For subscribers
Antwerp, World Port and Provincial City
(Ludo abicht) The Low Countries - 1997, № 5, pp. 12-20
This is an article from our print archives. Please be patient as we have to scan it
Antwerp now and then. According to the author it is still a European metropolis with much to offer in terms of national and international culture. But in the long term, spontaneous ‘ghettoising' such as is happening now is of little good to a city which in its best periods was characterised by openness and hospitality. People must again be made aware of the city's rich international and interactive past and, without in any way seeking to decry the positive achievements of each community, people must learn to experience that internationalism in their own district without complexes.
Continue reading?
The article you want to access is behind a paywall. You can purchase this article or subscribe to access all the low countries articles.
Post comment
Sign in