01 ngo 07
Grote Markt (iMarike enkulu), kunye neSitembu seBrabo
umfanekiso ngu-Andrew Collins Idolophu yaseBelgium ehamba phambili kwaye ihamba phambili, i-Antwerp ihlala kwingingqi yaseFlanders esenyakatho yeBelgium ngasemngceleni waseNetherlands, kwaye i-port yaseYurophu ehamba phambili. Ngethuba leXesha leNkulungwane le-16 le-Golden Age, i-Antwerp yayiyidolophu yesibini enkulu kunazo zonke eMntla Yurophu. Namhlanje, kunye nenani labantu abangaba ngama-500,000 kunye neendawo ezininzi zokuthengisa, iindawo zokutya, iihotele kunye neendawo zokuthambisa i-gay, isixeko siye saziwa ngokuba yiyona ndawo yaseYurophu.
Indawo ephambili yase-Antwerp, i-Grote Markt (iMarike enkulu) yindawo evulekileyo yokuhamba ngezinyawo ezixhaswe ngumfanekiso owaziwayo waseBrabo, kunye nokuxuba kwezakhiwo zommandla, ii-coffeefalls ezivulekileyo kunye neendawo zesikhombiso eziqhelekileyo, Kusuka kweli nqanaba elingasentla ekhoneni lesikwere, ubona umfanekiso phambi, kunye ne-icon ye-Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal (iCathhedral of Our Lady) enqabileyo ngaphezu kwayo yonke into ekude. Emva kwendawo apho ndiyitshole le sithombe yindlu yeSixeko saseKapa, edumileyo ngokuyila kwe-Renaissance.
02 we-07
I-Leonidas Chocolates, kwiHoogstraat kwiGrote Markt
umfanekiso ngu-Andrew Collins Omnye wabalimi abaholayo be-chocolates eBelgium, uLeonidas (Hoogstraat 2-4) unamasebe kulo lonke ilizwe nakwezinye iintlanga ezininzi emhlabeni jikelele. Nangona kukho i-chocolatiers e-Antwerp efanelekileyo kwaye engavamile, i-Leonidas ngumenzi we-chocolate wezinto ezithembekileyo ezinamanani athile kakhulu, kwaye le ndawo ekupheleni kweGrote Markt ikhetheke kakhulu.
03 we-07
Boekhandel 't Verschil, iincwadi zokugcina izigulana kunye ne cafe
umfanekiso ngu-Andrew Collins Enye yeencwadi zeencwadi zeBlobT ezithandekayo nezithandwayo ze-GLBT, i-Boekhandel 't Verschil ilele kwiindawo eziphambili zase-Antwerp ezisemntla-ntshonalanga (kwi-Minderbroedersrui 33), iibhloko ezimbalwa zempuma-ntshona-ntshona yeGrote Markt square. Ngaphakathi kwendawo ekhanyayo, ekhangayo uzakufumana ukhetho olukhulu lwamagama angama-gay kunye namabhinqa (ikakhulu kwisiFrentshi kunye nesiDatshi, kodwa uninzi lwezihloko ngesiNgesi), ukusuka kwiimvanoveli kunye nezikhokelo zokuhamba ukuya kwiifrikhi ezingamanyala kunye nekiso iincwadi. Kukho ne-cafe encinci, kunye neetafile ecaleni kwendlela yokuhamba xa imozulu ivuselela. Abanikazi be-Verschil nabo baqhuba u-De Onderkant, i-sexy-gown-garment kunye ne-shop-toys-shop, ngqo kwi-street street.
04 we-07
De Onderkant, iingubo zangaphantsi ze-gay kunye ne-boutique yabantu abadala
umfanekiso ngu-Andrew Collins Ukusebenza ngeqela elifanayo elisebenzayo leBeekhandel 't Verschil (i-bookstore ye-gay kunye ne cafe) ngaphesheya kwesitrato, iDe Onderkant (Minderbroedersrui 42) yi-Antwerp eyaziwayo kakhulu kwiingubo zangaphantsi zobunqunu, iitokisi zokudlala ngesondo kunye ne-shop boutique. Uninzi olungaphezulu kwebhodi kunye nekhenkce ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kwiindawo ezithengayo zengqungquthela zesigxina esisisitokweni sikaloliwe, iDe Onderkant ixabisa ukulinganisela phakathi kwengozi kunye ne-classy, kwaye inokukhetha ngokukhethekileyo kweempawu eziphathekayo, ukuhamba ngokuzibhukuda, kunye neengqungquthela zeeklabhu, iiDVD ii-DVD, ii-accoutrements, kunye neikhondom.
