01 ngo-07
I-Grote Markt (iMakethe enkulu), neSitembu seBrabo
Idolobha laseBelgium elihamba phambili kakhulu futhi elihamba phambili, i-Antwerp lihlala esifundeni saseFlanders esenyakatho yeBelgium eduze nomngcele waseNetherlands, futhi liyichweba laseYurophu elibi kakhulu. Phakathi ne-Golden Age yekhulu le-16 leminyaka, i-Antwerp yayiyidolobha lesibili ngobukhulu eNyakatho Yurophu. Namuhla, inabantu abangaba ngu-500 000 kanye ne-boutiques amaningi, izitolo zokudlela, amahhotela, nama-cafes amantombazane, idolobha liye lakha idumela njengenye yezindawo zaseGay.
I-Antwerp, i-Grote Markt (i-Great Market) iyindawo evulekile yokuhamba ngezinyawo ezixhaswe ngesithombe esihloniphekile seBrabo, nokuhlanganiswa kwezakhiwo zomphakathi, amathilomu avulekile, nezindawo zokuzijabulisa ezihlelekile, Kusukela kule ndawo yokuhlala, eduze nenyakatho-ntshonalanga ekhoneni lesikwele, ubona isithombe esivela phambili, ne-Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal eyisibonakaliso (iCathhedral of Our Lady) ephakeme ngaphezu kwakho konke okukude. Ngasemuva lapho ngidubula khona lesi sithombe iHholo Lomuzi Lomuzi, elidumile ngokuklama kabusha kwe-Renaissance.
02 ngo-07
I-Leonidas Chocolates, ku-Hoogstraat eGrote Markt
Omunye wabakhiqizi abahola phambili baseBelgium, iLeonidas (Hoogstraat 2-4) inamagatsha kulo lonke izwe nakwezinye izizwe eziningana emhlabeni wonke. Nakuba kuneziqhumane eziqhamukayo nezokungavamile ezingavamile e-Antwerp, i-Leonidas iyinhlangano ye-chocolate enhle kakhulu enezindleko ezikhangayo, futhi le ndawo emaphethelweni we-Grote Markt ilula kakhulu.
03 ka-07
Boekhandel 't Verschil, isitolo sezincwadi gay kanye cafe
Elinye lama-bookstores aseYurophu akhangayo kakhulu futhi adumile, iBoekhandel 't Verschil ihlala eduze kwezinto eziningi eziseNyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Antwerp (e-Minderbroedersrui 33), ezimbalwa kuphela ezisempumalanga-mpumalanga-ntshonalanga yesigcawu seGrote Markt. Ngaphakathi kwebala elikhanyayo, elikhangayo uzothola ukhetho olukhulu lweziqu zamadoda abesilisa nabesifazane abathandanayo (ikakhulukazi ngesiFulentshi naseDutch, kodwa ngezihloko eziningana ngesiNgisi), kusukela emanvelweni nasezinkambeni zokuhamba ukuya emangqamuzaneni abanobuciko kanye nesithombe se-gay nude izincwadi. Kukhona ne-cafe encane, enetafula eceleni komgwaqo lapho isimo sezulu siqhuma. Abanikazi bakaT Verschil basebenza noDe Onderkant, i-sexy-gown -wear kanye nesitolo samathoyizi, ngokuqondile ngaphesheya komgwaqo.
04 ka 07
De Onderkant, izingubo zangaphansi zobungqingili kanye ne-boutique yabantu abadala
Ukugijima yiqembu elifanayo elisebenza ngeBookkhandel t Verschil ethandwayo (i-bookstore yama-gay kanye ne-cafe) ngaphesheya komgwaqo, uDe Onderkant (Minderbroedersrui 42) yizingubo zangaphansi ze-gay ezithandwa kakhulu e-Antwerp, ithoyizi lezocansi kanye ne-boutique ye-swimwear. Okungaphezulu kwebhodi futhi okukhangayo ngaphakathi kunezitolo ezimbalwa ezithandanayo zamasondo eduze kwesiteshi sesitimela, u-De Onderkant ushaya ibhalansi ephelele phakathi kwengozi kanye ne-classy, futhi ithatha ukukhethwa okukhulu kwezingubo ezibucayi, ukugibela ukugibela, ne-club gear, kanye nama-dildos, ama-DVD ama-gay porn, ama-accoutrements e-bondage, namakhondomu.
05 ka-07
Ukutholakala kwe-gay ebomvu neyombala okwesibhakabhaka (nokuxoxisana kwamanye amaqembu we-gay nama-saunas)
I-Red & Blue (i-Lange Schipperskapelstraat 11) akuyona nje idokhumenti enkulu kakhulu yama-gay nabesilisa abashadile, kodwa enkulu kakhulu eBelgium, eNetherlands naseLuxembourg. Izakhiwo ezivulekile ukuhamba ngezinyawo ezinyangeni eziyi-10 enyakatho yeGrote Markt kunezenzakalo ezihlukahlukene ezinkulu, kuhlanganise neqembu lamadoda ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, okuqala ngo-11 ntambama bese uqala ukungena emahoreni, ngokuvamile ukugoqa nge-7 ekuseni. Lona ngumbono omkhulu wokubona nokubonakala, iqembu le-gay-shaking esifundeni esifundazweni, futhi esinye sezinto ezinhle kakhulu eNyakatho Yurophu. Leli qembu liphinde lithinte amaqembu ajikelezayo waminyaka yonke, kuhlanganise ne-Circuit phakathi no-Mashi, iClub Flesh ngasekupheleni kuka-Mashi, i-Toolroom Knights ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi, ukuhamba nge-Navigaytion ngasekupheleni kuka-June (phakathi nokushaya okukhulu kwe-Gay Pride yedolobha), kanye ne-party celebration phakathi nonyaka -November (ukugubha ukuvulwa kweqembu ngo-1997).
NgeSonto ebusuku, kabili ngenyanga, i-Red & Blue ibamba iqhaza lamanye amaqembu abesilisa abashisayo kakhulu - lezi zenzakalo zijikeleza futhi zaziwa ngokunye njengeCafe de Love and Cafe Deluxe, futhi ungafunda okwengeziwe kuwebhusayithi yabo (www.cafedelove.com).
Idolobha linamanye ama-saunas athandwayo kakhulu, afaka phakathi u-Herenhuis (de Lescluzestraat 63) ne-Kouros Sauna (Botermelkbaan 50). Futhi uzothola indawo yesigodi se-night and cruisier nightlife eduze ne-van Schoonhovenstraat, ngaphesheya kwe-Astridpleintk kusuka ku-Central Station. Kukhona imigoqo eminingi yama-gay nezitolo zobulili kule mgwaqo owaziwa ngokuthi i-Rue de Vaseline (i-Vaseline Alley).
06 ka-07
I-Que Pasa cafe ne-bar gay, eduze ne-Verschil
Imali ye-Que Pasa cafe (i-Lange Koepoorstraat 1) ephakathi nendawo ngokwayo i-bar ye-Latin ye-gay ne-cafe, futhi empeleni iyindawo ejabulisayo nenobungane namathimba amnandi, ama-mojitos amakhulu nomculo omnandi - awukwazi ukubona noma yiliphi i-latino guys lapha. Kodwa-ke kuhle kakhulu futhi kuyamema, futhi u-Que Pasa uneminye yemibukiso engcono kakhulu yokudonsa edolobheni (njengoba kuchazwe lapha).
07 ka-07
I-Cafe Confituur, i-gay-ethandwa kakhulu edla kanye ne-coffee shop
I-Cafe Confituur (I-Minderbroedersrui 38), i-cafe e-dapper enezindonga ezicindezelwe-tin kanye ne-hardwood floor. Lokhu kungenye yezindawo eziningi ezidumile gay etafuleni ngekhofi noma ekudleni okulula (ukudla kwasekuseni, kwasemini nasekuseni kuhanjiswa), futhi kusemgwaqweni omkhulu ngaphesheya komgwaqo kusuka esitolo sezincwadi gay, 't Verschil . Konke kuhanjiswe nje, kufaka phakathi indebe yekhofi enamandla efanekiselwa lapha.