Antwerpen by Willem

Willem
Antwerpen by Willem

Amazing places to eat.

Hungry? No problem in Antwerpen; Lots of great places to eat in every neighborhood.
A wonderful bakery and bio shop. More local and speciality bio products, and less plastic. Great cinnamon buns!
RICO lab + GROF
26 Cogelsplein
A wonderful bakery and bio shop. More local and speciality bio products, and less plastic. Great cinnamon buns!
Grab a beer in the sunshine. Way too expensive for what you get, but the great view on the terrace makes it all worth it!
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Kasteel Rivierenhof
244 Turnhoutsebaan
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Grab a beer in the sunshine. Way too expensive for what you get, but the great view on the terrace makes it all worth it!
Amazing take out Libanese food. - Eat it in park Spoor Noord nearby
Si Bon
1 Lange Kongostraat
Amazing take out Libanese food. - Eat it in park Spoor Noord nearby
Very good fresh hand pulled noodles. Can take a while before you get served, so take your time!
Bai Wei
21 Van Wesenbekestraat
Very good fresh hand pulled noodles. Can take a while before you get served, so take your time!
Great food, great drinks, great price. No nonsense chique.
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Brel
46 Statiestraat
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Great food, great drinks, great price. No nonsense chique.
Have french fries from the frietkot with the best view. Take the pedestrian tunnel or the free ferry, take out 'een kleintje met versen tartaar' and get as close as possible to the water. (Not the best fries in the city, but the location makes up for it!)
Frituur LO
Frederik van Eedenplein
Have french fries from the frietkot with the best view. Take the pedestrian tunnel or the free ferry, take out 'een kleintje met versen tartaar' and get as close as possible to the water. (Not the best fries in the city, but the location makes up for it!)

Fun stuff to do.

Get off the beaten track and go do some fun stuff after you have seen the ancient city centre and the tourist museums.
Rainy day? Euro Bowling is one of the last and best places to go bowling in Antwerpen. Very easy going and relaxed vibe and funny local people will make your day
euro Bowling
17 Ter Heydelaan
Rainy day? Euro Bowling is one of the last and best places to go bowling in Antwerpen. Very easy going and relaxed vibe and funny local people will make your day
Bring your swimsuit and enjoy this large eco swimming pool in the middle of the boekenbergpark! On sunny days it might get busy, so you'll have to wait in line. (Go there in the morning, right when it opens to see the locals meet!)
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Boekenbergpark
84 Unitaslaan
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Bring your swimsuit and enjoy this large eco swimming pool in the middle of the boekenbergpark! On sunny days it might get busy, so you'll have to wait in line. (Go there in the morning, right when it opens to see the locals meet!)
Also called 'Bar Square'. This is where young and old gets together on Friday and Saturday night. And every other night of the week.
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Dageraadplaats
Dageraadplaats
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Also called 'Bar Square'. This is where young and old gets together on Friday and Saturday night. And every other night of the week.
Take a magical walk to the most beautiful sunset of Antwerp. Start your walk at this art deco building, Follow the river, take a seat and enjoy the best movie you'll ever see. Also great for a sunny daytime picknick or beer.
Antwerp Maritime Academy
6 Noordkasteel-Oost
Take a magical walk to the most beautiful sunset of Antwerp. Start your walk at this art deco building, Follow the river, take a seat and enjoy the best movie you'll ever see. Also great for a sunny daytime picknick or beer.
Enjoy a walk on this spacious plaza. Bring a few beers and enjoy looking at other people, the sunset, the city.
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Scheldekaai Zuid
Zuid
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Enjoy a walk on this spacious plaza. Bring a few beers and enjoy looking at other people, the sunset, the city.
Tired of the kickscooters and velo's? Rent a bike at cyclant, or even get a bike tour trough the city. These locals will be happy to help you out!
Cyclant
Tired of the kickscooters and velo's? Rent a bike at cyclant, or even get a bike tour trough the city. These locals will be happy to help you out!
Art Deco Swimming pool, in case there is some working out to do.
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Sportoase Veldstraat
83 Veldstraat
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Art Deco Swimming pool, in case there is some working out to do.
The best city park of Europe in 2019. An ancient collection of trees. Also home to a minigolf, an open air theatre (check WWW.OLTRIVIERENHOF.BE for their program), a rose garden, a fishing and scale boats-pond the mini traffic park and a 10km running parcours.
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Provinzieller Park Rivierenhof
246 Turnhoutsebaan
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The best city park of Europe in 2019. An ancient collection of trees. Also home to a minigolf, an open air theatre (check WWW.OLTRIVIERENHOF.BE for their program), a rose garden, a fishing and scale boats-pond the mini traffic park and a 10km running parcours.

These bars are amazing.

A collection of my favorite places to drink!
Very local BoHo bar.
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bar Leon
23 Reuzenstraat
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Very local BoHo bar.
Special green and eco atmosphere!
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Bar Paniek
21B Kattendijkdok-Oostkaai
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Special green and eco atmosphere!
Great interior, very good menu.
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Bar Bakeliet
11 Laar
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Great interior, very good menu.
Great bar, closest by. Lovely old people mixing with the local youth.
Den Witten Hert
2 Hertstraat
Great bar, closest by. Lovely old people mixing with the local youth.
A very 'normal' bar. Great menu, lovely people, great vibe, lots of locals.
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Cantaloop
1 Onze-Lieve-Vrouwstraat
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A very 'normal' bar. Great menu, lovely people, great vibe, lots of locals.
quite a touristy tap room, but it offers a great range of Belgian and international beers. The bartenders are experts, so ask away!
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Speciale Belge Taproom
1 Regine Beerplein
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quite a touristy tap room, but it offers a great range of Belgian and international beers. The bartenders are experts, so ask away!

Nature by bike.

Rent a bike and cycle to these parks and forests if you long for some nature.
Ancient nature domain, used to protect the city from flooding. Houses lots of birds and free roaming cows. (be careful!)
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Hobokense Polder
Schroeilaan
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Ancient nature domain, used to protect the city from flooding. Houses lots of birds and free roaming cows. (be careful!)
Former military domain, now home for lots of birds and wild roaming cows (be careful!)
Oude Landen
N114
Former military domain, now home for lots of birds and wild roaming cows (be careful!)
The ghost city of Doel lays in the shadow of the nuclear plant, so guess why all the people have moved! Quiet and spooky place. The the bike on de Waterbus, get off at 'Liefkenshoek' and let google maps do the rest. Don't enter the abandoned houses, the locals don't like it.
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Doel
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The ghost city of Doel lays in the shadow of the nuclear plant, so guess why all the people have moved! Quiet and spooky place. The the bike on de Waterbus, get off at 'Liefkenshoek' and let google maps do the rest. Don't enter the abandoned houses, the locals don't like it.