Antwerp | Wikipedia audio article

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00:01:38 1 History
00:01:47 1.1 Origin of the name
00:04:38 1.2 Pre-1500
00:06:26 1.3 16th century
00:10:46 1.4 Reformation era
00:11:41 1.5 Dutch revolt
00:12:28 1.6 17th–19th centuries
00:14:48 1.7 20th century
00:17:18 2 Municipality
00:18:38 3 Buildings and landmarks
00:23:51 4 Fortifications
00:25:08 5 Demographics
00:25:17 5.1 Historical population
00:25:35 5.2 Minorities
00:26:01 5.2.1 Jewish community
00:27:22 5.2.2 Jain community
00:28:10 5.2.3 Armenian community
00:29:02 6 Economy
00:29:12 6.1 Port
00:30:41 6.2 Diamonds
00:32:26 7 Transportation
00:32:36 7.1 Road
00:34:27 7.2 Rail
00:35:59 7.3 Public transportation
00:36:35 7.4 Air
00:38:10 8 Politics
00:38:19 8.1 City council
00:38:44 8.2 Former mayors
00:40:02 9 Climate
00:40:36 10 Culture
00:41:30 10.1 Fashion
00:42:21 10.2 Local products
00:43:26 10.3 Missions to seafarers
00:43:54 10.4 Music
00:44:13 10.5 Music festivals
00:44:54 10.6 World Choir Games
00:45:20 11 Sport
00:46:56 12 Higher education
00:48:19 13 International relations
00:48:30 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:48:45 13.2 Partnerships
00:48:54 14 Notable people
00:49:04 14.1 Born in Antwerp
00:49:13 14.2 Lived in Antwerp
00:55:41 15 Select neighbourhoods
00:56:33 16 See also



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Antwerp ( (listen); Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] (listen); French: Anvers [ɑ̃vɛʁs]) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium, and with 1,200,000 the second largest metropolitan region after Brussels.Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the river's Westerschelde estuary. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Brussels, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. The city is also known for its diamond industry and trade.
Both economically and culturally, Antwerp is and has long been an important city in the Low Countries, especially before and during the Spanish Fury (1576) and throughout and after the subsequent Dutch Revolt. Antwerp was also the place of the world's oldest stock exchange building, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872.The inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed Sinjoren (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪɲˈjoːrə(n)]), after the Spanish honorific señor or French seigneur, "lord", referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics.