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Antwerp’s Historic Heart and Cultural Landmarks

Antwerp’s Historic Heart and Cultural Landmarks

Antwerp · Belgium

14 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Antwerp’s historic center and cultural quarters, from the riverside castle to grand civic buildings, churches, museums, a theatre, a station and a zoo. Along the way, you’ll see how the city’s medieval trade, religious art, publishing, painting and public life have left their mark on its streets and buildings. Expect a rich succession of façades, interiors and public spaces, with plenty of character at every turn. Follow the route for a welcoming introduction to Antwerp’s many layers, brought together in one memorable walk.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Het Steen

    Het Steen

    A medieval gatehouse that survived a prison, museums, demolition, and a very modern argument

  2. Butcher's Hall

    Butcher's Hall

    A former butchers’ guildhall that became Antwerp’s museum of music.

  3. Guild Houses

    Guild Houses

    Guild Houses, a tourism attraction in Antwerp, Belgium.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Antwerp City Hall

    Antwerp City Hall

    A Renaissance town hall built on borrowed money, burned in a revolt, and still governing Antwerp today.

  6. Grote Markt

    Grote Markt

    A Renaissance city hall, reconstructed guildhalls, and Antwerp’s Brabo legend share one square.

  7. Cathedral of Our Lady

    Cathedral of Our Lady

    A Gothic cathedral whose unfinished tower and abandoned expansion reveal Antwerp’s changing fortunes.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.