Western Europe's Best-kept Secret

Edit Huffington Post 24 Feb 2016
A city in the north of Belgium with a population of just over half a million is a place that you may likely not have heard of, since it does not appear that prominently on the more mainstream tourist itineraries. Cities by the sea usually have a lot of character that comes from a flux of trade and people ... For art history buffs, a visit to the house where Rubens spent twenty-five years painting - The Rubenshuis - is an absolute must ... ....

Top 10 travel destinations for 2015: From Haiti and Alaska to Namibia and Iceland

Edit The Independent 26 Dec 2014
Haiti. Five years ago next month, on 12 January, catastrophe struck this already beleaguered nation –the poorest in the Americas ... Adventure travel is the perfect way to see it." ... Namibia ... Singapore ... Greece ... From 28 March-28 June the Rubens House in Antwerp (rubenshuis.be) will hold a new exhibition on the artist, while Flanders Opera (operaballet.be), also in the city, will host a dance production, Flanders Fields, from 29 May-7 June....

Hotel Julien, Antwerp: B&B; and Beyond

Edit The Independent 04 Nov 2014
Hidden behind large grey, wooden double doors with almost no external signage, the Hotel Julien remains Antwerp's best-kept bedroom secret. Step inside, though, and it's a different story ... Hotel Julien's dining room The Breakfast ... The striking 10-storey red sandstone museum, MAS, has unmissable views across Antwerp, while other must-see sights include the Rubenshuis and Central Station, which you will pass through if you arrive by rail....

And Rubens lives on…

Edit The Hindu 03 Jul 2014
For an art lover to get to know Rubens better however, a visit to Rubenshuis is essential ... According to an official at Rubenshuis, the house went through many changes and the first restoration was done during Hitler’s time as Rubens was born in Germany ... Rubenshuis also has an interesting linen room which displays a replica of a 17th Century linen press, and a wardrobe to show visitors how linens were kept those days ... Keywords....

Sotheby’s London Old Master and British Paintings Summer Season (Sotheby's Inc)

Edit noodls 26 Jun 2014
(Source. Sotheby's Inc). London . Mitzi Mina . mitzi.mina@Sothebys.com . +44 (0) 207 293 6000. Marie-Béatrice Morin . marie-beatrice.morin@Sothebys.com . +44 (0) 207 293 5522. New York . Lauren Gioia . lauren.gioia@sothebys.com ... Including ... 2 ... 4 ... This picture is his preliminary study for the larger altarpiece of the same subject today in the Rubenshuis in Antwerp, which can be dated to before 1628-29, when it was bought from Rubens by the great ... 5....

Discovering the secrets of Antwerp

Edit Stuff 19 Nov 2013
I am sitting at a small table with a big beer in a restaurant with a mystery name. Het Elfde Gebod. After five days here in Antwerp in the north of Belgium where they speak relentless Dutch, I'm used to such mysteries. I'm also getting used to surprises. Antwerp's full of them. I am reminded of this once again, as I sit here in Restaurant Whatever, with yet another Antwerp surprise ... B ... Rubens House (Rubenshuis) Wapper 9-11 ... rubenshuis.be ... ....

Weekend in... Antwerp

Edit The Irish Times 19 Oct 2013
Antwerp’s central railway station makes a grand first impression with its soaring glass ceiling, elegant hall and ornate turn-of-the-century architecture ... Friday. 2pm. 1. Rubens revival ... the Cathedral of Our Lady, admission, €5 ... After touring the cathedral, visit Rubens’s former home and studio, now called Rubenshuis (admission, €8), which today functions as a museum filled with many works from the artist and his pupils. 5pm. 2 ... 8pm. 3 ... 11pm. 4....
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