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Antwerp Nightlife

Antwerp is a young and buzzing city with its 10,000 or so students ensuring a lively nightlife around the clock. The docklands is becoming the centre for clubs but good bars and cafés can be found all over town, many in the historic centre.

Bars in Antwerp

De Vagant

De Vagant is the only place in Antwerp to offer a choice of over 200 types of jenever (Dutch/Belgian gin).

Reyndersstraat 25
Tel: 03 233 1538.
www.devagant.be

Den Engel

Den Engel is an atmospheric, traditional bar/pub in Antwerp. Full of locals and tourists alike, it's a popular place for a beer, especially a bolleke (little bowl) of De Koninck (The King), the city's favourite ale.

Grote Markt 3
Tel: 03 233 1252.
www.cafedenengel.be

Elfde Gebod

Visit Elfde Gebod (the 11th commandment) on Torfbrug in the shadow of the cathedral, for its weird and wonderful ecclesiastical-themed interior.

Torfbrug 10
Tel: 03 289 3466.
www.elfde-gebod-antwerpen.be

Clubs in Antwerp

Café d'Anvers

Of the city's many clubs, Café d'Anvers (Anvers is the French name for Antwerp), off Falconplein, is an established favourite.

Verversrui 15
Tel: 03 226 3870.
www.cafe-d-anvers.com

Pure

Pure, also known as Club Industria, is another established and popular club in Antwerp.

Indiëstraat 10
Tel: 0477 332 070.
www.pure-antwerp.be

Live Music in Antwerp

Café Hopper

Café Hopper, by the Fine Arts Museum, is one of Antwerp's most popular live jazz venues.

Leopold de Waelstraat 2
Tel: 03 248 4933.
www.hopperjazz.org

De Muze

Jazz is a passion in Antwerp; catch it nightly in De Muze, next to the cathedral, where local Musos take to the stage from 2200 Monday to Saturday and at 1500 on Sunday.

Melkmarkt 15
Tel: 03 226 0126.
www.demuze-jazz.be

Classical Music in Antwerp

Koningin Elisabethzaal

Koningin Elisabethzaal is Antwerp's showcase concert hall where Flanders's philharmonic orchestra, De Filharmonie, performs.

Koningin Astridplein 23-26
Tel: 070 233 354 or 0900 00311 for tickets.
www.elisabethzaal.be

Opera in Antwerp

Vlaamse Opera

The Vlaamse Opera occupies a magnificent historic building.

Frankrijklei 1
Tel: 03 202 1011.
www.vlaamseopera.be

Dance in Antwerp

Eilandje

The Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen (Royal Ballet of Flanders), founded in 1960, is the nation's only classical dance company and is based at Eilandje in an impressive, purpose-built palatial grey building.

Kattendijkdok-Westkaai 16
www.kbvv.be

Theatre in Antwerp

De Zuiderkroon

Located in the trendy quarter of the Zuid at Vlaamse Kaai, De Zuiderkroon is a fashionable modern theatre which hosts concerts and slightly offbeat shows.

Vlaamse Kaai 81-83
Tel: 03 229 1800.
www.zuiderkroon.be

The Stage

Mainstream international cabaret Dinner Theatre is on the menu at The Stage.

Anneessensstraat 10
Tel: 03 226 5000.
www.thestage.be

Theater Het Klokhuis

There are several small theatres in and around the Historic Centre, including the Theatre Het Klokhuis, which sometimes features English-language plays. You can buy tickets at Prospekta, Grote Markt.

Theater Het Klokhuis
Parochiaanstraat 4

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