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Each Bolwoning (literally 'sphere house', or 'ball house') is constructed with Glass fiber reinforced concrete.The houses were prefabricated in Rotterdam and could be erected in as little as one day and were designed to have low energy consumption and easy maintenance.
It now houses a nursery school after being the home of the Higher Institute for Translators and Interpreters for 53 years. The opening of the South Station in 1898 The designation "Petit Paris", along with its well-regarded street layout, monuments, and cultural sites, made "het Zuid" or "Le Midi" a sought-after residential area up until the ...
The Rubenshuis (Dutch for 'Rubens House') is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself.
Heist-op-den-Berg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦɛist ɔb də(m) ˈbɛr(ə)x]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.The municipality comprises Heist-op-den-Berg proper (including the hamlets: Heist-Goor, [2] Heist-Station, Zonderschot, Heist-Centrum [3] and Bruggeneinde [4]), the villages of Booischot [] (including the hamlet Pijpelheide), Hallaar [], Itegem [], Schriek ...
Den Dam is located in the northern part of Antwerp. On the north side it is bordered by the Slachthuislaan (the Antwerp inner ringroad), by an old disused railroad bedding on the south. It stretches all the way from "de Schijnpoort" in the east to "het Eilandje" on the western side. As such it is isolated from other areas in town, causing ...
Antwerp's banking was controlled for a generation by Genoa, and Amsterdam became the new trading centre of the region—the population of Amsterdam went from 30.000 in 1570 to 60.000 in 1600 and the Amsterdam Canal District was constructed to accommodate the traders and bankers from Antwerp (including much of its Jewish population).
Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium The castle from the Scheldt river Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports.The surviving structure was built between 1200 and 1225 as a gateway to a larger castle of the Dukes of Brabant which was demolished in the 19th century.
FC Den Bosch was the first club of Dutch international player Ruud van Nistelrooy. 's-Hertogenbosch is more successful in field hockey. It is home to top club HC Den Bosch. The women's team in particular is a dominant force in the Dutch field hockey competition. The professional basketball club New Heroes Den Bosch is also very successful. The ...