Ekeren is a northern district of the municipality of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The suburb celebrated its 850th birthday in 2005; the name of the town was first mentioned in 1155, as "Hecerna".
The name possibly originates from Vikings who settled there in the ninth century after using the oak trees.
The Hof van Veltwijck, home of the district council
Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 km2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin. With a population of 536,079, it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of over 1,200,000 people, the country's second-largest metropolitan region after Brussels.
Image: Grote Markt in Antwerpen
Image: Antwerpen, Museum aan de Stroom IMG 1080 2017 08 27 12.24
Image: Antwerpen Station Antwerpen Centraal (11)
Image: Antwerp port house (34504832790)