History of the "Meir", the most famous street in Antwerp.

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AntwerpStories

AntwerpStories

Жыл бұрын

The Meir in Antwerp is one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. In this video we discover how it has evolved from a lake on the edge of the city to one of Antwerp's most prominent streets.
English and Dutch transcripts of this video are available on www.antwerpstories.com
Chapters:
00:11 Introduction
00:22 Around the year 1000
00:48 "Hout Mere"
01:05 City expansion 1295 - 1400
01:45 Crucifix
02:15 Stock Exchange
02:37 Rubens
03:19 18th century
04:04 French rule
04:31 First train in continental Europe
05:12 Spanish fortresses demolished
05:23 Horse Tram
05:44 Widening of the Meir
06:07 World War I
06:22 Boerentoren
06:35 PreMetro
06:44 1990s Pedestrian zone
06:52 Conclusion
#antwerp #antwerpen #geschiedenis #history

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@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories Жыл бұрын
Chapters: 00:11 Introduction 00:22 Around the year 1000 00:48 "Hout Mere" 01:05 City expansion 1295 - 1400 01:45 Crucifix 02:15 Stock Exchange 02:37 Rubens 03:19 18th century 04:04 French rule 04:31 First train in continental Europe 05:12 Spanish fortresses demolished 05:23 Horse Tram 05:44 Widening of the Meir 06:07 World War I 06:22 Boerentoren 06:35 PreMetro 06:44 1990s Pedestrian zone 06:52 Conclusion
@denisgoman4780
@denisgoman4780 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video! I'm from Antwerp and it's nice to see the history of where I grew up 😊
@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories 10 ай бұрын
Thank your for your comment, we appreciate it. We really enjoyed making this video. More will follow soon.
@piwipete1928
@piwipete1928 Жыл бұрын
Heel mooi! Bedankt! Ik ben van Duitsland en mijn Nederlands is niet zo fijn, maar ik hou van Antwerpen en de Meir! :-) Groetjes!
@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your comment. Good to know that Antwerp is also popular in Germany!
@bazza945
@bazza945 8 ай бұрын
Enjoyable history, thank you.
@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories 8 ай бұрын
Many thanks for the feedback!
@ginangan8892
@ginangan8892 Жыл бұрын
Fantasticthanks
@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@hiramdominicus7413
@hiramdominicus7413 5 ай бұрын
My city ❤🇧🇪
@lydiap6896
@lydiap6896 3 ай бұрын
Zeer interessant, vooral als Antwerpenaar. Ik begrijp wel tamelijk goed Engels, maar soms gaat het wat snel, waarom niet Nederlands ondertiteld als het reeds Engels gesproken is, of eventueel tweetalig? 🤔
@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories 3 ай бұрын
Dankjewel voor je commentaar. Er zijn Nederlandstalige ondertitels voorzien. Ga naar "Settings", Subtitles, Dutch. Dan krijg je de originele ondertitels in het Nederlands. Via Auto-translate kan je eerder welke taal kiezen, maar deze zijn automatisch door KZbin vertaald.
@lydiap6896
@lydiap6896 3 ай бұрын
Hartelijk dank voor de tip, het filmpje is nu reeds Nederlands ondertiteld, zonder dat ik iets moest doen, probleem opgelost, dankjewel 👍 ik ga het filmpje nogmaals bekijken, want ik vind het best zeer interessant Antwerpen…..lang geleden, ik wandel elke week 2x over de Meir, heb nu extra aandacht voor details 🙏😉
@gipsy1695
@gipsy1695 Жыл бұрын
I’m from Belgium . My grandmother’s last name was MEIR, but it comes from the Egyptian Ancient city ME-IR and those people moved to Israel…. The name MEIR doesn’t come from Meerhout ☝️‼️
@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reaction.Yes, MEIR also refers to this ancient city in Egypt en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir,_Egypt but there is no historical evidence that the name MEIR of the street in Antwerp refers to this place. It is likely that it refers to the wet lowlands (called "MEER" in Dutch) that were present at this location in the Middle Ages.
@tyson00001
@tyson00001 3 ай бұрын
Bruges is way more beautiful, nicer to shop and people are kind overthere. Antwerp is like Marokko
@lydiap6896
@lydiap6896 3 ай бұрын
Met pijn in mijn hart moet ik je gelijk geven. Ik ben Antwerpenaar, ik “was” ooit trots op mijn stad, helaas onze stad enorm achteruit gegaan de laatste (plusminus) 20 jaar….Brugge en Gent zijn (voorlopig) nog steden die hun charme gehouden hebben en (nog) niet verloederd zijn. 👍
@hetedeleambacht6608
@hetedeleambacht6608 18 күн бұрын
@@lydiap6896 trek uw ogen open mensen. Waarom zijn gent en brugge mooier? omdat ze daar meer moeite doen het stadsbeeld en architecturaal erfgoed te behouden en de stad leefbaarder te houden: meer groen en vooral MINDER AUTOS IN DE BINNENSTAD! Ook wijken zouden ze mooier kunnen bouwen. Kijk naar de Nederlanders, die doen dat gewoon.
@lydiap6896
@lydiap6896 18 күн бұрын
Dat is wat ik bedoel. Ofwel worden mooie historische gebouwen in Antwerpen afgebroken om er lelijke moderne gedrochten te zetten, en op andere plaatsen laten ze vervuiling en verwaarlozing toe. Merci, o.a. aan onze burgemeester 🤨
@bevivins4806
@bevivins4806 11 ай бұрын
Its amazing to me that no one questions how they could build these buildings in 1700 with only wagon and horse and chisels.....come on people do a little research😂
@antwerpstories
@antwerpstories 11 ай бұрын
Long before the 1700s, even taller and more complex buildings such as cathedrals were built without the use of modern power tools. This video shows how medieval engineers managed to pull this off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZrZooqEabFmsLc
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