CronopiO, at Kasteelpleinstraat 21, sells books in Dutch, English, Spanish and French and pours coffee and wine. Its name comes from a writer born in Brussels in 1914.
Category: 📚 Bookstores
Discover the best bookstores in Antwerp. From cosy independent shops to large chain stores, explore our selection of must-visit bookstores in the city.
De Groene Waterman: the Wolstraat bookshop its readers own
De Groene Waterman has sold literary and left-wing books at Wolstraat 7 since 1968. It is a cooperative, and in June 2025 Dua Lipa made it her first bookshop of the month.
Luddites Books & Wine: the Antwerp bookshop that pays you to stay
Richard Bolte and Jorien Caers opened Luddites in a 1902 townhouse on Hopland in March 2020. Buy a book downstairs and the first glass of wine upstairs is half price.