniture. Stylish designed. They didn't forget to give a credit to the designers.


Not everything old and grey in Antwerpen. There are shops who sell chic and colourful stuff. They are beautiful, creative and relatively expensive.


On 30 August 2009 Church Sint-Carolus Borromeus was in fire. Many volunteers in Antwerpen tried to stop the fire and they managed to limit it only to some parts of the Church. It open again to public in September but the restauration is still going on until 2010.


Cathedral in Antwerpen


Showing paintings of the famous Belgian painter, Peter Paul Rubens


Sign of protected monuments


Hidden treasures of Antwerpen with old and beautiful houses on the second row of streets


Tintin and Chocolates? Perfect combination



Old signages everywhere



Most Western European countries struggle with respect for differences at the time being, no exception with Belgium. In Antwerpen we see the campagne "Street without Hate" and "Street without Racism"

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