{"id":7364,"date":"2016-01-18T09:42:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T07:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeremyfekete.com\/?page_id=7364"},"modified":"2021-09-16T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:46:17","slug":"antwerpen-centraal-antwerpen-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeremyfekete.com\/en\/antwerpen-centraal-antwerpen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTWERPEN CENTRAAL – ANTWERPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Antwerpen Centraal is a jewel in the \u201ccity of diamonds\u201d. Its gigantic dome reminds of the Pantheon in Rome. That is why it is named railway cathedral by the residents of the city. It is no coincidence that the palatial building was considered as the stony manifestation of the emerging colonial power. Even if King Leopold II referred to it as a \u201epetite belle gare\u201c (\u201ea beautiful small station\u201c).<\/p>\n

Wall to wall with the station lies Antwerp\u2019s green heart \u2013 the Zoological garden. Here the Okapis bear testimony to the claim of the Belgian Kingdom to be a world empire. In the 19th<\/sup>century one could admire here the first giraffes in Europe, brought from Congo through the Antwerp harbor, the elderly counterpart of the train station. Ships of big companies like Hapag Lloyd and Red Star Line used to anchor here. Around two million Europeans sailed away by the turn of the the 19th<\/sup>century, the new promised land, America.<\/p>\n

Antwerp has always been proud of its railway station. Author and director Jeremy JP Fekete is exploring the indivisible connection between the station and the city residents. He tells beautiful anecdotes, from the timid kiss of their first love on the station benches to the loss of a beloved teddy bear in the bustle of jostling travelers. While most of the people are just passengers, some Antwerpeners stay close to it their entire life, like the Jewish diamond manufacturers. That\u2019s is why this part of the city is called the \u201eJerusalem of the North\u201c. And that is why Antwerp is also called \u201cCity of the shining stones\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Antwerpen Centraal is a jewel in the \u201ccity of diamonds\u201d. Its gigantic dome reminds of the Pantheon in Rome. That is why it is named railway cathedral by the residents of the city. It is no coincidence that the palatial building was considered as the stony manifestation of the emerging colonial power. Even if … <\/p>\n

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