Must-see shopping in Antwerp

  • Honest by.

    Antwerp

    Bruno Pieters offers designer fashion that's 100% transparent – not like the Emperor's New Clothes, but with respect to cost breakdown and responsible…

  • Chocolate Line

    Antwerp

    While you can find cheaper chocolate shops, the Chocolate Line offers you a unique combination of celebrity 'shocolatier'-creator, a workshop where you…

  • Rosier 41

    Antwerp

    This is the place to come to find designer-label bargains, both overstock consignments and preloved items.

  • Ganterie A Boon

    Antwerp

    In striking contrast to all the contemporary boutiques nearby, Boon is a traditional old-world glove shop, established in 1884.

  • Verso

    Antwerp

    In an old bank building with a gorgeous stained-glass ceiling, Verso offers designer wares, perfume and accessories. Attached is a dark and moody cocktail…

  • Het Modepaleis

    Antwerp

    Dries Van Noten's beautiful Antwerp flagship store is located in a distinctive 19th-century flatiron building in the heart of Sint-Andries.

  • Rommelmarkt

    Antwerp

    This Sunday flea market is an Antwerp institution.

  • Stadsfeestzaal

    Antwerp

    Even if you hate shopping malls, it's worth poking your head into this one, which has a vast central hall dating from 1908 that's a festival of giltwork…

  • Ace & Tate

    Antwerp

    Fashion eyeware (frames from €98) with fast-track fitting so that you can get your prescription glasses upgraded the same day (or within the hour for an…

  • Fish & Chips

    Antwerp

    An ever-popular streetwear purveyor with humour-filled displays amid bare-concrete pillars. In-store DJs enliven proceedings on Saturday afternoons.

  • Klaar Devillé

    Antwerp

    Designer leather handbags handmade in the back workshop by Russia-analyst-turned-designer Klaar. Prices are in the €600 range.

  • Mekanik Strip

    Antwerp

    Mekanik is probably the best place in Antwerp to seek out comic books for non-Dutch speakers.

  • Stripwinkel Beo

    Antwerp

    A treasure trove of comic-novel books, though the vast majority are in Dutch.

  • Ann Demeulemeester

    Antwerp

    The flagship fashion store of Antwerp Six star Ann Demeulemeester.

  • Vrijdag Markt

    Antwerp

    Operating since the 16th century, the city’s oldest ‘antique’ market sells everything by auction (in fast Dutch) on the eponymous square.