Guidebook for Antwerpen

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Guidebook for Antwerpen

Drinks & Nightlife

lovely authentic art deco bar with live gigs
10 locals recommend
Café Kiebooms
18 De Coninckplein
10 locals recommend
lovely authentic art deco bar with live gigs
Best terrace in town (I had the honour to design it myself, while working as a city architect ;) )
69 locals recommend
bar Leon
23 Reuzenstraat
69 locals recommend
Best terrace in town (I had the honour to design it myself, while working as a city architect ;) )
Popular bar at the Mechelseplein
41 locals recommend
Korsakov
1 Sint-Jorispoort
41 locals recommend
Popular bar at the Mechelseplein
Popular square with a lot of nice bars and restaurants.
15 locals recommend
Marnixplaats
Marnixplaats
15 locals recommend
Popular square with a lot of nice bars and restaurants.
Popular square in a residential area with a lot of families. Around the square are a dozen bars ands restaurants.
136 locals recommend
Dageraadplaats
Dageraadplaats
136 locals recommend
Popular square in a residential area with a lot of families. Around the square are a dozen bars ands restaurants.

Everything Else

The most beautiful swimming pool / sauna complex of Belgium! Renovated art deco building, a must see ...
12 locals recommend
Sportoase Veldstraat
83 Veldstraat
12 locals recommend
The most beautiful swimming pool / sauna complex of Belgium! Renovated art deco building, a must see ...
Modern city park with sports facilities, playgrounds, bars ...
183 locals recommend
Park Spoor Noord
Ellermanstraat
183 locals recommend
Modern city park with sports facilities, playgrounds, bars ...
Smallest restaurant in the world... Very cosy!
ophelia's keuken
18 Krugerplein
Smallest restaurant in the world... Very cosy!
Girafs, Elephants, Flamingo's ... almost in our back yard.
188 locals recommend
ZOO Antwerpen
20-26 Koningin Astridplein
188 locals recommend
Girafs, Elephants, Flamingo's ... almost in our back yard.
Big cinema complex
57 locals recommend
UGC
17 Van Ertbornstraat
57 locals recommend
Big cinema complex
Outdoor swimming on the deck of a boat till the end of September
11 locals recommend
Badboot
22 Kattendijkdok-Oostkaai
11 locals recommend
Outdoor swimming on the deck of a boat till the end of September

Food Scene

mmmmmmmm Latte!
26 locals recommend
Viggo's
21 De Coninckplein
26 locals recommend
mmmmmmmm Latte!
Nice restaurant with romantic garden
17 locals recommend
Restaurant Jaro.
10 Verschansingstraat
17 locals recommend
Nice restaurant with romantic garden
Best Thai in town!
Ploy Phochana
69 Van Wesenbekestraat
Best Thai in town!
Delicious brunch (especially on Sunday), good coffee. It's on a corner of two beautiful streets and they have a nice terrace. Can be crowded...
32 locals recommend
Bar Vert
2 Helenalei
32 locals recommend
Delicious brunch (especially on Sunday), good coffee. It's on a corner of two beautiful streets and they have a nice terrace. Can be crowded...
Beautiful Art Deco setting!
10 locals recommend
Café Kiebooms
18 De Coninckplein
10 locals recommend
Beautiful Art Deco setting!
My favorite VEGAN restaurant for breakfast or lunch, on the lovely Vrijdagmarkt square in the city centre. The Plantin Moretus Museum is across the square.
JUNO
5 Vrijdagmarkt
My favorite VEGAN restaurant for breakfast or lunch, on the lovely Vrijdagmarkt square in the city centre. The Plantin Moretus Museum is across the square.
Haven't been there myself, but I've been told this is a very good Chinese restaurant.
9 locals recommend
Ni Shifu
8 Breydelstraat
9 locals recommend
Haven't been there myself, but I've been told this is a very good Chinese restaurant.
Beautiful interior, kids friendly, VEGAN breakfast en lunch.
6 locals recommend
HART
34 Minderbroedersrui
6 locals recommend
Beautiful interior, kids friendly, VEGAN breakfast en lunch.
Expensive, but extremely delicious! You have to make a reservation a few weeks beforehand.
34 locals recommend
restaurant Veranda
34 Lange Lobroekstraat
34 locals recommend
Expensive, but extremely delicious! You have to make a reservation a few weeks beforehand.
Creative pizzeria near the famous Dageraadplaats.
25 locals recommend
Orso Pizzeria
46 Grote Beerstraat
25 locals recommend
Creative pizzeria near the famous Dageraadplaats.
Delicious VEGAN restaurant in the city centre. Check opening hours, they change sometimes.
12 locals recommend
Wild Project
21 Grote Pieter Potstraat
12 locals recommend
Delicious VEGAN restaurant in the city centre. Check opening hours, they change sometimes.
Best Ice cream and waffles in town! My mother often takes my daughters there for a treat. And afterwards they walk to the MAS museum.
8 locals recommend
Cremerie Germaine
13 Nassaustraat
8 locals recommend
Best Ice cream and waffles in town! My mother often takes my daughters there for a treat. And afterwards they walk to the MAS museum.
Coffee, breakfast, brunch, lunch. Nice light, spacious corner café near the Dageraadplaats.
33 locals recommend
Walvis
1 Walvisstraat
33 locals recommend
Coffee, breakfast, brunch, lunch. Nice light, spacious corner café near the Dageraadplaats.
Thai Food near Marnixplaats.
25 locals recommend
Yam Thai
76 Volkstraat
25 locals recommend
Thai Food near Marnixplaats.
Creative Sushi place. They've won several awards.
14 locals recommend
Ko'uzi - Sushi and Fine Food
12 Leopoldplaats
14 locals recommend
Creative Sushi place. They've won several awards.
Ice cream!
17 locals recommend
Gelato Factory
57 Verschansingstraat
17 locals recommend
Ice cream!
Cool Hummus bar
7 locals recommend
HUMM Zuid
90 Kronenburgstraat
7 locals recommend
Cool Hummus bar
Nice corner café in popular shopping area: Coffee, breakfast, lunch
24 locals recommend
Cafématic
4 Vleminckveld
24 locals recommend
Nice corner café in popular shopping area: Coffee, breakfast, lunch
Authentic Bakery in a nice shopping street. Probably the best in town. It's tiny inside, so people are standing outside waiting , but it's totally worth it!
21 locals recommend
Goossens
31 Korte Gasthuisstraat
21 locals recommend
Authentic Bakery in a nice shopping street. Probably the best in town. It's tiny inside, so people are standing outside waiting , but it's totally worth it!
Asian fusion ...on a peaceful green square nearby the busy shopping area of the Kloosterstraat . I love it!
39 locals recommend
Camino
4 Muntstraat
39 locals recommend
Asian fusion ...on a peaceful green square nearby the busy shopping area of the Kloosterstraat . I love it!

