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Next door to and interconnected with the tourist office, this is a handy central place for buying tickets for concert, opera, theatre and dance performances.

On Fridays and Saturdays in theatre season there is also a last-minute ticket service for Antwerp shows (see www.lmts.be).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Antwerp attractions

1. Grote Markt

0.03 MILES

As is the case with every great Flemish city, Antwerp’s medieval heart is a classic Grote Markt (market square). Here the triangular, pedestrianised space…

2. Brabo Fountain

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Piled with symbols in a refreshing fountain spray, this baroque sculpture's uppermost figure depicts Brabo, hero of Antwerp’s giant-killing, hand-throwing…

3. Stadhuis

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Presiding over the vast Grote Markt, the 1565 stadhuis has a palatial facade blending Flemish and Italian styles in an innovative departure from the…

4. Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal

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Belgium’s finest Gothic cathedral was 169 years in the making (1352–1521). Wherever you wander in Antwerp, its gracious, 123m-high spire has a habit of…

5. Vlaeykensgang

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This picturesque passage dates to 1591 and was originally a street of shoemakers.

6. Statue of Lange Wapper

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Outside Het Steen castle is a humorous statue of Lange Wapper, a tall folkloric ‘peeping Tom’ figure showing off his codpiece to two diminutive onlookers.

7. Het Steen

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On a riverside knoll, Het Steen is a dinky but photogenic castle dating from 1200 and occupying the site of Antwerp’s original Gallo-Roman settlement…

8. St-Pauluskerk

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Strangely easy to miss despite its towering bulk, this church was consecrated in 1571 as part of a Dominican monastery, and thoroughly rebuilt after a…