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Antwerp

A port city with a cathedral you can see from the motorway, a fashion scene that outgrew its own reputation, and a station worth arriving early for.

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Worth the detour

  • Grote Markt

    Free

    The guild-house square, with the Brabo fountain in the middle and cafés all around.

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  • MAS Museum

    £15

    A city museum by the docks with a free rooftop walkway around the tenth floor.

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  • Cathedral of Our Lady

    £12

    The tallest church in the Low Countries, with four Rubens canvases inside.

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Suggested activities

  • Rubens in the Cathedral of Our Lady
  • Rooftop view from the MAS
  • Antwerp Central's marble hall
  • Vintage on Kloosterstraat

Where to stay

bed and breakfast · design

Het Zuid Townhouse

Five rooms in a restored 1930s house in the museum district, with a good bakery next door.

£132 / night

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