Photo Gallery - Antwerp

	The Brabo Fountain depicting Silvius Brabo after he has slain the giant Antigoon and as he is about to throw Antigoon's hand into the River Scheldt. This act of "hand throwing" - handwerpen in the dialect of the times - reputedly evolved into the modern Dutch name of Antwerpen.
	The Brabo Fountain from the other side.
	The Brabo Fountain and Town Hall in the Grote Markt.
	The Brabo Fountain and the entrance to Town Hall.
	The severed hand of Antigoon, found in the Meir.
View up the River Schelde, resting place of the fabled hand.
View of the River Schelde in the other direction.
	The two spires of the Cathedral of Our Lady, one finished, the other not.
	Main portal of the Cathedral of Our Lady.
	Interior of the Cathedral.
	A side apse of the Cathedral.
	Stained-glass window inside the Cathedral.
	The Raising of the Cross by Pieter Pauwel Rubens.
	Descent from the Cross by Pieter Pauwel Rubens.
	Four allegorical female figures representing the four season on the buildings at the corner of Leysstraat and Kipdorpvest.
The City Festive Hall, found in the Meir.
	Former offices of the Antwerp Gas Company. Four figures represent the development of lighting from prehistoric man to gas lighting.
	The Stadsschouwburg or Municipal Theatre.
Bronze statue of Pieter Pauwel Rubens, Antwerp's most famous painter, in Groenplaats.
	The Steen, former home of the viscount.
The Vleeshuis or Butchers' Hall.
	A house in Stoelstraat with a wooden facade.
The Boerentoren, Europe's first skyscraper. It got its name from the Boerenleenbank (agricultural cooperative), which financed its construction.
The Boerentoren from slightly closer.
	Our Lady of the Swan Passageway. It is the Madonna housed in a shrine on Sint Jacobsmarkt.
Part of the beguinage, home of women devotees to the Saint Begga.
Another part of the beguinage.
	The Flanders Opera house.
The Antwerp "International" Airport, which happens to be smaller than most regional airports.