A story BriljANTWERPS -  The Diamond Museum
Go out and visit the Diamond Museum, located in the vibrant heart of Antwerp. Discover all about diamonds: a product that in Antwerp has a great economic importance.
A visit to the Diamond Museum in Antwerp is primarily a sensory experience. You are really immersed in the fascinating world of diamonds. Vivid picture and sound equipment and lighting effects accompany the process of creating diamonds of gem in beautiful jewels.
The museum also gives an overview of diamond jewelry from the 16th century to the present. This increase reflects a broader social context: deeply held beliefs, economic changes, technological developments and to a lesser extent, the fashion influence the development of the diamond. The Diamond Museum shows visitors the ancient fascination with the diamond today in Antwerp is still topical. 

Diamond Museum - Province of Antwerp
Kon. Astridplein 19-23 - 2018 Antwerp - Phone: +32 3 202 48 90 - Fax: +32 3 202 48 98
E-mail: info@diamant.provant.be - www.diamantmuseum.be

Museum Plantin-Moretus- This museum is the continuation of the Officina Plantiniana, founded by Christoffel Plantijn in 1555, as the first industrial printing works in history. Granted by Unesco in 2005, the museum demonstrates the whole book production process from the 15th to the 18th century.
Vrijdagmarkt 22-23 – 2000 Antwerp
www.museumplantinmoretus.be

Royal Museum of Fine Arts ANTWERP [KMSKA] - This neo-classical art temple was constructed between 1884 and 1890 to plans drawn up by the architects Jean-Jacques Winders and Frans Van Dijck. 21 paintings and oil sketches by Rubens gathered in the Rubens’ room.
Leopold de Waelplaats – 2000 Antwerp
www.kmska.be

Rockox House- This museum was once the home of the 17th century mayor Nicolaas Rockox, an art collector and also a friend of Rubens.
Collection • Works by Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Teniers, Breughel, Metsijs
Keizerstraat 10-12 – 2000 Antwerp
www.rockoxhuis.be

Cathedral of Our Lady - After 169 years of building [1352-1521] the Cathedral materialised, like lacework in stone, 123 metres high above Flanders. It became the largest Gothic construction in the Netherlands.The Cathedral is a vast treasure chamber, preserving masterpieces by Rubens. The architecture of the seven aisled church has been restored to its full splendor after twenty years of work.
Groenplaats 21 – 2000 Antwerp
www.dekathedraal.be

Fashion Mecca
Antwerp is a major trendsetter in the European world of fashion! After Antwerp fashion designers scored a umber of successes in the national “Gouden Spoel” [Golden Spool] competition in London, Antwerp fashion really took off. Moreover, young, up-and-coming designers choose Antwerp as the fashion capital of Belgium and most of them have their studio, showroom and shop here. The annual fashion show in June, organised by the Academy, is a veritable fashion feast that brings together more than 6,000 spectators from all over the world.

ModeNatie - Only a five-minute walk from the Groenplaats, the ModeNatie is situated on the corner of Nationalestraat and Drukkerijstraat. The ModeNatie houses the Fashion Museum [MoMu], the Forum, the Gallery, the Flanders Fashion Institute [FFI] and the Fashion Department of Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. The Japanese fashion designer Yamamoto inaugurated in October 2007 the doors of his biggest flagship store of the world in Antwerp!

MoMu - The MoMu is a “home” to all those who want to know more about Belgian and international fashion hroughout the ages.

Nationalestraat 28 – 2000 Antwerp
Phone: +32 3 470 27 70 - Fax: +32 3 470 27 71
E-mail: info@momu.be - www.momu.be

Worth a try ! 

Brewery De Koninck
Brews typical Antwerp beer referred to as “Bolleke”.
Mechelsesteenweg 291 – 2018 Antwerp
www.dekoninck.be 

Housebrewery ‘t Pakhuis
Brews three kinds of beers:
• Antwerps blond [a non-filtered beer and refreshing thirst-quencher]
• Antwerps bruin [a dark beer, brewed with caramelised malt]
• Nen Bangelijke [a strongly hopped beer. The proud of the brewery!]
These beers are of their own production and cannot be bought elsewhere.
Vlaamsekaai 76 – 2000 Antwerp
www.pakhuis.info

Elixir d’Anvers
Typical Antwerp liqueur.
FX de Beukelaer
Haantjeslei 132 – 2018 Antwerp
www.elixir.be

De Groote Witte Arend
Beer tasting of 6 different kinds of beer by Mr Tim Ferket.
Reyndersstraat 18 – 2000 Antwerp
Phone: +32 3 233 50 33

And many others on www.antwerp.be