![]() 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 the world's diamond trade. 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 in Belgium, after only 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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