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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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).
The Port of Antwerp is Europe's second largest shipping port by traffic, [3] handling 26% of Europe's container shipping. [4] Before the construction of the Port Authority Building, the Antwerp Port Authority hosted technical and administrative services in different locations, including in the Hofstraat and in the old Port House at the Entrepotkaai.
Most Belgian municipalities are made up of former municipalities that were merged in the past. Called deelgemeenten, they do not have any political function, and limited administrative use, as only the current, "larger" municipalities have elected councils.