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Stories Set in Antwerp
Antwerp is Belgium's port city and the center of the world diamond trade. Money you can't see runs it, and its screen life is all gangsters and memory, with old-master altarpieces overhead. The Memory of a Killer forgets here; Zillion parties through the club years. Open Antwerp on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 10 books and 20 movies set in Antwerp.
Zillion
It's 1997. Frank Verstraeten a computer genius with a nose for business a fascination for nightlife and an unhealthy urge to prove himself only wants one thing: his own disco that not only outperforms the competition…
The Memory of a Killer
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes the trail leads to the almost…
Gangsta
Antwerp Belgium. The lives of four small-time drug dealers spin out of control when they steal a shipment of cocaine triggering a full out war between an Amsterdam drug lord and a ruthless Colombian cartel.
The Dog of Flanders
Poor but happy young Nello and his grandfather live alone delivering milk as a livelihood in the outskirts of Antwerp a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten…
Double Team
A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together…
A Column of Fire
As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent epic, A Column of Fire—the…
Storm - Letter of Fire
The film is set in 1521 Antwerp in a Europe ravaged by religious wars and during the early years of the Reformation. It tells the story of the twelve year old Falko Voeten – a printer’s son. When Falko’s father Klaas…
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
A new selection of post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gough's letters, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh put a human face on one of the most haunting figures in modern Western culture. In this Penguin Classics…
The Last Diamond
Simon a burglar on probation agreed to go on the biggest shot of his life: The flight of the "Florentine" a mythical diamond set auction by its owners. To succeed he must approach Julia expert diamond for sale which is…
Log in Belgium
“To me films are an imaginary world where emotion comes into play.” YOO Teo traveled to Belgium to make his movie but he ended up being locked down due to COVID-19. This film is about his 15-days of quarantine in…
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