It was founded before stocks and shares existed, so was not strictly a stock exchange. The Bourse of Antwerp, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872, was the world's first purpose-built commodity exchange. īoth economically and culturally, Antwerp is and has long been an important city in the Low Countries, especially before and during the Spanish Fury (1576) and throughout and after the subsequent Dutch Revolt. In 2020, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network rated Antwerp as a Gamma + (third level/top tier) Global City. The city is also known as the hub of diamond industry and trade in the world. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Brussels, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the Dutch border. Īntwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the river's Westerschelde estuary. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city center in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of around 1,200,000 people, it is the second-largest metropolitan region after Brussels. Antwerp ( / ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p/ ( listen) Dutch: Antwerpen ( listen) French: Anvers ( listen)) is the largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 square kilometres (78.96 sq mi) and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region.
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