There is a school of thought that says the name Antwerp comes from the Dutch ‘hand werpen’….hand throwing. It is said that a giant named Droun Antigoon forced shipmasters to pay a toll to pass through on the Scheldt river. The Roman warrior Silvius Brabo hacked off Antigoon’s hand and threw it into the river. Brabo now has a car park named after him and there is a huge statue depicting the gruesome event in the Grote Markt.
This statue is very busy and has water spouting from everywhere, including the wrist minus its severed hand.
The square is quite impressive and is surrounded by very grand buildings.
I found 2 other references to the hand throwing.
Another explanation for the name is ‘aanwerp’ or alluvial mound, but it would be difficult to base an interesting monument around that.