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"I shot a man in Reno" Johnny Cash. "Folsom prisom blues". Barbeque, good music in Antwerp, Belgium

376 views · Published 27 February 2018 · 3:05 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: Adevăruri Istorice Ascunse 🇷🇴 · 2018 · Music

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Antwerp (Dutch: Antwerpen) is a major destination in Belgium in the region of Flanders. It is renowned for being the "world's leading diamond city" and more than 70% of all diamonds are traded there. The Diamond Market is the hub of the economic section in Belgium. More than 85% of the world’s rough diamonds, 50% of cut diamonds, and 40% of industrial diamonds are traded in the city.
Antwerp is the second largest city of Belgium. It has a beautiful historic city center, and is world-renowned for its fashion industry. The port of Antwerp is the second largest in Europe, and a major economic player in Belgium.
According to folklore, notably celebrated by a statue in front of the town hall, the city got its name from a legend about a giant called Antigoon who lived near the Scheldt river. He exacted a toll from passing boatmen, and for those who refused, he severed one of their hands and threw it into the river.  Eventually, the giant was killed by a young hero named Silvius Brabo, who cut off the giant's own hand and flung it into the river. Hence the name Antwerpen, from Dutch hand werpen, akin to Old English hand and wearpan (to throw), which has evolved to today's warp.

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