Boerentoren
Art deco bank skyscraper from the early nineteen-thirties, among Europe's first tall office towers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Boerentoren in Antwerp follows Fernand Huts, the port magnate who bought one of Europe's first tall buildings from a bank in twenty twenty and promised it to the city as a gift. It touches the tower's nineteen-thirties origins and its farmers' nickname, an art collection that runs from Coptic textiles to tattooed pigs, and the day Daniel Libeskind's plans for the building went public. Best heard on the Schoenmarkt, where you can see the whole roofline.
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