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unique mix of<br />
shops And services<br />
In the design of the remodelled station,<br />
optimal account was taken of the fact<br />
that travellers have <strong>to</strong> be offered the<br />
opportunity <strong>to</strong> smoothly transfer from<br />
one mode of transportation <strong>to</strong> the other.<br />
But, of course, the station is much more<br />
than a mere transit platform.<br />
The station offers a comforting feel <strong>to</strong><br />
the traveller that wants <strong>to</strong> save time<br />
by combining mobility with a quick<br />
purchase. The station does exactly<br />
offer that opportunity by giving<br />
passengers the chance <strong>to</strong> make a quick<br />
purchase in the superette, buy a snack<br />
on the run, draw money, or buy a<br />
bouquet of flowers. Arranging an<br />
appointment or a brief meeting over<br />
a cup of coffee or inside the station’s<br />
restaurant is a smart solution that suits<br />
<strong>to</strong>day’s mobile business people. Many<br />
major brands can be found in the<br />
stations (such as Spar, Base and<br />
Starbucks – the first in Belgium outside<br />
Brussels airport).<br />
Antwerp Central offers a wide variety<br />
of services, such as an information<br />
office operated by the public transit<br />
company, De Lijn, and a Job Shop<br />
service. On the ground-floor, <strong>to</strong>urists<br />
can consult the Antwerp Tourism<br />
Office for information. The station<br />
further has invested in a quality<br />
Bicycle Centre that supervises the<br />
bicycle s<strong>to</strong>rage facilities on Astrid<br />
Square and Kievit Square. This Centre<br />
also rents bicycles <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>urists for a<br />
discovery quest through Antwerp.<br />
diamond Gallery<br />
The gold shops inside the arcade on<br />
Pelikaanstraat have, as it were, become<br />
inextricably fused with Central Station.