2024-11-01 07:46:44
The Antwerp hands are cookies and chocolates that have nothing to do with colonial history. The name Antwerp comes from “hand throw”, it refers to a folk tale where a soldier cut of the hand of the giant Antigoon and threw it in the Scheldt river. [Link][Link][Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(22-0-0) Author
2024-11-01 12:10:19
The hand shape of the pastry represents a city symbol springing from a legend about the Gallo-Roman founding and naming of the city of Antwerp. The hands also appear in the Antwerp municipal coat of arms as far back as 1249, predating Leopold's reign by hundreds of years. [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(4-0-0) Author
2024-11-01 13:59:54
Long before the A of Antwerp functioned as a logo for the city, the hand was used as a symbol by both the province and the city itself. A direct reference to the myth of Brabo of how Antwerp originated. There is no correlation to the attrocities in Congo. [Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-0) Author