Antwerp - the 'Capital of Cool'
Antwerp is Belgium’s must-see city; branded as the ‘capital of cool’, it more than lives up to its reputation. You’ll find this cosmopolitan fashion-hub to be filled with things to see and do, with old-fashioned splendour rubbing shoulders with modern-day chic, as well as a great contrast of glitzy and rustic.
Discover Antwerp
The best of the old town is centred around the cathedral. This medieval square is an architectural delight, with baroque styles looming over a maze of quaint, cobbled streets. There are top-class museums to give you a feel for what Antwerp once was, such as the studios of artist Pieter Paul Rubens. The Cogels-Osyei district is also a great place to see weird and wonderful buildings in a setting that’s filled with fairytale beauty.
Shopping and Nightlife
Shopping on a holiday in Antwerp gives you the chance to experience European boutiques at their best. This is one of the fashion palaces of the West, so outside of Paris you’d be hard pressed to find more trendy world-acclaimed designer shops. For a town of this size the range and quality of clothes retailers is astonishing – Antwerp can really be called a shopper’s heaven.
The nightlife in Antwerp is thriving and lives up to the chic vibe of the rest of the modern town. Summer sees the clubs hosting extravaganzas of fun - head to the renovated docklands in the north and south of the city to see some of the newest and most crowd-pleasing clubs. For a different tone of nightlife, the sailor’s quarters just north of the city centre retain an old-fashioned, more illicit feel, while there’s also a developing gay scene around the centre too.
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