City of Antwerp

Host City Partner to The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2020

Antwerp has a rich culinary tradition, where food and drink are elevated to true art forms.

Antwerp natives love to eat and drink. In the vast amount of restaurants, cafés and bars that the city houses, they can drop in for a cold glass of beer, a quick bite to eat or to enjoy elegant connoisseur dishes. The multi-cultural cuisines that for centuries have found their way to Antwerp thanks to the city’s port and its immigrants, combined with the local specialities, have created a gastronomy with a fascinating and varied palate of flavours. And while Antwerp might be famed as the world diamond capital, as an icon for fashion and as an international port city, it can also certainly hold its own against other cities when it comes to gastronomy.

Visit Antwerp is the official visitors bureau for Antwerp, an atypical metropolis in the heart of Europe and a city that innovates at the speed of life. Visit Antwerp offers free and tailor-made advice for journalists, meeting organisers, travel trade, cruise lines and local partners. For your conferences and events, Visit Antwerp offers professional and independent complimentary support, from the preparation phase to hiring the venue, finding accommodation to social programmes. We put you in touch with locations, hotels, experience partners and other service providers.

For more information, please contact: Inge Marstboom, Head of Conventions & Business Tourism, inge.marstboom@antwerpen.be, + 32 (0)497 25 69 42