Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Bar story - 2

One of the most interesting bars I have ever been to was in Antwerp. Its a small town, with an almost perfectly preserved historic core. Indians would know it for its diamond connection, the only place in the world where the customs guy looked at my passport, smiled and said "India, welcome m'selle" WITHOUT checking the visa!!! Of course I was flying in from Italy but still!!!In one of the town squares a little chapel has been turned into a bar. The weird thing is that the decor has not been changed at all, and all around their shelves crammed with icons, flying angels on the ceiling and a general sense of heightened decadence with the juxtaposition of the sacred and the profane. You have to see it to believe it, so pictures here ...




Comments:
That does sound like a weird combination, I must say!
 
Welcome Spud:)
serves TV dinner.
 
That's very innovative, considering the alarming rate at which church attendance is dropping in Northern Europe, they need to find alternative uses. I once went to a bar in Essen in Germany which was in a now-defunct steel plant. Very industrial-chic.

Thanks for stopping by at my blog.
 
I think it was Ben Franklin who said

'beer is living proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy'

btw, the picture below of the shop window.... is so completely brilliant.
 
Yassaou: thalassa. Paragalo!

Rubbersoul: good to see you back!
 
wow... lovely pics!
 
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