Antwerp: Diamonds, Rubens & Fashion Houses

Antwerp dazzles in many ways. Its Diamond District trades in brilliance, thousands of gems cut, polished, and sold daily. Just beyond, Rubens’ house glows with Baroque canvases — saints and mythologies painted with fervor and grandeur, still radiating centuries later. The Cathedral of Our Lady holds Rubens’ altarpieces, luminous in candlelight, while fashion houses reimagine lace and linen for global runways. Antwerp is city of reinvention, its creativity rooted in tradition yet reaching forward. The Grote Markt square offers grandeur: guildhalls with ornate facades, Brabo Fountain at its center. Nearby, narrow streets hold chocolatiers, breweries, and boutiques. The MAS (Museum aan de Stroom) rises modern and bold, its rooftop offering sweeping city views. Antwerp is brilliance in many forms — light in diamonds, brushstrokes on canvas, threads on runway, gold on guildhalls. It is city that sparkles not only in stone but in spirit.