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Het Steen – Antwerp City Hall loop from Hemiksem

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Het Steen – Antwerp City Hall loop from Hemiksem

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(10)

275

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Het Steen – Antwerp City Hall loop from Hemiksem

01:33

25.8km

60m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 11.7 km for 13 m

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11.7 km

Het Steen

Highlight • Castle

Het Steen, the oldest building in Antwerp, was built between 1200 and 1225 as the gate of the Antwerp castle. It served as a prison until 1823 and later as a home for wounded soldiers. After the government took it over in 1827, it was quickly sold to a sawmill, but in 1842 the city bought it back. Much of the castle was demolished in the 1880s to make way for a wider canal. The archaeological museum of 1864 was replaced by the National Maritime Museum in 1952. Since October 22, 2021, Het Steen has been renovated into the Antwerp Visitor Center. A 350 meter long pontoon was built along the shore for the Antwerp Cruise Terminal, where cruise ships moor. Construction started in 2018 and was completed in 2021.

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11.7 km

Het Steen

Highlight • Castle

Part of a former ring rampart castle on the right bank of the Scheldt. A beautiful building.

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12.1 km

Antwerp City Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

The town hall is on the list of the UNESCO world cultural heritage. The town hall is a Renaissance building, designed by the architect Cornelis Floris De Vriendt. It was built between 1561 and 1564. The town hall is mainly built in the Renaissance style, but the middle section is already reminiscent of the Baroque. After the thorough restoration in 2018-2022, the town hall is a contemporary, sustainable and open house of government. After the restoration, the town hall is an open house, an icon of valuable immovable heritage on the Grote Markt.

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12.4 km

Museum Vleeshuis | Sound of the City

Highlight • Historical Site

The Vleeshuis in Antwerp is a monumental former guildhall located on the Vleeshouwerstraat. The building dates from the early sixteenth century. Since 1913 it has been a museum for Antwerp antiquities and since 2006 it has been devoted to 800 years of musical life in Antwerp and the Low Countries.

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13.3 km

St. Paul’s site

Highlight • Religious Site

The Sint-Pauluskerk is a late Gothic church on the Veemarkt in Antwerp, the heart of the Schipperskwartier. After an eventful history, the church has a particularly valuable art heritage. It is dedicated to the apostle Paul and depends on the diocese of Antwerp.
The Saint Paul site that you can visit includes a church with cloisters, a blissful Lourdes garden next to the monastery ruins and a unique Calvary garden with more than 60 statues.

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13.7 km

View of Noorderterras

Highlight • Viewpoint

Due to the construction of the shelters on the Scheldt quays around 1884, the Scheldt was hidden from view of walkers. In April 1879, representative De Decker suggested in Parliament the idea of building terraces on columns along the Scheldt, following the example of Genoa.

Adjacent to the Steenplein, the elevated walking terraces north and south were therefore built, against shelters numbers 20-21 and 22-23 respectively. The terraces were designed according to an idea by Frans Gittens, circa 1885. Both terraces end with pavilions or kiosks, that of the north terrace in neo-Gothic style, that of the south terrace originally in neoclassical style.

Source: Immovable Heritage Inventory

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