Historical Sites in Antwerp

Why don't we meet at Grote Markt

As central as Antwerp gets, the lovely triangular square Grote Markt is the city's so-called response to Grand...

Historisch Centrum · Grote Markt, Antwerp

Antwerp's most original house

The world's only printer-publishing house preserved from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, this centrally...

Historisch Centrum · Vrijdagmarkt 22, Antwerp

• museum
• art gallery

Gothic greatness with Baroque treasures

Along with the Central Station, this is Antwerp's architectural standout, postioned prominently in the...

Historisch Centrum · Groenplaats 21, Antwerp

• art gallery

Gays love houses

Antwerp's art nouveau 'ghetto' Zurenborg – a somewhat arty/intellectual neighbourhood located in the southeastern but...

Zurenborg · Antwerp

Movie palace-plus

A jewel of a cinema built in 1928, De Roma went through a period of decline in the last century, but in 2003 —...

Turnhoutsebaan 286, Borgerhout, Antwerp

• theater
• art gallery
• cinema

Antwerp's part in the American Dream

A museum dedicated to the 2.6 million passengers who between 1873 and 1935 were transported by the Red Star Line...

Het Eilandje · Montevideostraat 3, Antwerp

• museum

Sublime simulation (and Bowie liked it here)

Though situated in its exact spot and location, this is in actual fact not the home of master Baroque painter Peter...

Meir and Surroundings · Wapper 9–11, Antwerp

• museum