GRAND PLACE, ANTWERP
Right in the core of Antwerp, sits the town's wonderful Grand Place (also known as the Grote Markt), which contains some of Belgium's finest examples of guild house architecture with their typical steeple-roofed shape. The Town Hall here is a well-preserved example of 16th-century construction, and the interior is worth viewing for its collection of paintings that show Antwerp's history.
The guild houses that still rim the plaza are the major reason to visit the Grote Markt though. Among the best facades are the Coopers' House and Grocers' House, but all of them are well-preserved examples of this Belgian-style of architecture.