This is one of a few parks in Antwerp. It's not the biggest, and has a slightly run down feel due…read moreto some of the construction currently going on. A nice place on a sunny day to sit on a bench by water, but not as scenic as most other parks.

Yep, this is a park, and a fairly decent one at that. Okay, we didn't spend a huge amount of time…read morewandering around it namely because it was getting a little dark and we were trying to locate a laundromat (I'm starting to call them wash salons for some bizarre reason - maybe it is because that is what the Germans call them). Anyway this certainly isn't what I would call a boring park since there are quite a few things to do here, even if lying on the grass and having a snooze is your idea of doing something in a park (though make sure nobody steals your bag if that is what you are doing). As I wandered through here I did encounter some play equipment and a rather pleasant lake. However, the great thing about the park was simply its greenery, even in the early evening the place was pleasant.

Who doesn't love a park, though I probably shouldn't call this a park because to me a park is an…read morearea of grass that has a bunch of trees scattered about, with maybe a few garden patches here and there, while gardens tend to require you to stick to dedicated paths namely because the areas that don't happen to be pathways tend to contain collections of flowers and what-not. Anyway, I had no idea that this place existed and simply stumbled across it as I was wandering through Antwerp attempting to get from one part of the inner city to another. From where I was standing I noticed quite a lot of greenery so decided to spend some time and have a look around. Unfortunately my brother wasn't too keen on hanging around so we ended up heading off elsewhere soon after.