Antwerp sights & accommodations
Even though Antwerp is Belgium’s second largest city and home to more than 170 nationalities, it is a pleasant city, which you can easily explore on foot or by bike. Many of the accommodations are located in the city’s bustling centre. Meaning you can head into the city immediately after the meeting, where they can enjoy the amazing culinary offering, indulge in some shopping, visit museums, or sample a Belgian beer in one of the many local cafés and bars. Explore all the options.
FMCCA
The symposium will be hosted at the Flanders Meeting & Convention Centre Antwerp, located next to Antwerp Central Station. One afternoon of lectures and demonstrations will take place at Harvestis research centre in Meerle (Hoogstraten), offering participants a unique opportunity to experience cutting-edge strawberry research in practice. FMCCA goes beyond space. A venue with a legacy of connection, nature conservation and sustainability.
Accommodations
We have prioritised central Antwerp hotels with attractive room rates in various price ranges. Staying at one of our official hotels also makes it easier for you to meet up with your colleagues.
Lindner Hotel Antwerp is a contemporary hotel located in Antwerp’s Diamond Quarter, just 500 metres from Antwerp Central Station. The hotel features 173 stylish rooms equipped with air conditioning, smart TVs, and coffee/tea facilities. Guests can enjoy Belgian cuisine at the ARivé restaurant or unwind at the 360° bar. The hotel also offers conference facilities and a Sky Lounge with panoramic city views. Parking is available nearby for an additional charge.
Lindner Hotel
The ASH is located in the centre of Antwerp, 1 km from Antwerp Central Train Station. It features free Wi-Fi, a private garden and a shared kitchen. Guests can relax in the recreation room and library. Rooms at The ASH have sound insulation and a private or shared bathroom. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea. Guests can also play billiards or table football.The hostel is 400 metres from De Keyserlei shopping street and a 15-minute walk (2 km) from Grote Markt, City Hall and Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp.
The Ash
This hotel lies in the heart of the Diamond Area, right across Antwerp Central Station and the Zoo. It features accommodation with free high-speed WiFi and a Health Club including an indoor pool. A shuttle bus to and from Brussels Airport stops right in front of the hotel.
The Radisson BLU Astrid Antwerp offers tasteful guestrooms. They come equipped with flat-screen TVs with cable and pay-TV channels.
Radisson Blu Astrid
NH Collection Antwerp Centre
Hampton by Hilton
SIGHTS
Rubens' house
The brilliant and versatile artist Rubens lived in this palazzo with his family. Here he also painted with his colleagues and assistants. He created many of his paintings in this house, in the centre of Antwerp. The museum has an interesting collection but also shows visitors how the master lived and worked.
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Shopping Antwerp
Antwerp is like fashion heaven for fashion lovers. The city’s endless shopping streets are lined with famous fashion houses, ground-breaking concept stores and everything in between. Whatever your style, you’ll always find what you’re looking for in Antwerp.
Most beautiful sights in Antwerp
The Stadsfeestzaal is a neoclassical building from 1908, built according to the plans of city architect Alexis Van Mechelen at the request of the city council. It is located on the Meir, the main shopping street in the city of Antwerp. Another entrance is located on the Hopland. Along the Meir there were always stores and apartments. Through a gateway one had access to the party hall located at the back. The ballroom has a rather unique for that time metal construction as a span.
Fashion in Antwerp
Antwerp is a port city on Belgium’s River Scheldt, with history dating to the Middle Ages. In its center, the centuries-old Diamond District houses thousands of diamond traders, cutters and polishers. Antwerp’s Flemish Renaissance architecture is typified by the Grote Markt, a central square in the old town. At the 17th-century Rubens House, period rooms display works by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens.
Scheldt
The Grote Markt of Antwerp is a town square situated in the heart of the old city quarter. It is filled with an extravagant city hall, numerous elaborate 16th century guildhalls, many restaurants and cafés. Lying within walking distance of the Scheldt river, it hosts a Christmas market and ice rink in winter.
The grand market square
DIVA Museum for Diamonds, Jewellery and Silver is a museum that opened in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2018. It merged the collections of the former Antwerp Diamond Museum and Sterckshof silver museum in a single institution.
Diamond museum
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The cathedral of our lady
When people say that Antwerp’s Cathedral is stunning, they are not exaggerating. It really is one of the masterpieces of Gothic architecture.In addition to being a historical monument, this Cathedral, however, is first and foremost the House of God and an abode of the people.
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The Antwerp zoo
Antwerp Zoo is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.
