Meir (Antwerp)

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Meir is the main shopping street in Antwerp, Belgium. Only the Nieuwstraat avenue in Brussels is a more important shopping area in the country. Situated in the centre of Antwerp, Meir connects the Town Hall with the Central Station. Between 2002-2004 it was the most expensive shopping street, to have a store in, in the Benelux.

[edit] Historical Buildings

  • Meir 50: Royal Residence, built in 1745. This building served as the Antwerp residence of Belgian kings.
  • Meir 85: Osterrieth House, built in 1746 in full Rococo-style

[edit] Surroundings

  • Bourla Theatre, built in 1827 by architect door P. Bourla.
  • Central Station, completed 1905 in an eclectic style.
  • Town Hall, completed 1564 in Flemish-Italian Renaissance style.
  • Trading Exchange, reconstruction of one of the world's first stock-exchange built in 1531.
  • Rubens House, historical home of the painter Rubens

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