Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp ZOO is a zoo that belongs to the KMDA. The zoo was opened on 21 July 1843, making it the oldest zoo in Belgium and one of the oldest zoos in the world. The zoo is located right next to Antwerp Central Station on the Koningin Astridplein in Antwerp. This zoo is also popularly known as 'the zoo' or 'the Zoology'. In 2014, 425 species found shelter in the zoo.

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The Queen Elisabeth Hall is a concert and event venue located at the Koningin Astridplein in Antwerp, Belgium. It has a capacity of 2,000 seats and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra is its residential orchestra. The Queen Elisabeth Hall is part of the Elisabeth Center of Antwerp, managed by the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp.

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Antwerpen-Centraal railway station is the main railway station in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the most important hubs in the country and is one of the four Belgian stations on the high-speed rail network. From 1873 to early 2007, it was a terminal station. The current building, designed by the architect Louis Delacenserie, was constructed between 1895 and 1905. On 23 March 2007, a tunnel with two continuous tracks was opened under part of the city and under the station. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).

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The City Park is a 14 ha park in the center of the Belgian city of Antwerp. It is shaped like a triangle with the base facing south and the top facing north. The park is bordered by the Quinten Matsijslei in the east, the Van Eycklei in the south and the Rubenslei in the west. The City Park takes the place of the former redoubt or lunette Herentals, which was part of the fortress of Antwerp. Remarkable is the bridge built by architect Édouard Keilig between 1867 and 1869 over the pond in the City Park.

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The Botanic Garden of Antwerp, which also carries the name Den Botaniek, is a landscaped botanical garden created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare. Before that the park was, at the end of the 18th century, a plant garden for the Ecole Centrale and then the herb garden and later the vegetable garden of the Sint-Elisabethgasthuis in Antwerp.

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The Arenberg Theatre is a theatre in the Latin Quarter of Antwerp.

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Bourla Theatre is a theatre located in Antwerp that seats around 900. The building is designed in a neoclassical style on the site of the former Tapissierspand tapestry market. The theatre was designed on request from the city in 1827 by the city architect Pierre Bourla. Construction began in 1829, but was delayed due to the Belgian Revolution. The theatre was finally finished in 1834 and opened under the name, Grand Théâtre or Théâtre Royal Français, on account of its ownership by a French company. Presently, the Bourla houses the theatre company Het Toneelhuis, which is a merger of the companies, Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg and Blauwe Maandag Compagnie.

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The Boerentoren is a historic high-rise building in Antwerp, Belgium. Constructed between 1929 and 1932 and originally 87.5 m (287 ft) high, it remained the tallest building and the second-tallest structure in the city until 2019, when the Antwerp Tower surpassed it with a height of 100.7 m (330 ft). At the time of construction, it was the second tallest building in Europe by roof height.

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The Police Tower is a building in Antwerp located in the Oudaan and designed by Renaat Braem. Several administrative services of the police were located in the building.

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Museum Mayer van den Bergh is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, housing the collection of the art dealer and collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858–1901). The major works are from the Gothic and Renaissance period in the Netherlands and Belgium, including paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

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St. George's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Antwerp, Belgium.

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The Studio is a historic building located on the Mechelseplein in Antwerp, which now serves as an art house. Originally built as a noble city palace, it later became a hotel, a bank, and an acting school. The building, located in Antwerp's bustling theatre district, has been operated since 2011 by arts house De Studio, which transformed it into a cultural hotspot.

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St. Augustine's Church at Kammenstraat 73 in Antwerp is a Baroque church designed by Wenceslas Cobergher. The whole was radically renovated into the non-profit music centre AMUZ.

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St. Andrew’s Church is a Catholic church in Antwerp built in the 16th century. Its exterior is mainly characterised by a late-Gothic style while its interior is predominantly executed in Baroque style. It is the parish church of the Parish of St. Andrew’s. During the nineteenth century the St. Andrew's Parish was known as the parish of misery as it was by then mainly populated by poor people.

Wikipedia: St. Andrew's Church, Antwerp (EN), Heritage Website

The St Walburga Church in Antwerp, Belgium, formerly a parish church, was demolished in 1817.

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The statues of William of Orange and Philip van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde are located in the garden of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) on the side of the Plaatsnijdersstraat in Antwerp.

Wikipedia: Standbeeld van Willem van Oranje en Filips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde (NL)

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. This collection is representative of the artistic production and the taste of art enthusiasts in Antwerp, Belgium and the Northern and Southern Netherlands since the 15th century.

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The Waterpoort is a monumental gate located in the Zuiderdokken, Zuid Antwerp, Belgium. The gate was sculpted by Huibrecht van den Eynde and Johannes van Mildert, and was erected in 1624. It originally served as a water gate on the Scheldt river, as well as an honorary gate to King Philip IV of Spain.

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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Its current director is Bart de Baere.

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The FOMU - Fotomuseum Antwerpen is a Belgian museum of photography. It is located on the Waalsekaai, opposite the Waterpoort in Antwerp's Zuid-Museum district. The museum manages a collection of approximately 3,000,000 international, historical or contemporary objects and sculptures. She presents changing exhibitions of both current and historical photography as well as photographic equipment, publishes two magazines called .tiff and Extra and provides a public offer with guided tours and workshops.

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