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Address: Nationalestraat 28, Antwerp
Antwerp is the undisputed center of Belgian fashion, and ModeNatie could arguably be considered its headquarters. The building houses a bookshop, a brasserie, the Antwerp Fashion Academy, and MoMu, the city's fashion museum. In its first year alone, MoMu attracted 10,000 visitors.
Category: Museums - Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Koningin Astridplein 19-23, Antwerp B-2018
A few facts first: 1) Roughly 85% of the world's uncut diamonds pass through Antwerp. 2) Twelve thousand cutters and polishers work in the city's 380 workshops. 3) Over 25 million carats are cut and traded in Antwerp annually – more than anywhere else in the world. With this information in mind, visit the Diamond...
Category: Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Koningin Astridplein 26, Antwerp
Getting to the Antwerp Zoo is easy, thanks to a convenient location next to the city's Central Station. Built 150 years ago in Art Nouveau style, the zoo offers enclosures that mimic exotic structures, including an Indian temple and a North African villa. The 25-acre zoo is home to 6,000 animals, and a special...
Category: Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Koningin Astridplein, Antwerp B- 2018
Even if you don't plan to arrive in Antwerp by train, make sure to visit this grand neo-Baroque terminal. In the late 1980s, Antwerp city officials debated whether to tear down or renovate the huge structure, which had been built in 1898 by King Leopold II's commission. Happily, the station's soaring vaulted ceilings,...
Category: Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Zandvliet Docks, 8 miles from downtown, Antwerp
A local saying explains that "the Scheldt River owes its existence to God, and Antwerp owes its existence to the Scheldt River." Antwerp has had a port since the Romans built one in the Scheldt River estuary in the 2nd century BC. Originally, the port was directly beside the city center, but today, it's located eight...
Category: Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Steenplein 1, Antwerp
This stone fortress was built along the banks of the Scheldt in the early 13th century. Considered Antwerp's oldest building, it was originally part of the fortifications surrounding the Old City. More recently, however, it has been used as a prison and as an archaeological museum. From the early 1950s until 2008, it...
Category: Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Steenplein, Antwerp
Take in Antwerp's beauty from a different perspective – from the water. These boat tours cruise the Scheldt River while showing passengers the maritime sites, ancient and modern, that have contributed to the city's growth. Short, one-hour trips are available, or you can cruise to the Port of Antwerp and back in a...
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen
Category: Museums - Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Leopold de Waelplaats 2, Antwerp
A neoclassical building from the late 1800s houses this museum and its impressive collection of Flemish masters. Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts has more Rubens – including the spectacular "Adoration of the Magi" and a marble entry hall decorated with the master's frescoes – than any other museum in the world. The...
Category: Museums - Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Minderbroedersstraat 22, Antwerp
This facility was founded in 1912 to protect documents created by, and associated with, Hendrik Conscience, an influential Old Flemish writer. However the museum's emphasis soon shifted to protecting documents that chart all of Flanders' literary history. (Through the years, Flemish music and history have been added...
Category: Museums - Antwerp Attractions & Activities
Address: Middelheimlaan 61, Antwerp
Antwerp is quite proud of this excellent, open-air sculpture museum, which premiered in 1950 and occupies land purchased by the city in 1910. Three hundred works are arranged by date, beginning with Rodin. A walk through them not only offers a wonderful overview of modern and contemporary Western sculpture but...
