Antwerp, Belgium

A diamond center, a magnet for fashionistas, a European cultural hub and mecca for brewmeisters – Antwerp is a multifaceted jewel. Meet the Rubens, van Dycks and van Eycks that fill its world-class museums. Admire the two oldest printing presses in the world at the sublime Museum Plantin-Moretus, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Wander through one of the world’s most beautiful train stations and down the nave of the Antwerp Cathedral, where religious paintings by Rubens and other Flemish masters are on display. If you love fashion or simply want to experience the local shopping culture, check out the beautiful Stadsfeestzaal, or Festival Hall, a gloriously renovated exhibition hall turned shopping center. Antwerp’s love affair with fashion dates back to the 1980s and the Antwerp Six, perhaps the greatest fashion collective of all time.