Antwerp, Belgium — Activities
Antwerp Culture
Music
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.
Website: www.elisabethzaal.be
Vlaamse Opera
The Vlaamse Opera occupies a magnificent historic building.
Frankrijklei 1
Tel: 03 202 1011.
Website: www.vlaamseopera.be
Dance
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
Tel: 03 234 3438.
Website: www.kbvv.be
Theater
De Zuiderkroon
Located in the trendy quarter of the Zuid at Vlaamse Kaai, De Zuiderkroon is a fashionable modern theater which hosts concerts and slightly offbeat shows.
Vlaamse Kaai 81-83
Tel: 03 229 1800.
Website: www.zuiderkroon.be
Theater Het Klokhuis
There are several small theaters in and around the Historic Center, including the Theater Het Klokhuis, which sometimes features English-language plays. You can buy tickets at Prospekta, Grote Markt.
Theater Het Klokhuis
Parochiaanstraat 4
The Stage
Mainstream international cabaret Dinner Theater is on the menu at The Stage.
Anneessensstraat 10
Tel: 03 226 5000.
Website: www.thestage.be
Antwerp Tours
Walking tours
The Antwerp tourist office organizes a walking tour of the city taking in the historical center of Antwerp. Tour guide Carolien Krijnen offers Fashionwalk-, Rubenswalk- and Golden Age-themed tours, in addition to general and cycling tours.
Antwerp Tourist Office
Tel: 03 232 0103.
Website: www.antwerpen.be
Carolien Krijnen
Tel: 0496 363 559.
Website: www.antwerpconnection.com
Bus tours
The Antwerp Diamond Bus is a hop-on, hop-off service calling at or near most Antwerp attractions. It runs daily from early April to early November and Saturday and Sunday only from November to March.
Tel: 03 232 0103.
Website: www.antwerpen.be
Boat tours
Pleasure cruises along the Scheldt start from the Steenplein. Flandria includes port tours; Rivertours Antwerpen is another option.
Flandria
Tel: 03 231 3100.
Website: www.flandria.nu
Rivertours Antwerpen
Tel: 03 711 3821.
Website: www.rivertours.be
Cycling tours
The Antwerp tourist office's cycling tour pedals along the quays of the River Scheldt to the old port, the 'Eilandje' (Little Island), the narrow medieval streets of the Sint-Andries quarter and on to the now-very-fashionable 19th-century Zuid district.
Tel: 03 232 0103.
Website: www.antwerpen.be