Arts & Culture

Beautiful old cinema now in use as a theatre
76 locals recommend
the Roma
286 Turnhoutsebaan
76 locals recommend
Beautiful old cinema now in use as a theatre
Tiny cinema just around the corner!
15 locals recommend
Filmhouse Klappei
2 Klappeistraat
15 locals recommend
Tiny cinema just around the corner!
Theatre workplace of the famous Jan Fabre
Troubleyn / Jan Fabre
23 Pastorijstraat
Theatre workplace of the famous Jan Fabre
A must see for design lovers
De Winkelhaak
26 Lange Winkelhaakstraat
A must see for design lovers
You can take all the elevators up to the big roof terrace and enjoy the beautiful view for free! (Don't need a ticket to go up there.)
475 locals recommend
MAS - Museum aan de Stroom
1 Hanzestedenplaats
475 locals recommend
You can take all the elevators up to the big roof terrace and enjoy the beautiful view for free! (Don't need a ticket to go up there.)
Plantin en Moretuslei
Plantin en Moretuslei
Former city palazzo of the famous painter Rubens. I like the garden as well.
166 locals recommend
The Rubens House
9-11 Wapper
166 locals recommend
Former city palazzo of the famous painter Rubens. I like the garden as well.
Museum of Photography. There's also a café and a nice bookshop.
145 locals recommend
Photo Museum of Antwerp
47 Waalsekaai
145 locals recommend
Museum of Photography. There's also a café and a nice bookshop.
Museum of Modern Art, nearby the FOMU. They also have museum café with a roof terrace.
147 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp
32 Leuvenstraat
147 locals recommend
Museum of Modern Art, nearby the FOMU. They also have museum café with a roof terrace.

Shopping

Fresh soup and quiche to take out
Soepmie - biologische soepmakers in Antwerpen sinds 2010
36 Dambruggestraat
Fresh soup and quiche to take out
Nice shopping area with smaller boutiques.
51 locals recommend
De Wilde Zee
51 locals recommend
Nice shopping area with smaller boutiques.
Shopping area with smaller boutiques.
Steenhouwersvest
Steenhouwersvest
Shopping area with smaller boutiques.
Books and gifts
Mark
Books and gifts
Great Bookshop (also cards, pens, calendars etc.) , I can't go there without buying anything...
8 locals recommend
‘t Stad Leest
18 Oudaan
8 locals recommend
Great Bookshop (also cards, pens, calendars etc.) , I can't go there without buying anything...
Popular Shopping area with a lot of antique shops and fashion
129 locals recommend
Kloosterstraat
Kloosterstraat
129 locals recommend
Popular Shopping area with a lot of antique shops and fashion

Parks & Nature

Beautiful museum park with statues and modern in situ art. I can easily spent a whole afternoon there.
83 locals recommend
Middelheim Museum
61 Middelheimlaan
83 locals recommend
Beautiful museum park with statues and modern in situ art. I can easily spent a whole afternoon there.