Eilandje
Former dock island of Napoleonic basins and brick warehouses, now museums, restaurants and lofts.
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This guide to the Eilandje, Antwerp's old dock island, starts with Napoleon and the harbour he poured money into, then turns to what the docks ended up holding instead of warships. Its focus is the Sint-Felix warehouse of the eighteen fifties, a brick pantry stacked with coffee, grain, hops, wine and cheese, and the fire that came soon after it opened. Stand by the covered passage that runs through the warehouse.
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