The Grote Markt in Antwerp (nederlands Antwerpen, french Anvers) is the main market square of the city. Here the town hall (Stadhuis) is also situated, left of the buildings in our panorama. The square is dominated by the extravagantly designed guildhouses (nederlands Gildehuizen), mainly in the left half, which were built in the 16th century. In its glory and with its golden figures these are probably only surpassed by the guildhouses on Brussels Grand Place/Grote Markt. The third street block to the right is not standing on the Grote Markt, but is already a part of the Kaasrui, which starts here. Visible through the architecture is that Antwerp was once one of the most important cities and harbours of all europe. Up to the war with spain in the 16th century it was the centre of the Netherlands, a status it lost to Amsterdam afterwards. However, today it is still an internationally important city and the worlds dominating trade city in diamond trade.
There are more Antwerp streets we photographed in our archive, which you can find by yellow markers on our worldmap. In case you are interested in us creating a streetline montage for one of these streets please contact us.
