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ANTWERP TRAVEL GUIDE

Belgium’s pop-culture epicentre with a cosmopolitan edge, Antwerp (Antwerpen in Dutch) is home to 175 nationalities, handles around 80 per cent of the world’s diamond trade and boasts Michelin-starred restaurants, world-class museums and Europe’s second-largest port on the Scheldt River. It is also the birthplace of master painter Peter Paul Rubens and the avant-garde Antwerp Six fashion designers.

STAY

  • August boutique hotel
  • Banks boutique art hotel
  • Botanic Sanctuary
  • De Notelaer B&B
  • Docks hotel
  • Galalith guesthouse

  • Hotel Flora

  • Hotel Julian

  • Les Nuits boutique hotel

  • Jerom B&B
  • Patina guesthouse

EAT

  • Bon Bon (modern Belgian)
  • DIM Dining (*Michelin, Japanese-Belgian)
  • Fiera (Belgian fusion)
  • Fine Fleur (*Michelin modern)
  • Hertog Jan (**Micheli creative)
  • Hoffy's Jewish deli
  • Jerom (modern Belgian)
  • Kommilfoo (*Michelin French)
  • Le Pristine (*Michelin Italian seafood)
  • Madonna Grand Cafe (Belgian)
  • Mistral (French Provencal)
  • Nectar (modern Belgian)
  • RAS (Belgian)
  • Sir Anthony Van Dijck (*Michelin)
  • The Jane (**Michelin Belgo-French)
  • 't Fornuis (*Michelin)
  • Zilte (***Michelin)

DRINK

  • Andy Roasters
  • At Nine cocktail bar
  • De Koninck brewery
  • De Plek cafedral
  • Dogma cocktail bar
  • Elf Gebod sacred bar
  • Glass wine bar
  • Het Archief wine bar
  • Horta cafe
  • Le Royal cafe
  • Le Souffleur hidden bar
  • Jones & Co cocktail bar
  • Marigold cocktail bar
  • Normo coffee
  • Viggo’s coffee
  • Wijnbar Niroen
  • Wijnbistro Goddaard 

SHOP

  • Bakermat textiles
  • Bookz&Booze
  • Elixir d’Anvers shop
  • Enso (high-end vintage)
  • Ganterie A. Boon (leather gloves)
  • Graanmarkt 13 (fashion & design)
  • Kanaal (Axel Vervoordt antiques & art)
  • Lies Mertens handbags
  • MoMu shop
  • Philip's Biscuits (Antwerpse Handjes)
  • Plantin Moretus shop (books & prints)
  • Re-Antwerp (sustainable Belgian design)
  • The Chocolate Line
  • Verso (high-end fashion)
  • Vrijdagmarkt6 (luxury vintage men)

EXPERIENCE

  • Antwerpen Pride, Aug
  • Antwerpen Proeft food expo, May
  • Antwerp Six Exhibition, 28 March–17 Jan 2027
  • Baloise Antwerp 10 Miles, April
  • Jazz Middelheim, May
  • Live is Live music fest, June
  • TREK Antwerp Marathon, Oct

MUST-SEE

  • Antwerpen-Centraal
  • DIVA diamond museum
  • Grote Markt & Brabofontein
  • Handelsbeurs
  • KMSKA  art museum
  • MAS multi-museums
  • Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal
  • Plantin-Moretusmuseum
  • ​Red Star Line Museum
  • Rubenshuis
  • Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk
  • Snijders&Rockoxhuis
  • Stadsfeestzaal
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