Stay at the Radisson Hotel at a reduced rate!

This year, the Radisson Hotel is the preferred partner of the Antwerp Brilliant Games. This excellent hotel is located near Antwerpen-Berchem Station. From there, you can easily get public transportation to the sports venues. It also offers plenty of parking space, and it is within walking distance of one of the best queer bars in Antwerp, Den Draak!

Could this hotel sound any better you may ask?

Of course it can! We have a lovely reduced offer for participants of the Antwerp Brilliant Games.

Currently, there are 30 hotel rooms available at the following prices (breakfast included):

1-person room: 130 EUR
2-person room: 150 EUR
3-person room: 220 EUR

Book now!

Radisson Hotel Antwerp-Berchem with voucher code ANTW6060

What to do in Antwerp?

Your stay for the Antwerp Brilliant Games is the perfect opportunity to discover the proud and vibrant city of Antwerp, where rich history meets modern innovation. The city offers fine museums, beautiful architecture, a bustling fashion scene, and a wide variety of culinary delights.

The website Visit Antwerpen contains a lot of useful information to plan your activities. Do you find it challenging to decide what to do? The following suggestions may help you.

Audio walk through the Historic Centre

Diamonds are a girl's best friends. Are they yours too?

We can’t promise you any diamond medals, but beyond that, Antwerp is all bling bling 🤩.

We are the diamond capital of the world for a reason. Visit the diamond museum DIVA - talk about a fitting name - or gape at the jewels in the many diamond shops.

To allow you to discover Antwerp’s rich history as the city of diamonds, we’re recommending a diamond and jewellery tour. This free audio walk takes you along twelve historic locations in Antwerp.

Get the map at the visitor centre in Het Steen or in the DIVA.

You can also enter all the silver- and goldsmiths and jewellers on the tour and ask them about their craft.

De Grote Schijn in Rivierenhof

De Grote Schijn Antwerpen | Actieprijs € 11,50 (-32%) - Tripper.nl

Rivierenhof is Antwerp’s largest park known for its scenic beauty, diverse flora and recreational facilities. It is located in the district of Deurne and there is an annual sound and light event called “De Grote Schijn”, named after the small river meandering through the park. This immersive experience transforms the park into a magical nighttime spectacle, featuring enchanting light installations, artistic projections, and atmospheric music. Visitors follow a trail through the illuminated landscape, enjoying a captivating blend of nature and technology that highlights the park's beauty in a unique and mesmerising way. In 2025, the event will take place from October 23rd to November 16^th, so yes, you are lucky, the weekend of the Antwerp Brilliant Games is during this period! You need to buy tickets for this event, which are on sale through the website www.degroteschijn.be.

You can take tram line 10 departing from Opera (Frankrijklei) to ‘Deurne Venneborg’ to get to Rivierenhof.

Explore the city centre

Antwerpen – Lex

Antwerp is a beautiful city full of amazing architecture. Simply walking around the city centre is already a key highlight of visiting the wonderful diamond city. Don't be afraid, the city is easy to explore by public transport or by walking around. Distances are never the problem if you do not mind walking or the Belgian weather. Just open Google Maps and you will see the many highlights that our city has to offer along your way.

Suggested walking tour:

Antwerp Central Station
To the 'Groenplaats' via 'The Meir' -
Groenplaats & Cathedral of Our Lady
Grote Markt & City Hall
Het Steen

The MAS museum

The MAS museum, designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects, is one of the eye-catchers of the Antwerp skyline. It is located in the old part of the port in the quarter called ‘t Eilandje (the little island), which in the past decade has spectacularly transformed from a rundown neighbourhood to a trendy and posh place. MAS stands for Museum aan de Stroom, Dutch for the museum by the river (Scheldt). It houses several exhibits, ranging from maritime objects illustrating the history of the port to one of the most interesting pre-Columbian collections of Belgium. And there’s more: you can climb the rooftop for free to enjoy an amazing 360° panorama over the city and its port! While the museum closes at 5 pm already, the rooftop is accessible until 10 pm.

You can get to the MAS with tramline 7 or just have a nice 1 km walk from the Groenplaats via Lange Koepoortstraat and Klapdorp.

More information on https://mas.be/en

If you have time left, you can have a quick look at the Felixpakhuis, a well-preserved warehouse now housing the city archives at Godefriduskaai 30.

The view from Linkeroever

Antwerp was able to become one of Europe’s major ports thanks to the river Scheldt that connects the city with the North Sea. The heart of the city is located at the right bank of the river. The development of the left bank (called Linkeroever in Dutch) only started in the 1960s and today, it may appear as a rather boring neighbourhood. It does, however, have at least one superb asset and that is its view of the skyline of the city on the right bank. There is a park along the river bank where you can take a beautiful stroll admiring different views of the monuments of the city. You can walk all the way until the beach of Sint-Anneke, located in a bend of the river, where you will find a few restaurants and bars.

There are several options to go to Linkeroever. You can just walk through the Sint-Annatunnel, a pedestrian tunnel dating from 1931 with well-preserved wooden escalators. The entrance building is located at the square of Sint-Jansvliet. Alternatively, you can take the ferry boat leaving from the ancient castle ‘Het Steen’ at the Steenplein. Lastly, you can take the underground tramway (lines 3, 5, 9, and 15) and get off at ‘Van Eeden’ (just one stop from Groenplaats), which is the fastest way to get there.

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