7 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Antwerp - Atlas Obscura

Unusual Attractions in Antwerp

Antwerp, Belgium

St. Anna's Tunnel

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Ruien

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

Antwerp, Belgium

Het Bootje (The Little Boat)

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Antwerp, Belgium

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Antwerp, Belgium

Kulminator

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

Antwerp, Belgium

Nello and Patrasche

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Antwerp, Belgium

Cafe Beveren

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

Antwerp, Belgium

Brabo Fountain

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Unique Food & Drink in Antwerp

Antwerp Chocolate Hands

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

Community Forums / Western Europe / Belgium

Top Discussions in the Belgium Travel Forum

Post	Replies	Views	Activity
Laeken Cemetery Crypt	4 August 20, 2019	1443	August 20, 2019
Any good travel books for Belgium?	4 December 1, 2019	281	December 1, 2019
Is the Tree-top Bike Path in Belgium the Structure Shown in Lukas Graham's Video?	2 February 28, 2020	188	February 28, 2020
Torture Museum Bruges	1 March 2, 2020	299	March 2, 2020
Nello and Patrasche	1 March 17, 2020	173	March 17, 2020

New Post Visit the Forum

Explore Antwerp, Belgium

Launch Map

Antwerp Leaderboard

Places Added

Places Edited

Places Visited

Recent Antwerp Activity

Habitat08 has been to Brabo Fountain

Habitat08 has been to Hand of Druon Antigoon

Habitat08 has been to Antwerp Ruien

tomstrong wants to go to Brabo Fountain

zelmizeta has been to Het Bootje (The Little Boat)

Stories About Antwerp

It's a shame we don't yet have the technology to digitize the Library's famous Nottebohm Room.

The Ambitious Plan to Digitize 100,000 Historic Texts in Belgium

Two major Antwerp institutions are putting some of their voluminous holdings in the cloud.

by Matthew Taub

The Best 18th-Century Toilets Were Designed to Look Like Books

This shit is lit.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

January 9, 2020