For many people, the train station is a connection point from one place to another, there is nothing to miss. But when you get to Antwerp Central station, you probably have a hard time moving away from either your departure or your farewell.

In addition to diamonds, it has the most beautiful train station in the world. The grand Central station is the main train station in Belgium's diamond capital Antwerp and one of the busiest in the country.

It is a very grand building with elaborate decorations and a huge glass dome, so it is also known as the "King of the railway station".

Construction of the Central station began in 1895 and was completed in 1905 by King Leopold II at great expense, and the station's platforms were particularly high, supposedly to match the steam trains that were running at the time.

Stepping into 🚆 train station is like stepping into Harry Potter's Academy of Magic and the illusion of entering the Doctor Strange multiverse.

In the central hall of the station, the head is looking up at the huge circular dome, the highest side of the dome is a leaf-shaped window, like a blooming flower, the petals are intertwined.

In the center of the petals is a golden old wall clock, rich gold texture and three-dimensional badge pattern below, let people immediately feel a royal aristocratic atmosphere.

And because it is hanging high, it adds a sense of majesty, as if it is witnessing the passage of time, but also watching every passing passenger.

The exterior and interior are neo-Baroque architectural style, decorated with more than twenty kinds of marble and stone, magnificent and magnificent!

The station was criticized for its luxury when it was completed, but time has proved the vision of the original builders and it has become one of the famous landmarks of Antwerp.

There are four floors above and below the station, and the central hall has a ceiling of 75 meters and is decorated like a palace, where the final scenes of Harry Potter were filmed. It can accommodate 24 trains at the same time. This complex design makes Antwerp Station one of the most modern railway stations in the world.

The source of funds for the construction of the railway station has also been a variety of opinions, the most widely said is that the eight-power allied forces invaded China after the signing of the Boxer indemnity Treaty.

The exact information available at present is known: the Gengtze reparations began to be divided in 1902, and began to pay second-rate powers in 1939, of which Belgium accounted for 1.89%, less than three years after the completion of the Antwerp railway station.

By 1936, a total of 600 million taels of silver had been paid, and according to the ratio of time compensation and the speed of deduction, the estimated compensation received before the completion of the project was 10w euros. Personally, I think this figure is still too little for the Antwerp project, so this statement cannot be established without data support.

There is also a theory that Belgium built it by looting property in the Congo, but I can't find any support for either of those, but it certainly didn't earn it.

In addition, no documents have been found on the construction of Milan Railway Station, so I still want to correct that it is somewhat arbitrary to claim this cross-century project as a symbol of national loss and humiliation. There are already enough historical facts to prove the injustice and humiliation suffered, such as the British Museum, which is a very definite fact. There is no need to use things that cannot be verified, and information dissemination should be rigorous

In any case, Antwerp Central Station is now an important hub of the Belgian national railway network, and is also connected to a number of national and international rail transport lines. It is not only a transportation hub, but also an important landmark of the city, attracting countless visitors to visit!