Discover Antwerp

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1 Discover Antwerp

2 Antwerp Modular group day trips

3 This model for a day trip mainly takes place in the city of Antwerp. Antwerp is elaborated at various locations in the heart of the city and in the close environment. The city of Antwerp has a large number of sights that can be combined into a day trip. The main options on the topic of WWI have been included in the model programme. Other options are listed at the bottom. Discover the story at OPTION 1: Visit to FORTEN 1914 (Fortifications 1914) Exhibition about the Antwerp region in 1914; 01/04/ /06/2014 OPTION 2: Visit to the Red Star Line Museum The war and immigration to the USA exhibition 26/09/2014 opening OPTION 3: Visit to the Photo Museum Shooting Range exhibition 27/06/ /11/2014 Simon Stevin tento@simonstevin.org info@simonstevin.org uitstap@simonstevin.org Antwerpen Toerisme & Congres Grote Markt 13, 2000 Antwerp visit@stad.antwerpen.be FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen Waalsekaai 47, 2000 Antwerp info@fomu.be - Lunch break and free exploration of the surrounding area. Lunch break in Antwerp TIP: genieten@felixpakhuis.nu for group lunch Lunch break and free exploration of the many little restaurants on the Vlaamse and Waalse Kaai TIP: Home brewery t Pakhuis for groups Vlaamse Kaai info@pakhuis.info

4 OPTION 1: OPTION 2: OPTION 3: Guided tour of the Royal Palace on the Meir, where The Belgian royal family stayed in (guided tour + sweet surprise within the context of The Chocolate Line) Reservation in advance is necessary. Walk across the Schelde on the pontoon bridge and take part in numerous activities from 3-5 October Through historical guided tours and exhibitions scattered across the city center, visitors will become acquainted with the history of Antwerp during WW I. Visit to the MAS (Museum at the Stream) Exodus. On the run for war exhibition (refugees during WWI) 20/05/ /04/2015 Meir Antwerp info@paleisopdemeir.be Vredescentrum vzw info@vredescentrum.be Museum aan de Stroom Hanzestedenplaats Antwerp mas@stad.antwerpen.be Other interesting options for a day trip in Antwerp within the context of the First World War Centenary are: - Open air exhibition exploring how artists continued to work during the First World War. Options for a day trip in Antwerp outside of the context of the First World War Centenary: - Historic walks, - Guided tour of the underground waterways of Antwerp, - Boat trips on the Schelde, info@flandria.nu - Exclusive, culinary, not-for-profit, walks through the city, - Visit the De Koninck brewery

5 Wandering through the area of the fortifications of Antwerp

6 These next modules for a day trip will mainly take you to the region of Mechelen where you can visit the beautiful Ursuline convent with its exclusive Art Nouveau winter garden combined with a visit to the city center. Mechelen will hold an exhibition on artists during the WWI period in the autumn of The new museum of Human Rights and Holocaust is also an interesting yet poignant addition to your trip. Another option is to go a little further and discover the Railway Fort in Duffel which holds an interactive exhibition on WWI or a visit to the town of martyrs, Lier with an guided walk-application. OPTION 1: Guided tour at the Ursuline convent with its unique winter garden (Art Nouveau) Reservation in advance is necessary. OPTION 2: Visit to the railway fort of Duffel with a hands-on exhibition and underground corridor. OPTION 3: Guided tour with application in the charming town of Lier that tells the story of destruction by the German army and the reconstruction. Wintertuin OLV Waver Bosstraat Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver info@olvwaver.be wintertuin Lunch break in natural surroundings TIP: info@restaurantkatelijne.be for group lunches vzw Kempens Landschap Peredreef 5, 2580 Beerzel (Putte) info@skl.provant.be Walk around the charming town of Lier + Lunch break near the Zimmertower Toerisme Lier Grote Markt 57, 2500 Lier toerisme@lier.be Walk around Mechelen+ Lunch break at the Grote Markt TIP: restaurants for groups TIP: Brasserie Het Moment Hof de Merode: info@hofdemerode. info@hetmoment.be for group lunch be, De Met: info@demetmechelen.be

7 OPTION 1: OPTION 2: OPTION 3: Visit the exhibition "Mechelse Oorlogskunstenaars" (War artists of Mechelen) In Autumn 2014 Take the rail bike along the military railway line: Kapellen-Braschaat and visit the former military watchtower. Visit the Human Rights Museum: Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen. New as of 2013 Kazerne Dossin is no ordinary museum site, but a place of remembrance for Belgium s Holocaust. Toerisme Mechelen Kempens Landschap Kazerne Dossin (Dossin Barracks) Hallestraat 2-4-6, 2800 Mechelen Tine van den Broeck Goswin de Stassartstraat Mechelen toerisme@mechelen.be Tine.vandenbroeck@skl.provant.be Saturday - Sunday: info@kazernedossin.eu Other combination options: - Guided tours and visits to the city of Mechelen, - Het Anker brewery visit (Mechelen), - Boom: Poor little Belgium exhibition on the role of "De Belgica" in WWI (Toerisme Rupelstreek Vaartland) eddy.stuer@newbelgica.org or

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