Merksem
Merksem is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
Merksem is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It has 47,525 inhabitants as of 2025.
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Worth seeing in and around Merksem
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.
3.8 km · Roman-Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 02University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is UAntwerp.
3.1 km · university in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 03Rubenshuis
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.
3.6 km · museum in Antwerp, Belgium, formerly the home and studio of Peter Paul Rubens · Wikipedia - 04Bosuilstadion
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.
2.4 km · football stadium in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 05Antwerp 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.
3.8 km · city hall of Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 06Antwerp 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.
3.2 km · zoo in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 07Museum 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.
3 km · museum in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 08The Descent from the Cross
The Descent from the Cross is the central panel of a triptych painting by the Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens in 1612–1614. It is still in its original place, the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium.
3.8 km · triptych by Peter Paul Rubens in Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp · Wikipedia - 09Het Steen
Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. The surviving structure was built between 1200 and 1225 as a gateway to a larger castle of the Dukes of Brabant which was demolished in the 19th century.
3.8 km · fortress in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia - 10Museum Mayer van den Bergh
Museum Mayer van den Bergh is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, the collection of which is based on the vast collection of the art dealer and collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh. The majority of the art works and objects are from the Gothic and Renaissance periods in Belgium, including paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
3.9 km · art museum in Antwerp, Belgium · Wikipedia
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Getting to Merksem
- Airports
- Brussels (BRU), 38 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 69 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 79 km
- Stations
- Antwerp-Central railway station, 3.2 km · Havenhuis, 2.4 km · Antwerpen-Luchtbal railway station, 1.2 km · Antwerpen-Noorderdokken railway station, 2.3 km
- Charleroi → Merksem93 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · €11–16
- Oostende → Merksem107 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · €13–18
- Eindhoven → Merksem75 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · €9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Merksem
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Merksem. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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 Merksem
Merksem is 4 km from Antwerp, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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