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Tag: Luk Lemmens

Hilton Antwerp Old Town, a department store of 1885 that wants four more floors

The Hilton Antwerp Old Town has occupied Adolphe Kileman’s 1885 department store on the Groenplaats since 1993. A permit granted in January 2026 lets it add four floors and 137 rooms.

DIVA, Antwerp’s diamond museum, learns to explain the stones

DIVA opened on Suikerrui in 2018 with six rooms and a butler. Since its 2023 renovation, the museum of diamonds, jewellery and silver also asks where the stones come from.

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