Get to know our thematic walks
Look at the city from a completely different angle
Besides walks through the most interesting quarters of town, Antwerpen à la Carte also offers you walks around a particular theme.
For this year we chose the theme ‘historical hubs’, in other words: how do old buildings get a new function and hence a new life?
All our thematic tours in a row:
| Year | Theme |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Historical hubs |
| 2024 | Mayorswalk |
| 2023 | Hotelhopping |
| 2022 | Taking care |
| 2021 | Long lite the city |
| 2020 | Christoffel Plantin |
| 2019 | Gilbert Van Schoonbeke |
| 2018 | Antwerp city of baroque |
| Antwerp nations | |
| City of Mary |
2025: Historical hubs
Cities are full of buildings that used to perform a function. Sometimes these functions don’t exist anymore, or the buildings have become unfit for them. Nevertheless we can give these buildings a new life.
2024: The mayors
After six years we elect a new mayor every time again, as if we’ve never done anything else. We asked ourselves what these mayors do, and who were the predecessors of our present mayor.
2023: hotelhopping in the city
In recent years the number of luxury hotels has increased very strongly in Antwerp.
This urged us to work out a tour focused on some special hotels, often in historical buildings, each one telling its own story.
2022: the city takes care of you
Corona taught us how important it is to have a decent system of medical care.
To clearer remind us of this fact we created a tour which takes you along witnesses of care in the past and the present.
2021: 800 years of city rights
In February 1221, exactly 800 years ago Antwerp received an official document giving it the right to function as a city, from the hands of duke Henry I of Brabant.
We celebrate this festive anniversary with a double offering.
2020: Plantijn
Mid 16th century a French bookbinder arrived in Antwerp. Pretty soon he started printing an publishing books. His print shop grew out to be a proto-industrial company.
In a tour through the city we’ll tell you more on the importance of both mister Plantijn and the printing press.
2019: Gilbert Van Schoonbeke
In 1519 Gilbert Van Schoonbeke was born, a bastard son of rich merchant. This meager background didn’t impair him to grow out to be the most important city developer of his days.
Join us on a tour along some of his realisations.
2018: Baroque City
Antwerp and Rubens go together like a horse and carriage. Economically the era of Rubens was less brilliant than the years before. Jan Lampo calls it a silver century after the golden one, but in the field of painting, they certainly were flourishing years.
As we walk we’ll also meet present day presentations of baroque, of course.
Marywalk
In cooperation with “Kruis en Beeld” we offer you a tour which takes us to the most beautiful statues of Mary in the city.
Antwerp Nations
At the heart of the Antwerp harbour life are the Nations, a corollary of the medieval guilds system. Of course the character of these nations has altered through the years. If you want to hear more about living and working in a harbour town, join us on this tour.
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