See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt for public buildings starts with...
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Stadhuis, Grote Markt, Antwerp
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Antwerp's magnificent Town Hall, built in the 16th Century when the city was one of the most prosperous cities in Northern Europe. The interior and exterior have recently been renovated so the exterior looks a little different in colour to this postcard as can be seen
here.Belgium of course is famous for its beer
and like the Belgians we enjoy our beer too in the UK, other drinks available. The artist, Bernie Carroll, invites you to a 'heritage pub crawl' to the public houses of Lancaster. The oldest pub is The Three Mariners dating back to the 15th Century. Pubs have had a tough time since Covid with many closing but I think all these are still trading maybe because Lancaster is a university town and you know how thirsty students are.
Bernie provides you with tick boxes on the postcard's reverse to add to any messages.
4 comments:
The Town Hall is really magnificent!
The Antwerp town hall is a magnificent building. It is interesting that they have all the flags on the building instead of in a line or circle of flagpoles.
And i love the idea of a collection of pubs on a card!
I was thinking of public houses too, as in pubs. Funny little tick boxes! I like "How's the Mother-in-Law?" I guess if she were all okay maybe the customer wouldn't have escaped to the pub!
I think it was already renovated when I visited Antwerp. It is magnificent building, indeed!
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