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.
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The Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel, Michael Graves’s answer to Antwerp Central
Michael Graves designed the Astrid Park Plaza opposite Antwerp Central in 1993. As the Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel it has 253 rooms, and the square outside is about to change.
Groenplaats: Antwerp’s old churchyard waits for its trees
The Groenplaats was the cathedral’s cemetery until Joseph II banned burials in 1784. From spring 2027 the square is to be dug up again, for 50 new trees and a bicycle store for 400 bikes.
Royal Antwerp FC: number one, rebuilt one stand at a time
Belgium’s registration number one has played at the Bosuil in Deurne since 1923. Since December 2025 it holds 21,000, and since July 2026 the club has new owners.