A magazine exploring city culture through food, history, and community.

In the port city of Antwerp, old tram-lines wind through cobbled streets, and the gentle lean of the city's many well-preserved Baroque buildings create a storybook feel.

Antwerp is the country's second-largest city, and its most diverse. While the city may feel a bit guarded at first, it soon reveals a rich artistic legacy, a stage for contemporary fashion, curious local delicacies, and no shortage of Belgium's notoriously strong beers. Sitting by the old city docks (first laid by Napoleon) we learned of Antwerp's storied pasts, and in studios across the city, contemporary designers showed us how they're pushing its present.

In Fare Issue 7: Antwerp:

• Visit a third-generation diamond polisher in the backstreets of the city's Diamond District

• Immaculate tableside service and cooking at a classic French-Belgian bistro

• Learn about "Lost Monday," a special holiday with working class roots celebrated with mandatory citywide pastry consumption

• Tour Antwerp's influential port - one of the biggest in Europe - and the tiny villages that have survived its massive expansion

• Frietkot, the classic fry shacks and their library of sauces

• An interview with a local comedian discussing life in the city's Flemish-Moroccan community and the Belgian sense of humor

Specs: 170mm x 240mm, ~196 pages, lithographically printed on Arctic matt and Cyclus Offset stock; perfect bound.