Antwerp Architecture

You can find interesting Antwerp Architecture going back a thousand years. In the old city you will discover classical and modern gems, castles and cathedrals.

Antwerp Cathedral
Saint-Carolus-Borromeus Church
Steen Castle
Beguinage
KBC Tower
Antwerp City Hall

In the South District you will find the Antwerp Courthouse and the Antwerp Synagogue


But it is in the "modern" Zurenborg district that you will discover the most creative and stunning examples of fantastic architecture.

The area is also called the Golden Triangle of Art Nouveau. (How to get here). Three streets, Cogels-Osy lei, Transvaal Straat and Waterloos street host 170 monumental houses protected by the Flemish government since 1984.

Belgium styles
• neo-Antwerp renaissance
• neo-Flemish renaissance
• neo-Flemish baroque
• Brabant gothique
Italian Styles
• neo-Tuscan palazzo style
• neo-Venetian palazzo style (Gothic & Palladian)
• neo Italian baroque
• neo-traditional renaissance
French styles
• neo-French baroque
• Classicistic baroque
Others
• Moorish style
• art nouveau (Jugendstil)
• neo-classicistic
• art deco
• Eclectic style

Try our Zurenborg Walk which takes you to all the hidden gems of Cogels-Osy lei, Transvaal and Waterloo straat.


Here are Antwerp Top 10 houses ( and a railway station ):

Nr. 3: The Sunflower

Nr. 4 & 5 : The Four Seasons & Battle of Waterloo

Nr. 6: The three houses on Transvaalstraat: The 12 Apostles, The Devils and The Greek temple

Nr. 7: The Carolus Magnus

Nr. 8: The Sun, The Stars and The Moon

Nr. 9: 't bootje

Nr. 9: Antwerp's Central Station

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