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Antwerp

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Antwerp, Belgium

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Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Ruien

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

Antwerp, Belgium

St. Anna's Tunnel

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

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Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

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The Doomed City of Doel

Ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

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The Zimmer Clock Tower and Museum

A 14th century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of a 20th century ingenious clockmaker.

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Mercator Museum

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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Hotel Casanus

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

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