05 we-07
Ukufunyanwa kwe-Gay ebomvu neyesiBlue (kunye nengxoxo yezinye iiklabhu ze-gay kunye ne-saunas)
umfanekiso ngu-Andrew Collins I-Red & Blue (iLange Schipperskapelstraat 11) ayiyona kuphela into evulelekileyo yowesilisa kunye nabesilisa abangabesilisa, kodwa enkulu kunazo zonke eBelgium, eNetherlands naseLuxembourg. Isakhiwo esasisithuba somzuzu ongama-10 ukuya ngasentla ngasemntla weGrote Markt ineziganeko ezahlukeneyo, kuquka neqela lamadoda ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, eqala ngo-11 ntambama kwaye iqhutywe kwiiyure zeeyure, ngokuqhelekileyo igquba malunga ne-7 ekuseni. Le yona nto ibalulekileyo ekuboneni, nakubonwayo, inkunzi ye-gay-boy in the region, kwaye enye yeyona nto ibhetele eNyakatho Yurophu. Iqela liyakubamba iqela lemibutho yesekethe yaminyaka yonke, kubandakanywa isiphaluka phakathi no-Matshi, iKlabhu Yenyama ngasekupheleni kukaKwindla, i-Toolroom Knights ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi, i-Navigaytion ngasekupheleni kukaJuni (ngethuba lokuvuthwa kweGay Pride), kunye nesiganeko somkhosi phakathi -November (ukubhiyozela ukuvulwa kwebhula ngo-1997).
NgeSonto ebusuku, ngokuphindwe kabini ngenyanga, imikhosi ebomvu neyesiBlue enye yeyona ndawo iqabane elincinci lamabhinqa - ezi ziganeko zijikelezayo kwaye ziyaziwa ngokunye njengeCafe de Love neCafe deluxe, kwaye unokufunda okwengeziwe kwiwebhusayithi yabo (www.cafedelove.com).
Esi sixeko sinezinye i-saunas ezithandwa kakhulu, eziquka iHerenhuis (de Lescluzestraat 63) ne-Kouros Sauna (i-Botermelkbaan 50). Kwaye uza kufumana indawo yesigxina se-night and cruiseer nightlife kunye ne-van Schoonhovenstraat, ngaphesheya kwe-Astridpleintk esuka kwiCentral Station. Kukho iintlobo zeengqungquthela kunye neentengiso zesini kule sitrato enye eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Rue de Vaseline (Vaseline Alley).
06 we-07
I-Que Pasa cafe kunye ne-gay bar, kufuphi ne-Verschil
umfanekiso ngu-Andrew Collins I-Pange caffe (Lange Koepoorstraat 1) i-byala ye-Latin g bar kunye ne cafe, kwaye ngokwenene iindawo ezinomdla kwaye ezinobungane kunye namaqela adibanisayo, ama-mojitos amakhulu kunye nomculo omnandi - awunakuboni nawabantu baseLatinino apha phakathi. Nokuba kunjalo kakhulu kwaye kuyamema, kwaye u-Que Pasa unokwakheka kweyona ndlela ebonakalayo edolophini (njengoko kuchazwe apha).
07 we-07
I-Cafe Confituur, i-gay-ethandwa yi-gay kunye neehoffeehouse
umfanekiso ngu-Andrew Collins I-Cafe Confituur (Minderbroedersrui 38), i-cafe e-dapper eneendonga ezixinzelelweyo kunye ne-hardwood floor. Le ngenye yeendawo ezinokuthandana-gay kwidolophu ngenkobe yekhofi okanye ukutya okulula (ukutya kwasekuseni, isidlo sasemini, kunye nesidlo senziwa), kwaye kuhamba kwisitratato esitalato ngaphaya kwesitrato kwisitrato se-gay, 't Verschil . Yonke into iboniswa nje ngoko, kuquka inkompo yekhofi eqinile echazwe apha.