City: Turnhout is a city in the province
of Antwerp. Turnhout, developed at the intersection of two
major trade routes and received around 1212 urban rights from
Henry I, Duke of Brabant. In the late Middle Ages Turnhout
became a famous centre for weaving and the trade of bed linen.
These industries were replaced in the 19th century by paper
based trade and industry.Turnhout has been nicknamed the “city
of playing cards”, a reference to Carta Mundi, the world's
largest producer of playing cards in Europe. Today 40,765
inhabitants live in Turnhout.
