Antwerp Travel Forum

I'll be in Antwerp next week and I'd love to visit some of the places left from the 16th c. that were used to store merchandise that came from India, Africa...

Thank you in advance for your precious info:)

Hey,

Does anybody know of any stores/supermarkets near the city center (that's where we are staying) where I can buy beer? I still plan to go to bars, but why pay higher prices for certain brands when I can buy them in supermarkets. I like trying different beers and that could get expensive after a while. So since I'll be in Belgium I'd like to try as many beers as I can, expecially the ones that are not available in United States.

hello,

have limited internet access, will appreciate any help on this.

what's the easiest way to get from antwerp to beaune by land? by easy, i mean the least amount of transfers.

thank you very much in advance.

Hello! My name is Debora, currently living in the US.We will be moving to Antwerpen in the next few months, and since I have a daughter who will go to the AIS (American school) would like to know how far is Antwerper from Ekeren (where the school is located).What is the best area to live in Antwerpen (when the school is still a not too far..).
Considering I am italian and I love food (cannot live without my pasta, bread, salame, prosciutto..) is there any italian market? any shop where I can buy my stuff?
Culturally is Antwerpen alive, with galleries, theaters, cinemas...?
Are there some languages school where I can study Dutch? (like inlingua...etc..).
I am fluent in english, french, little bit of Deutch.
would love some informations.Thanks debora

what is the best way to get from brussells airport to antwerp central train station around 10pm midweek
thanks
katcharlie

Hi guys, I need your help. I want to travel with friends to Antwerp, I have been told we can buy cheap gold-plated jewelries and Costume gold plated jewelries in Antwerp. Any ideas?

hi guys!
My question might seem unexpected, but are there any mosques in Antwerp? and if there are, does anybody know about visiting possibilities? or is there any street or something like that where live arabs and there are located their shops? ( I'd like to get some souvenirs like arabic alphabet jewellery and etc.)

by the way, will there be any events in Antwerp at 20th-21st of August?

Best wishes from Lithuania,
Dei.

Hello everyone,

My girlfriend and I are going back to Belgium in the beginning of December. The first time we went to Brugge and Brussels. We spent a few days in Brugge and 2 days in Brussels. As a result, we saw nothing in Brussels. This time we will be going back to Brussels to see all that we missed and to Antwerp as well. We will also go to Amsterdam.

Would anyone be able to tell me whether or not 3 days are enough to see Antwerp or would 4 days be more adequate? We do not want to miss half of Antwerp as we did Brussels last time. Any advice regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,
Alex

Dear friends,

I have two nights to spend in Belgium, second one of which will definitely be spent in Brussels. Question is, where should my first night be spent : Brugge, Gent or Antwerp? (considering I'm arriving from Amsterdam by IC train)

Do you recommend doing daytrips to any of the cities i'm not staying at? I'm mostly interested in good sights, nice food, beauty and shopping.

Can you make any hotel recommendations for brussels and my second city - whichever that will be :-) ?

Last thing, what's the distance from brussels to the airport, and how can i get to the airport?

Thank you in advance for all the help..!!!
Elif

This is my first trip to Belgium!
I'll be flying in from London to Brussels and take a shuttle bus at the Airport to Antwerp.
Hi everyone,
How far as Beveren from Antwerp?
I Will be there for 4 days on a training course, I am looking for some suggestion as to what I can do or where to eat out at night.

Thanks for your help!

Hello,
I am going to visit Antwerp because of the M.Margiela exhibition in MoMu in Oktober....I heard there are at this time some designer stock sales. Do anybody know somthing abaut the dates and designers or where could I get this Info....thanks very much!

Hi,

Could I possibly ask about the direction of how to get from centraal station to Cathedral?
Any metro map/line information?
I tried to visit delijn.be but they are all in Dutch so I didn't manage to get any useful info from there...

And secondly, what is the area of interest that I could visit during my Antwerp trip?
I only have a day there, is it enough?

Thanks for replies.

Hello

I will be staying in Antwerp and travelling daily to SIDMAR (Arcelor Mittal steel)which is in John Kennedylane.

What will be the best way to travel from Antwerp?
Also which area in Antwerp is good to stay so that it becomes easier (i thought near central station would be god).

Awaiting your helpful replies..

Regards
Kishore

Is there a tram or bus or metro going from the central station to Groen Plaats? If so does anybody know how much a ticket costs? We are a group of 20 people (adults). Thanks for your help!

Hi,
how much does it cost for a round trip ticket from antwerp to bruges? i read that their is a special price for student? how does it work? is the item available in the ticket vending machine?
thank you before!

best regards,
sita

Where to buy cheap true gold in antwerp?

I am in Antwerp in the first week of May. Staying near Antwerpen Centraal Station. Any ideas VTs for the evening?

