On Friday 20 May 2022, a part of the new park at the Gedempte Zuiderdokken (Filled Up Southern Docks) in the Zuid or South area of Antwerp opened to the public. The (future) park is looking for a more catchy name and you can have some input in that process.
Tag: Scheldt
ANTWERP | Final design revealed for Scheldt Quays at Nieuw Zuid
Antwerp‘s real estate and urban development agency AG Vespa has revealed the final design for the Scheldt Quays at the Nieuw Zuid or New South area of Antwerp.
Darklands 2022 programme, schedule, gym and concert – 4 to 9 May in Antwerp
All partner hotels of Darklands are sold out. Most parties are as well. Antwerp‘s kink and fetish festival mostly geared towards gay men returns after two years of absence.
ANTWERP | ‘Stories of Refuge’ exhibition at Red Star Line Museum
Until 11 December, the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp hosts the temporary exhibition ‘Stories of Refuge‘. A topical exhibition, now with the war Russia is waging against Ukraine.
ANTWERP | Red Star Line Museum of (e)migration
January 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic is still very present, as are coronavirus countermeasures. Museums are open though. So I found it appropriate to visit the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp. The subjects? The Red Star Line, migration and emigration, travel and hygiene and diseases. Topical, don’t you think?
ANTWERP | Museum Vleeshuis up for restoration
The Museum Vleeshuis located in Antwerp‘s former Butchers’ Hall – Vleeshuis literally means Meet House or Hall – is getting for a renovation.
ANTWERP | Renovation of Scheldt Quays between Sint-Andries and ‘t Zuid
As with the rest of the Antwerp Scheldt Quays, the area between Sint-Andries (St. Andrew) and ‘t Zuid (The South) is being renovated. hat is the area on the Scheldt between the part that has already been redeveloped and Sint-Michielstraat. These works will end in the spring of 2023, AG Vespa has announced.
ANTWERP | Bonapartedok to become centre for water sports and recreation
The City of Antwerp launches a market call for the commercial implementation of the Bonapartedok in the Eilandje neighbourhood of town. It should become a centre for water sports (literally) and recreation.
ANTWERP | ‘Stories of refuge’ exhibition at Red Star Line Museum
From 1 April, and no it’s not an April’s Fool joke, the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp hosts the ‘Stories of refuge‘ exhibition. Obviously, this exhibition was planned way before the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Belarus and Chechnya. Nevertheless, the theme is very topical.
Redesigning Antwerp’s central Scheldt Quays between Noorderterras and Zuiderterras
The Scheldt Quays of and in Antwerp are living a process of transformation. Last year, the city council approved a first design direction for its central part, between Noorderterras (Northern Terrace) and Zuiderterras (Southern Terrace) Now the City of Antwerp and AG Vespa want your input.