Antwerp

Antwerp was heavily bombed in the early days of the Second World War. Strategically, it was important for the German’s because of the ports and as a defensive move they needed to occupy in order to weaken the allies.

You see this in the architecture of the city. The ports are new and throughout the city is a mix between old and new architecture.

We visited Antwerp thhe our barge was docked, I may have exited a bit too excitedly as the crew did ask were I was going in such a hurry. Places, I came to see places. Unfortunately, we were too late to visit the museums. So we went to the highlights, the Grand Place and the Central Station. Mostly seeing what was around the next corner.

We were really surprised as well how many people were out and about, shopping or eating in various tourist sites. Yikes, so many people who want to shop at H&M or Zara.