Comics Station Antwerp

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Comics Station Antwerp

Comics Station is a new indoor park at Antwerp's Central Station. It is based on Belgian comic strip heroes like The Smurfs, Lucky Luke and Spike&Suzy. The park offers a unique experience for the whole family with attractions, installations and interactive components that bring a comic book to life.

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Address: Pelikaanstraat 3, 2018 Antwerp
More Info: https://www.comicsstation.be

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Central Station

Antwerp's Central Station is a magnificent architectural feat with its steel canopy over the platforms. The large station hall is frequently used for all kinds of events. In 2014 the website Mashable ranked it the most beautiful station in the world.

Horse and carriage

Romantic at heart, Antwerp unfolds for those travelling at this deliciously slow yet charmingly old-fashioned and enjoyable pace. The horses depart under good weather conditions from Grote Markt near the Town Hall.

Antwerp Diamond Bus

Hop on the Antwerp Diamond double-decker bus and visit Antwerp’s best-known hot spots. It’s a first timers’ ideal introduction to the city. Daily departures from April until November, the other months only in the weekend.

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Comics Station Antwerp

Comics Station is a new indoor park at Antwerp's Central Station. It is based on Belgian comic strip heroes like The Smurfs, Lucky Luke and Spike&Suzy. The park offers a unique experience for the whole family with attractions, installations and interactive components that bring a comic book to life.

MAS | Museum aan de Stroom

If you visit one museum in Antwerp make it MAS. The sixty-metre high museum tower has become a new focal point in Antwerp. Here the city and the port meet in every sense of the word. On the roof of MAS you can enjoy a 360° panoramic view of Antwerp.

Cathedral of Our Lady

After 169 years of construction the cathedral of Antwerp finally dominated Antwerp’s skyline in 1521 with a height of 123 metres. It was and still is the biggest Gothic building of the Low Countries. The Cathedral is a huge treasury of works of art. Eye-catchers include two masterpieces by Rubens: The Raising of the Cross…

Museum Mayer van den Bergh

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Red Star Line Museum

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MoMu | Fashion Museum

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Museum Plantin-Moretus

This museum gives an overview of book printing from the 15th until the 18th century and owns the worlds oldest printing press from around 1600. The stately town house also boasts period rooms, decorated with tapestries, gilt leather and paintings – including a Rubens, sculptures, earthenware and porcelain. The Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prints Room received the ultimate…

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Saint Paul’s Church

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Antwerp by Bike

Guided bike tours (individual and group bookings accepted)

FOMU | Fotomuseum

Do you like photos or are you a photographer? Then do visit FoMu. It’s permanent collection shows you the history of photography. During the temporary exhibitions you can take a closer look at the work of Belgian and internationally renowned photographers.

Maagdenhuismuseum

In this historic sixteenth-century building you can take a closer look at the phenomenal collection of the OCMW (public social welfare centre). It used to be a girl’s orphanage; hence its name and a lot of the items in the collection refer to this period.

Middelheimmuseum

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Saint Andrew's Church

In the early sixteenth century the Augustinian Friars built St. Andrew’s Church in the popular St. Andrew’s neighbourhood. Inside you can see stunning Baroque altars and seventeenth-century works of art.