Antwerp
Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest municipality in Belgium by area at 208.22 km2 (80.39 sq mi). With a population of 565,039, it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million people, the country's second-largest metropolitan area after Brussels.
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Worth seeing in and around Antwerp
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal
The Cathedral of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's seat of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been fully completed.
300 m · Roman-Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 02Museum Plantin-Moretus
The Plantin–Moretus Museum is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium which showcases the history of printing in Antwerp and the prominent role played in that history by the family of printers founded by Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. It is based in a building on the Vrijdagmarkt in Antwerp that served as the residence of the Plantin-Moretus family and the location of the printing company, the Officina Plantina, for four centuries.
200 m · museum in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 03Olympisch Stadion Antwerp
The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events.
3.9 km · football stadium in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 04University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is UAntwerp.
900 m · university in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 05Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. This collection is representative of the artistic production and the taste of art enthusiasts in Antwerp, Belgium and the Northern and Southern Netherlands since the 15th century.
1.1 km · arts museum in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 06Rubenshuis
The Rubenshuis is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself.
600 m · museum in Antwerp, Belgium, formerly the home and studio of Peter Paul Rubens · Wikipedia - 07Bosuilstadion
The Bosuilstadion is an association football stadium in the city of Antwerp, Belgium. The stadium was opened in 1923 and has been the home of Royal Antwerp ever since.
5.2 km · football stadium in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 08Antwerp City Hall
The City Hall of Antwerp, Belgium, stands on the western side of that city's Grote Markt. Erected between 1561 and 1565, after designs made by Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, this Renaissance building incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences.
400 m · city hall of Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 09Museum aan de Stroom
The Museum aan de Stroom is a museum located along the river Scheldt in the Eilandje district of Antwerp, Belgium. It opened in May 2011 and is the largest museum in Antwerp.
1.3 km · museum in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 10Antwerp Zoo
Antwerp Zoo is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. The zoo is the oldest animal park in Belgium, and one of the oldest in the world; it was established on 21 July 1843.
1.6 km · zoo in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Antwerp City Pass. With the Antwerp City Card you can visit all museums and three monumental churches over a 48-hour period. It also features a 25% discount on attractions, sightseeing and bicycle rentals. In the free guide you find vouchers that you can use to enjoy benefits on typical Antwerp and Belgian products including chocolate and chips. €45/€55/€65.
- 01City Hall/Old Market Square
The market square is surrounded by the typical medieval guild houses you find in most Flemish historical towns.
- 02Diamond District
This is south and southwest of the central station.
- 03The hidden street Vlaeykensgang
Connects Hoogstraat, Oude Koornmarkt and Pelgrimsstraat.
- 04Bouwmeester
Bouwmeestersstraat 7 (close to the "Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp").
- 05Romi Goldmuntz Synagogue
- 06Antwerp Ruien
You can take a guided tour of the underground city of Antwerp.
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Things to do
- 01St. Anna pedestrian tunnel (Sint-Annatunnel), Sint-Jansvliet
Anna pedestrian tunnel (Sint-Annatunnel) to the Left Bank (Linkeroever) of the river Schelde.
- 02Kinepolis Antwerpen
In this large cinema complex a bit north of the city centre many international movies are shown.
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Where to eat
Antwerpse handjes are little biscuits or chocolates in the shape of a hand. Invented by a Jewish baker in 1932. As with most Flemish towns, you can find many frietkoten in the city. These are places of which the Belgians are really proud of. Here you can buy the famous Belgian fries and other fried food for a reasonable price. For lunch people often go eat a "smos", a sandwich with several layers of garniture in it.
- 01Aahaar
- 02D’Oude Stad
Oude Koornmarkt 13.
- 03Kumpir Eethuis
Hoogstraat 10.
- 04The Yellow Window Coffee House
Vlasmarkt 8.
- 05Komida - City Campus UAntwerp
Koningstraat 8.
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Getting to Antwerp
- Airports
- Brussels (BRU), 36 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 72 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 82 km
- Stations
- Antwerp International Airport, 5.2 km · Antwerp-Central railway station, 1.5 km · Port of Antwerp, 7.3 km
- Charleroi → Antwerp90 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · €11–15
- Oostende → Antwerp103 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · €12–17
- Eindhoven → Antwerp79 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · €9–13
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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- Get inThere are some regular, but mostly seasonal flights to various popular holiday destinations in Southern Europe, Morocco and Turkey, as well as private and chartered (business) aviation.
- Get inFrom the United Kingdom: take your bike on the ferry from Dover to Dunkerque (France, 20 km from the Belgian border, from the ferry port is actually over 30 km) and follow the coastal road from there until you reach De Panne (Belgium).
- Go nextSome of the more popular destinations that can be visited on a day trip from Antwerp are: Bruges (Brugge) — Very nice medieval town.
- Go nextThe train ride is pretty long (sometimes over two hours) making it less easy for a day trip.
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Next door to Antwerp
Antwerp is 41 km from Brussels, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.