Antwerp Pride will return to the Cockerillkaai at the Scheldt for its festival ground.
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Antwerp designs future of Scheldt Left Bank riverside
Commissioned by the City of Antwerp, the design team Bureau Bas Smets completed the master plan for the Scheldt banks on the Left Bank or Linkeroever and translated it into a first sketch design for the entire area.
LIMBURG | Bokrijk, an open-air museum of folk buildings heritage
On sunny October 2022 Tuesday, Jeroen and I visited Bokrijk, an open-air folk heritage museum near Genk in the province of Limburg. The Netherlands have the Nederlands Openluchtmuseum in Arnhem, Sweden has Skansen in Stockholm and Belgium has Bokrijk.
New facade lights for Antwerp-Central Railway Station
On Thursday 4 May 2023, the City of Antwerp ignited the new architectural lighting of Antwerp-Central Railway Station, the entrance to ZOO Antwerp and the Queen Elisabeth Hall. “The lighting on these monuments puts the important gateway to Antwerp in the spotlight as soon as the sun goes down”, city officials say.
ANTWERP | Procedure for cyclists and pedestrian Scheldt Bridge to be elaborated
Following the example of the Flemish Government, the City of Antwerp council decided to further develop the procedure for the Scheldt Bridge. This is the preferred variant for an additional pedestrian and cyclist crossing of the Scheldt in the context of De Grote Verbinding (The Great Connection). If everything goes smoothly, the concrete specifications can…
Antwerp to redevelop Sint-Anneke Beach
The City of Antwerp is drawing up a spatial implementation plan (RUP, from ‘ruimtelijk uitvoeringsplan‘) for St. Anne’s Beach on Antwerp‘s Left Bank (Linkeroever) of the Scheldt.
ANTWERP | City approves preliminary design for revamped Scheldt Quays’ section from Steenplein to Noorderterras
The Antwerp city council has approved the preliminary design for the renewal of the Scheldt Quays from Steenplein to Noorderterras. In this area, Antwerp‘s past will be in the spotlight by making underground remnants experienceable again under the historic hangars.
ANTWERP | Loodswezensite gets temporary green area
On Monday 17 October, work started on a temporary ‘greening’ of part of the southern part of the Loodswezensite on the Antwerp Scheldt Quays. The works will be completed by the end of this year and the city will have a pleasant place to relax by the water. In the spring of 2024, the definitive…
ANTWERP | Preliminary design for Masterplan Scheldt’s Linkeroever
The City of Antwerp is planning a new, six-kilometre-long green pedestrian boulevard along the River Scheldt on the Left Bank aka Linkeroever.
FLANDERS | Castles of the Scheldt
Chances are you know the Châteaux de la Loire or Châteaux of the Loire Valley. A portmanteau term for the royal and other castles in the Loire Valley in France. Flanders has now launched the Castles of the Scheldt. Seven of them are highlighted.