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One of Antwerp's most beautiful and oldest Baroque churches.

Antwerp, Belgium: Fashion for All 2011

Rotterdam "will grow if the global economy grows, not because it will take away market share," says Eddy Bruyninckx, the Port of Antwerp's chief executive.

For Port Expansion, It's Full Speed Ahead John W. Miller 2010

"It's a little bit strange, I must say," says Mr. Smeets, 40 years old, speaking last month in the duo's new gallery space south of Antwerp's historic center.

Out of the Gallery and Into the Home J. S. Marcus 2011

You'll certainly feel it in the Antwerp's historic port.

Antwerp, Belgium: Fashion for All 2011

One trader, according to W.C. Van Antwerp's 1913 book "The Stock Exchange from Within," churned up to 30,000 shares a day, generating $75,000 a year—roughly $1.7 million in today's money—in tax revenue for New York.

Flash Tax: Why Levies on High-Speed Trading Won't Work Jason Zweig 2011

As it turns out, Mr. Cassiers himself played more than one role when he was a graphic design student at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was only a few years behind the famous Antwerp Six, the group of fashion designers who put the city on the map.

The Many Changing Faces of Antwerp J. S. Marcus 2011

A linguistic problem "I'm from Brussels," says Karen Van Godtsenhoven, the young curator at MoMu, Antwerp's fashion museum.

The Many Changing Faces of Antwerp J. S. Marcus 2011

No sensible Belgian would speak French here now, but back in the days of Antwerp's heroic French printer, Christophe Plantin 1520-89, people in this building changed languages as often as fashion students now change their clothes.

The Many Changing Faces of Antwerp J. S. Marcus 2011

Looking for traces of that golden age, I wandered into the Plantin-Moretus Museum, which commemorates Antwerp's other 16th-century duty, as a publishing capital.

The Many Changing Faces of Antwerp J. S. Marcus 2011

Don't leave without visiting Antwerp's new MAS museum, housed in a striking building with an impressive panorama from the rooftop.

Enjoy an autumn city break in Flanders 2011