Antwerp

Floors are designed around big-idea themes using a barrage of media, from old master paintings through tribal artefacts to video installations. — Lonely Planet

The vast interior contains several masterpieces, including works by Rubens, which complement the majesty of the surroundings. — Michelin Guide

The Red Star Line museum was naturally named after the famous maritime company that transported over 2 million passengers from Antwerp harbour to the New World between 1873 and 1934. — Michelin Guide

Recently I paid Antwerp a small visit and it was as beautiful as I had remembered it. Due to rain I had the center all to myself. I really missed it's beautiful guild buildings. — Afar Magazine

This fortress was built after 843 on the banks of the Scheldt to defend the new frontier defined by the Verdun Treaty. — Michelin Guide

ModeMuseum, or MoMu, opened in Antwerp in 2002 specifically focusing on the Antwerp Six and their contemporaries but has expanded to include current designers as well. — Condé Nast Traveler

A lovely 16th-century square lined with buzzing sidewalk cafes and restaurants filled with Antwerp’s sleek residents, the Grote Markt is the city’s social and cultural epicenter. — Frommer's

The works on display span five centuries, all the way up to the 20th, but the Renaissance masters are why you visit. — Concierge

The permanent collection gives a splendid potted history of photography (albeit mostly in Dutch) but there are also regularly changing exhibitions of no-holds-barred work by contemporary photo-artists. — Lonely Planet

A fabulous picture of Rubens as painter and patrician is presented here at his own house. — Fodor's

Antwerp's oldest remaining public building was once the only place in the city where meat could be sold. — Fodor's

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's arguably greatest and most enigmatic painting, Dulle Griet (room 9), is the showpiece. — Fodor's

This quiet cobblestone lane in the center of Antwerp seems untouched by time. — Fodor's

Peter Paul Rubens is buried in the white sandstone St. Jacob's Church. — Fodor's

Tastings are, naturally, part of the proceedings, and there’s an attached shop selling beer, take-home signature bolleke (bowl) glasses and other beer souvenirs. — Lonely Planet

Here you'll find paintings, installations, video art, and experimental architecture from international artists. — Fodor's

The Renaissance City Hall, designed by Cornelius Floris and built from 1561 to 1565, is an outstanding example of the Flemish mannerism that replaced the formerly supreme Gothic style. — Frommer's

The Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum is a selfie wonderland, with some 200 sculptures from artists including Jean Arp, Henry Moore, Rodin, and Ossip Zadkine spread across an attractive park. — Fodor's