Antwerpen Region People & Culture

Weert is a small town in the south of the Netherlands. Roughly, a 20 minute (25 kilometers/16 miles) drive from Eindhoven, the next big city. Because Weert is so small, there are few possibilities for accommodations. Only tweo hotels are available, Hotel Munten, a 3-star deluxe accommodation, and Golden Tulip Hotel, a 4-star hotel, both situated in the centre of town. Outside the town centre there is a holiday villa parc called "Vakantiepark Weerterbergen". A recreational area in the local woods surrounding Weert, where tourists may rent cabins/houses for 2 up to 6 people, and/or luxurious villas that accommodate up to 24 people. Recreational facilities include tennis courts, both indoor as well as outdoors, an indoor swimming pool, a mini golf area, a restaurant and bar, consisting of several bowling lanes, rentable by the hour. Centre of town is reachable by car in only ten minutes!

All people saying you should skip Antwerp are fools! Antwerp has the nicest old city in Belgium and is famous for its arts, fashion, food and nightlife. You should watch your wallet, but isn't that everywhere?

Some nice hotels in Antwerp are the Antwerp Hilton, right in the centre of town, the Radisson SAS (near the park) and the Crowne Plaza.

If you want to go out at night, make sure you check out the unique club Café d'Anvers. Since 1989 it's the grooviest house-club in town. Other nice places to hang out at night are Café Local, Industria, or a bit further away La Rocca and Illusion.

On Saturdays there is a flea market around the central square. It is great fun. We found some silver spoons there. None of them matched, but that is half the fun and we are not OCD enough to care. They were a bargain as well. It is also a great place to people watch since it brings out the locals and the tourists.

Wilrijk is a nice town near Antwerp. You can go for a walk in the different parks. Den Brandt, Nachtegaal and Middelheim.
In the Middelheim park, there are a lot of art monuments displayed. Den Brandt is used by a lot of people for running

I lived in Antwerpen for a while. It's a nice town: you can find industry (I was working at the oil refinery) and little shop selling chocolate. All the people is kindly and everybody speak english (also the bus drivers). It has the some problem of all the northern towns: they closed all the activities too early in the evening

Diamond capital of the world. Great shopping and museums, even better wining and dining, and the best clubs and pubs in Europe! This city is good for both lazy wandering or cultural exploration!

Antwerpen is a great place for shopping, but also for some sightseeing and culture. Visit for example 'the Rubenshuis' and the 'Bourla' (an old theatre).

Interacting with locals can be difficult. To learn more about there culture go to bars like: de Witte, De Linde, Martinique specialy de Kivu and find out your self

With its diamonds, shops, art galleries, museas, ... Antwerp is the place to be for some cultural experience!

Best city in the Northern hemisphere to have a nice combination of culture, pubs, food and nice people.

Quite a boring city......but Rock Werchter music festival highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also check out other Belgian music festivals, mostly on in the Summer.

King Kong Music Cafe

Great trendy place for young folks.
Volkstraat 58, 2000 Antwerp Tel +32 3 216 37 77

Di-zon 16.00 - 24.00

If you are looking for a party down in Antwerp, you could visit Café d'Anvers in the north of Antwerp. On Thursdays, there's a free entrance and the drinks are cheaper. Then, they also play the more "commercial" music. You have to be over 16 though...

Walk the 572 meters long St.Annatunnel underneath the Schelde river. Visit the Begijnhof and Vlaekensgang to take a step back in time. Museum MuHka ofcourse and a very nice festival is the Free Music Festival. Just walk around without map and get lost and find the strangest places!

The Free Music festival is nowadays called:Follow the Music.

The site of http://www.inenuitmechelen.be/en/ is a good way to prepare your travels. 7 highlights are: Saint Rumbold’s Cathedral - De Wit Royal Manufactory - “Het Anker” Brewery - The Small and Large Beguinage - taking a 'church tour' (there are 7 (!) in the city) - Schepenhuis Museum - Lamot and Fish Market

never try to hitch-hike from there

Get yourself a bike ! It's very useful!

Be shure to lock your bike when going out!

In addition to being the diamond capitol of the world, Antwerp has some wonderful museums.  The Museum of Photography and Rubenshuis are just two of the must sees.  Not to mention, Antwerp's location makes it an ideal jumping off point for Amsterdam, Gent, and Brugges.  Once in Antwerp, it you look for the charm, you'll find it.

Geweldige studentenstad ;-), er passeren ook heel veel bussen. In de zomer is er elke vrijdagavond op de Grote Markt wel iets te doen of anders kan je genieten van de gezelligheid. Een andere aanrader is het begijnenhof midden in het centrum. Het is er heel rustig en mooi. Er is ook een grote winkelstraat: de Gasthuisstraat.

hey there, be sure to visit 'babbelco' on the 'zimmerplein', nice selection of beers, changed regularly

just one place to eat great food : Lollapalooza

If you like sushi, you'll loooooooooooooove Zaowang! www.zaowang.be