Antwerp. Belgium

After our stop in Cologne we drove about two hours to Antwerp - the second biggest city in Belgium not too far from the dutch border and the North sea. We had found a nice in walking distance from the Old town which we made the base for our short vacation.
The hotel was right by an older part of the port with yachts, an art museum and fancy restaurants in former warehouses

The old town with the Grote Markt was a 20 minute walk away 

It was windy and cool - so some famous Belgian french fries made a good snack

Then we walked towards the central station to get some tickets for the next day

The station from the late 1800 hundreds was mentioned in the travel guides and was very impressive

The station was expanded 30 years ago so that trains can arrive at four different levels and through trains can continue north in a tunnel towards Amsterdam