The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Cathedral and printing heritage
Antwerp
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Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
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. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on Gothic tower, Rubens altarpieces, nave and chapels, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Plantin–Moretus Museum
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. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on sixteenth-century printing presses, historic library, printing type collections, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
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Rubens and Central Station
Antwerp
- 1
Rubenshuis
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. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on Rubens' former home, studio context, garden, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station
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. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on domed entrance hall, iron-and-glass train shed, multi-level platforms, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
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MAS and Middelheim
Antwerp
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Museum aan de Stroom (MAS)
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. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on layered museum galleries, docklands setting, city panorama, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Middelheim Museum
Modern and contemporary sculpture is dispersed through a wooded park, allowing major works to be seen in changing landscape settings rather than conventional galleries. The visit is worthwhile because it brings several strands of Belgian history and landscape together in one clearly legible setting. Time on site can focus on outdoor sculpture collection, pavilions, wooded park, while the surrounding streets, grounds or scenery provide useful context. It works especially well as part of a regional itinerary because the place adds a distinct subject rather than repeating the experience of nearby attractions.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.