We are most grateful to Carol Ribbens for so generously hosting our summer barbecue again this year. The menu will include a variety of meats and salads as well as some of Carol’s own delicious summer desserts. In... Read More

The Committee hopes to see many of you at our AGM, which this year will be at the Theater Hotel on September 11 (please note that this is the second Tuesday of the month). We will meet in... Read More

ABIW Day Trip to Dunkirk on Saturday, September 29, 2018   Christine De Brabandere has very kindly offered to be our guide for the day and has put together the following schedule: Leaving Antwerpen at 8 am sharp:... Read More

With more than 3,500 graves, Schoonselhof is the largest of Antwerp’s cemeteries. Due to the significant number of gorgeous grave stones and monuments it is often referred to as Antwerp’s Père Lachaise. Our guide, Tamara Engels, PhD in... Read More

  Healthy Eating Who does not want to eat healthy? Unfortunately our appetite gets in the way. Besides, this week you read in the newspaper that food X is good for you and the next week that it’s... Read More

For over two centuries food has been sold from boats on Thailand's rivers and canals. Since the early 20th century, there’s been a shift to selling food from stalls on city streets. The popularity of street food skyrocketed... Read More

Built in 1927, De Roma started life as a cinema, then broadened out to include live shows and community activities. With 2000 seats, it was Antwerp’s largest movie theater. And many big names, including Cliff Richard and Paul... Read More

Address: St. Paulusstraat 6 Time : 11.30 aperitif.12.00  lunch There is still time to sign up, until November 25. It is time to dig out the bling for our annual Christmas lunch which is very exciting as we... Read More

“Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true” Alfred, Lord Tennyson   Once again Carol Jay is... Read More

Plantin & Moretus Museum “Leading Ladies” Guided Tour In 1555, Christoffel Plantin published his first book. In less than twenty years, Plantin's publishing house became the best in Europe. As a result of that success, in 1576 they... Read More