Antwerp Province · Belgium
Antwerp
6 published places to visit in Antwerp Province, each with what it is, how long to allow, and the official source to check before you travel.
Antwerp's cathedral combines Brabantine Gothic architecture with major works by Peter Paul Rubens, concentrating the city's religious, artistic and mercantile history in the heart of the old centre.
Places in Antwerp
Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
1 hour · typical visit Antwerp's cathedral combines Brabantine Gothic architecture with major works by Peter Paul Rubens, concentrating the city's religious, artistic and mercantile history in the heart of the old centre.
Museum aan de Stroom (MAS)
2 hours · typical visit MAS links Antwerp's maritime past, global trade and urban collections inside a distinctive red sandstone tower on the old docks, with elevated public spaces that reveal the city's relationship with the Scheldt.
Plantin–Moretus Museum
2 hours · typical visit Original printing presses, type, books and domestic rooms preserve the working environment of the Plantin-Moretus publishing dynasty, providing rare physical evidence of early modern European printing and scholarship.
Rubenshuis
1 hour · typical visit Peter Paul Rubens' Antwerp home and studio connect his paintings with the domestic and professional world in which the Baroque artist worked, including the garden and Italianate architectural elements he designed.
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station
1 hour · typical visit The monumental station combines an ornate stone entrance hall with a vast iron-and-glass train shed and later multi-level platforms, illustrating more than a century of railway architecture in central Antwerp.
Middelheim Museum
1 hour 15 minutes · typical visit Modern and contemporary sculpture is dispersed through a wooded park, allowing major works to be seen in changing landscape settings rather than conventional galleries.
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