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Antwerp
City located in Flanders, Belgium

Antwerp

Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Antwerp

  1. 01
    Antwerp Airport

    A small airport catering mostly to leisure travellers.

  2. 02
    Antwerp-Central
  3. 03
    Antwerp-Berchem

    Secondary train station that can come in handy if you want to start your visit in southern districts of Antwerp.

  4. 04
    Flixbus stop Rooseveltplaats
See

Worth seeing

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.

  1. 01
    City Hall/Old Market Square

    The market square is surrounded by the typical medieval guild houses you find in most Flemish historical towns.

  2. 02
    Diamond District

    This is south and southwest of the central station.

  3. 03
    The hidden street Vlaeykensgang

    Connects Hoogstraat, Oude Koornmarkt and Pelgrimsstraat.

  4. 04
    Bouwmeester

    Bouwmeestersstraat 7 (close to the "Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp").

  5. 05
    Romi Goldmuntz Synagogue
  6. 06
    Antwerp Ruien

    You can take a guided tour of the underground city of Antwerp.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    St. Anna pedestrian tunnel (Sint-Annatunnel), Sint-Jansvliet

    Anna pedestrian tunnel (Sint-Annatunnel) to the Left Bank (Linkeroever) of the river Schelde.

  2. 02
    Kinepolis Antwerpen

    In this large cinema complex a bit north of the city centre many international movies are shown.

Eat

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.

  1. 01
    Aahaar
  2. 02
    D’Oude Stad

    Oude Koornmarkt 13.

  3. 03
    Kumpir Eethuis

    Hoogstraat 10.

  4. 04
    The Yellow Window Coffee House

    Vlasmarkt 8.

  5. 05
    Komida - City Campus UAntwerp

    Koningstraat 8.

How locals move

Getting around Antwerp the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Antwerp, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Alrugato (CC BY-SA 3.0), Wikimedia Commons.