Our Antwerp city guide
Shops:
- Jutka & Riska: Vintage shop.
Nationalestraat 86, 2000 Antwerpen
- Dali’s WYSIWYG Store: Vintage & second hand clothing.
Lange Leemstraat 393, 2018 Antwerpen
- Think Twice: Second hand clothing (each month €1 sale).
Lange Klarenstraat 21, 2000 Antwerpen
Kammenstraat 85, 2000 Antwerpen
- RA: Concept Store.
Kloosterstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen
- Your: Concept Store (with hair dresser!).
Kloosterstraat 90, 2000 Antwerpen
- Sissy-boy: clothes & home decoration (you can also find great gifts here).
Drukkerijstraat 36, 2000 Antwerpen
- Necessities: home articles, perfumes and lots of fun stuff, like candles shaped like cupcakes etc.
Steenhouwersvest 28, 2000 Antwerpen
- Rooms: decoration accessories, gifts
Sint-Katelijnevest 52, 2000 Antwerpen
- Lomography Gallery Store: analogue photography
Kammenstraat 55, 2000 Antwerpen
- The Public Image: young and unique designer clothing
Wijngaardstraat 16, 2000 Antwerpen
- Sienna & Lois: when you enter this store, you feel like you are in Paris
Kammenstraat 89, 2000 Antwerpen
Books
- Copyright: art and architecture.
Nationalestraat 28a (Fashion Museum), 2000 Antwerpen
- ‘t Stad Leest: mostly art, design and beautiful children books. Good prices.
Steenhouwersvest 16, 2000 Antwerpen
- De Groene Waterman: esthetic bookstore (even books about physics and mathematics look fantastic).
Wolstraat 7, 2000 Antwerpen
- In’t Profijtelijk Boeksken: second-hand. You can browse hours through the large collection.
Wolstraat 1, 2000 Antwerpen
- Demian: excellent for people who study languages or art (especially film and theatre).
Hendrik Conscienceplein 16-18, 2000 Antwerpen
- De Slegte: mostly second-hand books. This chain store can be found everywhere in Belgium and The Netherlands.
Wapper 5, 2000 Antwerpen
- Mekanik: has the biggest collection of comic books in Europe plus there is an art gallery upstairs.
Sint-Jacobsmarkt 73, 2000 Antwerpen
Markets
- Vrijdagmarkt: flea market, mostly furniture. Fridays, 9h – 13h.
Vrijdagmarkt, 2000 Antwerpen
- Exotic Market: mix of foreign and local specialities. Saturdays, 8h – 16h. (blogger Tine’s favourite)
Theaterplein, 2000 Antwerpen
- Markt van Morgen: Handmade fashion, jewellery and furniture. Monthly (May – September).
Kloosterstraat, 2000 Antwerpen
-Lambermontmartre: art. Every last Sunday from May to September, 12h – 17h.
Leopold De Waelstraat (KMSK), 2000 Antwerpen
Food & drinks:
- Caffènation: well-known coffee bar, lately with a second establisment near the Leien.
Mechelsesteenweg 16, 2000 Antwerpen
- Coffeelabs: coffee bar, lunch spot & creative space
Lange Klarenstraat 19, 2000 Antwerpen
- De Muze: jazz bar, often with live music.
Melkmarkt 15, 2000 Antwerpen
-Normo: (Bar Choq): chocolate & coffee bar. (blogger Helen’s favourite)
Minderbroedersrui 64, 2000 Antwerpen
-Kolonel Koffie: You won’t find any coffee with maltesers here but incredible black coffee and espresso.
Grote Pieterpotstraat 38, 2000 Antwerpen
- Vibes: cocktail bar that always plays good music.
Grote Pieter Potstraat 14, 2000 Antwerpen
- Revista: Coffee bar, with international magazines and newspapers, as well as books. (blogger Lara’s favourite)
Karel Rogierstraat 47, 2000 Antwerpen (near the Royal Museum of Fine Arts)
- Starfish & Coffee : Coffee bar and lunch. Delicious cakes and muffins.
Bresstraat 9, 2018 Antwerpen
- La Chascona: fantastic coffee and chocolate, both hot and cold.
Oever 18, 2000 Antwerpen
- ‘t Bieke: most famous ice-cream shop in Antwerp. We know why.
Korte Gasthuisstraat 8, 2000 Antwerpen
- Gelato Factory: Ice-cream parlour in Antwerp South with real Italian ice-cream and too many flavours.
Verschansingsstraat 57, 2000 Antwerpen
- Gelateria Willy Vanilli: Home made ice cream.
Wapper 25, 2000 Antwerpen
- Doctor Seven the Sweet Remedy: candy store with clinical look and a wall full of jelly bellies.
Nationalestraat 18, 2000 Antwerpen
- Mademoiselle Moustache: coffee bar plus lunch.
Paardenmarkt 21, 2000 Antwerpen
-Reload: Pleasant restaurant for a really student friendly price.
Korte Winkelstraat 11, 2000 Antwerpen
-Kassa 4: well-known student bar and the most pleasurable in my opinion.
Ossenmarkt 21, 2000 Antwerpen
-Barnini: Coffee and bagels
Oude Vaartplaats 10, 2000 Antwerpen
-Witzli-Poetzli: A bright café in the shadow of our great OLV Kathedraal.
Blauwmoezelstraat 8, 2000 Antwerpen
- Baked: you know The Pie Hole from Pushing Daisies? Well, this is the version in Antwerp!
Clubs
- Café d’Anvers: dance club with mainstream music, free entrance at Thursdays (16+).
Verversrui 15, 2000 Antwerpen
- Café Local: dance club with mainstream music, free entrance at Thursdays (18+).
Waalsekaai 25, 2000 Antwerpen
- Kissinger: the parties everyone is talking about. Changing locations and themes. AS approved!
- Flying Saucers Are Real: Pop-up club.
- Trix: Music center. Rock concerts, dubstep parties (Untitled!) and many more.
- Petrol Club: Well hidden, but still one of the best clubs in Antwerp. If you are a reggae enthusiast, this is your place to be, but any other music lover will also have a great time in Petrol Club.
d’Herbouvillekaai 25, 2020 Antwerpen Zuid
- Kavka: Youth Center. Always cheap, always lots of fun. Very accessible too.
Oudaan 14, 2000 Antwerpen
Museums:
- Fotomuseum: photography (in the shop you can find all the lomography cameras!).
Waalsekaai 47, 2000 Antwerpen (Near M HKA)
- M HKA: contemporary art (Jared Leto has recently been spotted here!).
Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen (Near FoMu)
- MAS (Museum Aan de Stroom): the largest museum in Antwerp. An extraordinary building too.
Hanzestedenplaats 1, 2000 Antwerpen
- MoMu (ModeMuseum): the fashion museum of Antwerp which is in ‘De Modenatie’, the headquarters of FFI and the Fashion Department of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
Nationalestraat 28, 2000 Antwerpen
- Plantin-Moretus: The only printer and publisher from the 17th-18th century that was kept untouched in the whole world. Certainly worth a look!
Vrijdagmarkt 22-23, 2000 Antwerpen
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