The Hilton Antwerp Old Town has occupied Adolphe Kileman’s 1885 department store on the Groenplaats since 1993. A permit granted in January 2026 lets it add four floors and 137 rooms.
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Hertog Jan cooks two weeks a month in Antwerp
Gert De Mangeleer and Joachim Boudens closed their three-star Hertog Jan near Bruges in 2018. Since 2021 it has run at Botanic Sanctuary in Antwerp: 22 covers, two stars, half the month.
Den Botaniek and the Botanic Sanctuary: a free garden and a five-star neighbour
Den Botaniek on Leopoldstraat has grown medicinal plants since the 16th century and still charges nothing to walk in. Next door, the old Sint-Elisabeth hospital is now the 108-room Botanic Sanctuary.