Antwerp’s Sint-Andries parish was founded in 1523, after its friars were tried for heresy. Its church has a pulpit of fishermen in a boat, a memorial to Mary Stuart’s ladies-in-waiting and a Virgin dressed by Ann Demeulemeester.
Category: 📍 Neighbourhoods
Discover the diverse and captivating neighbourhoods of Antwerp, each offering a unique blend of history, culture, and charm. Experience the distinct districts.
Antwerp diamonds: three streets, four bourses and an honest price
1,470 companies and more than 3,300 people trade diamonds in three streets beside Central Station. What the district is, how the trade is doing, and whether the stones are cheaper here.
The Eilandje, where Antwerp’s docks began, has new tenants
Napoleon ordered Antwerp’s first dock here in 1811. The old dock district now holds the MAS, the Red Star Line sheds, the city archive and a two-star restaurant in a warehouse of 1895.
Zurenborg, Antwerp’s art nouveau quarter on sour ground
Most of Zurenborg went up between 1894 and 1906, on a farm named after its acidic soil. A plan to demolish the Cogels-Osylei failed, and in 1980 the street was protected.
Deurne: an airport, a park and a castle for sale
Deurne, Antwerp’s second-largest district with 85,283 inhabitants, has the city’s airport, its largest park and the Bosuil, and a castle the province tried to sell.
The Seefhoek, the Antwerp district named after a beer
The Seefhoek in Antwerp-Noord took its name from a cloudy beer drunk on a street corner after 1863. Its statistical district now houses 18,709 people at almost six times the city’s density.
The Schipperskwartier, where Antwerp drew a line round its red-light district
Antwerp first told its prostitutes where to work in 1403. By the 1990s the Schipperskwartier had more than 240 windows in seventeen streets; after a residents’ petition the city confined them to three.
Linkeroever, the Left Bank, learns to cross the Scheldt again
Antwerp’s Left Bank has 16,545 residents and four tunnels to the rest of the city. Since May 2026 the tram tunnel is shut until July 2027, and a 500-hectare park has opened next door.