This Small Belgian City Was Once the Richest and Most Cultural City in the World

So, what happened? The answer might be more obvious than you think

Adam J. Cheshier
World Traveler’s Blog
4 min readSep 12, 2021

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Photo by Thomas Konings on Unsplash

The city of Antwerp is a real beauty. Larger and more spacious than the neighboring cities of Ghent and Brugge. Antwerp has a unique big-city feel for a relatively small city.

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Adam J. Cheshier
World Traveler’s Blog

Documenting obscure pockets of the world across long-distance overland expeditions. Recently celebrated 7 years of nomadism. https://linktr.ee/adam.cheshier