Hi could anyone tell me were there is a large tobacco retailers similar to tobacco road in Aidinkirk,as we dont really want to drive down there and we are staying near antwerp, also what is the price for golden virginia tobacco thanks

I would like to know the name of the architect who build this church.
I couldn't find it on any website!

Thanks in advance.

Hello all! will be in Antwerp in under a week and I was wondering if you could help me with some questions!

1)We don't like traditional touristy stuff so what places should I avoid? Any tourist traps? for example stupid restaurants and 20 Euro chocolates?
2)What and where should we eat like Antwerpians (is that correct?) Anything special to the region?
3)Which are the best vintage clothing/design shops?

Hello everybody!
We are planning on visiting Antwerp in April and we've heard about some cool designer stock sales going on around the 20-something but I can't seem to find anything about them online... Do any of you know any details or specific dates and designers who are doing this? It would be nice to adjust our arrival dates to coincide and do some extra shopping! :)

Hi,

Zaterdagnamiddag stonden er op de Grote Markt twee (historische) reuzen en daarvoor een aantal fors geschapen koeien. Ook stond er voor de tribune een speciale weegschaal.

Weet er iemand wat hiervan de bedoeling was of om welk "evenement "het hier ging ?

greetz

filip

I lived in Antwerp for six months in 1972 and was impressed with public transportation that was good enough for that time but there was not an underway system yet. Eleven years later I visited Milan for three months and found there was a very interesting public transportation system where tickets had a fix time limit after the initial trip. Time duration was 75 minutes and you could take any trip in any system while ticket was alive, with the exception of metro where just one trip was allowed. The ticket was marked just one time in the very initial trip (also at the metro) and in case time duration was completed while in transit, you were obliged to mark a new ticket. Bus or tram drivers didn't care about this problem and they were not allowed to sell tickets. You had to by them at the metro stations or newspaper stands. This obligation was checked by inspectors visits to the buses and they were very strict with cheaters, keeping their Id card and giving a date ticket for a trial or the payment of ten times the amount of the ticket.

Being both systems so similar, would like to know if there is certain relation with the italian organization.

I lived in Antwerp for six months in 1972 and public transportation was good enough but there was not an underway system yet. After my stay studying pcm systems at Bell Telephone I visited several european cities. Eleven years later I visited Milan for three months and found there was a very interesting public transportation system where tickets had a fix time limit after the initial trip. Time duration was 75 minutes and you could take any trip in any system while ticket was alive, with the exception of metro where just one trip was allowed. The ticket was marked just one time in the very initial trip and in case time duration was completed while in transit, you were obliged to mark a new ticket. Bus or tram drivers didn't care about this problem and they were not allowed to sell tickets. You had to by them at the metro stations or newspaper stands. This obligation was checked by inspectors visits to the buses and they were very strict with cheaters, keeping their Id card and giving a date ticket for a trial or the payment of ten times the amount of the ticket.

Being both systems so similar, would like to know if there is certain relation with the italian organization.

Hi all,

I would love to go (again) to Antwerp, and then have dinner in the restaurant de Barbarie. But all the details (phone, fax & email) given on the various internet (restaurant) sites (even their own website) don't work : the phone- and faxnumber do not exist, the email comes back......does anybody (someone who lives in Antwerp?) know whether this restaurant does still exist ?
I would love to go there, as we have been there before......

pLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ,, MY HUBBY AND I ARE STAYING IN ANTWERP ON THE 4TH JAN AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW FAR AWAY IT IS FROM BRUSSELS BRU AIRPORT TO ANTWERP ,, ALSO WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THERE ,, BUS , TAXI OR TRAIN .. ITS MY 16TH WEDDING ANN ON THE 4TH AND THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE EVER FLOWN ,, I BOOKED THIS HOLIDAY AS A TREAT FOR HIM AND WANT TO GET EVERYTHING RIGHT AS I KNOW HE WILL WORRY ,, IF ANYONE CAN HELP I WILL BE SO GRATEFUL ,, THANK YOU

Hi,

Im currently looking for accomodation in antwerp and have found a place located on Leguit . However have found that this area is a red light district (http://www.jmu.edu/pubsafety/RightToKnow/AntwerpCampus2007.shtml).

Could anyone tell me whether that is true, and whether that is an unsafe place to live.

Thanks

Hello,

I was just wondering if there are any good day-trips from Antwerp. I am sure there are many interesting towns around Antwerp, but if you could only see 1 or 2 where would you go for day-trips?

Thanks for any help,
Alex

Is there any discount shopping in Antwerp? What are the best shops with the best prices? I am particularly interested in finding a shop that sells table linens (tissues?), tapestries, potterie. Are there any locally hand made things I should buy?

I might go from Antwerp to milan. I saw Brussels airlines will take only 1:15.

I tried to see the train connection, but I saw only long duration of about 13 hours .... ooops Is there fast train connection, probably I could not find?