Meir
Grand pedestrian shopping boulevard lined with rococo mansions and a gilded festival-hall arcade.
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This guide to the Meir, Antwerp's main shopping street, stops at one doorway: the Stadsfeestzaal, a festival hall the city opened in 1908 for fairs, exhibitions and parties. It turns on the early hours of 27 December 2000, with a Christmas gift fair set up inside and the caretaker reaching for the phone. Along the way come a city guide who knew the hall well and a heritage listing from 1983. Best heard on the Meir, facing the hall's entrance.
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