Traveling by train is one of the most convenient means in Benelux. It will take you 3 hours at most to get from the Brussels airport via Antwerp right to the center of Amsterdam by rail if you take a regular international connection ( http://www.b-rail.be ) and you can travel by rail event faster if you take a a Thalys train ( http://www.thalys.com ).

Antwerp, once the biggest European port and the home to the famous Rubens’ Art Academy, is best known as the Europe’s center of diamonds trade. The city of Antwerp is an interesting touristic attraction from many perspectives, of which 57 perspectives of light are reflected in the facets of the famous Antwerp Diamond, the Round Brilliant.