Guidebook for Antwerpen
Getting Around
Vlaamsekaai
VlaamsekaaiLarge free parking square!
Essentials
Carrefour Market Antwerp
2 Pacificatiestraatopen daily - even on holidays and sundays
from 8am - 8pm
Food Scene
Mirlo's
1 VerbondstraatBreakfast & lunch all day. Delicious coffees!
Butchers Coffee
57 KasteelstraatCoffee & lunch spot.
Plenty of restaurants, wine & cocktail bars, lunch & cofee spots.
21 locals recommend
Leopold de Waelplaats
Leopold de WaelplaatsPlenty of restaurants, wine & cocktail bars, lunch & cofee spots.
SUPERMERCADO is the first covered food market in the country. With it, Antwerp follows in the footsteps of cities such as Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona and Copenhagen. Visitors to Mercado can enjoy honest, tasty, fresh food from all over the world: from trendy street food to innovative quality products and haute cuisine.
79 locals recommend
Groenplaats
GroenplaatsSUPERMERCADO is the first covered food market in the country. With it, Antwerp follows in the footsteps of cities such as Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona and Copenhagen. Visitors to Mercado can enjoy honest, tasty, fresh food from all over the world: from trendy street food to innovative quality products and haute cuisine.
Drinks & Nightlife
Sips Cocktailbar
8 GillisplaatsFancy Cocktail bar around the corner.
Marnixplaats
MarnixplaatsLittle square with trendy bars & restaurants.
Great Club located under Antwerp's train tracks. With a wide range of electronic music and performances.
26 locals recommend
Ampere
21 SimonsstraatGreat Club located under Antwerp's train tracks. With a wide range of electronic music and performances.
Club Vaag
4 RijnkaaiThe best underground electronic music in an intimate venue.
Shopping
Famous shopping street with fashion shops, lunch bars, bakeries, design furniture, ...
44 locals recommend
Nationalestraat
NationalestraatFamous shopping street with fashion shops, lunch bars, bakeries, design furniture, ...
Known as a hotspot for antique shops, Kloosterstraat has grown into a street that offers you a full variety of all kinds of stores. Discover the true spirit of Kloosterstraat yourself. Wander and wonder when passing by the outstanding mix of unexceptional stores. You can find bars and restaurants in this neighbourhood as well.
129 locals recommend
Kloosterstraat
KloosterstraatKnown as a hotspot for antique shops, Kloosterstraat has grown into a street that offers you a full variety of all kinds of stores. Discover the true spirit of Kloosterstraat yourself. Wander and wonder when passing by the outstanding mix of unexceptional stores. You can find bars and restaurants in this neighbourhood as well.
Parks & Nature
Big green area near the city. Lovely to walk with the dog!
You can easy walk for 2 hours. The hiking trail (follow the blue or red signs) is crossing an area where wild Galloway cows and Konik horses live.
20 locals recommend
Hobokense Polder
Schroeilaan Big green area near the city. Lovely to walk with the dog!
You can easy walk for 2 hours. The hiking trail (follow the blue or red signs) is crossing an area where wild Galloway cows and Konik horses live.
Big open park with large bar. Ping pong tables, basket fields, running path. Weekly events in weekends like workshops, garage sale ...
183 locals recommend
Park Spoor Noord
EllermanstraatBig open park with large bar. Ping pong tables, basket fields, running path. Weekly events in weekends like workshops, garage sale ...
Botanical Garden of Antwerp, Leopoldstraat 24. Built almost 200 years ago, it grew only medicinal plants to supply the St Elisabeth’s hospital next door.
7 locals recommend
Leopoldstraat
LeopoldstraatBotanical Garden of Antwerp, Leopoldstraat 24. Built almost 200 years ago, it grew only medicinal plants to supply the St Elisabeth’s hospital next door.
Arts & Culture
MAS - Museum aan de Stroom
1 HanzestedenplaatsRed Star Line Museum
3 MontevideostraatHistorical city walk with Guide. ( 2 hours)
Every Saturday & Sunday.
Tickets and start at Grote Markt 13.
What can be more exciting than discovering a charming medieval town, consisting of remarkable buildings and narrow streets with interesting comments on historical facts and highlighted by picturesque anecdotes.
Nello & Patrasche Statue
3 HandschoenmarktHistorical city walk with Guide. ( 2 hours)
Every Saturday & Sunday.
Tickets and start at Grote Markt 13.
What can be more exciting than discovering a charming medieval town, consisting of remarkable buildings and narrow streets with interesting comments on historical facts and highlighted by picturesque anecdotes.