Museum Vleeshuis

Join a delectable food tour in Antwerp, where flavors and history intertwine. Join foodie guides as they lead you to hidden culinary gems, offering small tastings of five Belgian delights. Indulge in rich chocolates, savor crispy Belgian fries, and experience the refreshing notes of premium Belgian beer. Start your small-group journey at the Grote Markt, by the fountain of Brabo. Combine the best of Antwerp’s culinary offerings with insightful stories from your guides. Explore the city’s unique flavors, including chocolates, waffles, meat cuts, cheese, fries, and Belgian beer. Stroll through the city and see highlights such as the Museum Vleeshuis, Grote Markt, Antwerp Cathedral, Vlaeykensgang along the way. Finish your walking tour at a local café.

The historic walk takes 2 hours. Our journey begins at a beautiful square in the city, he Grote Markt (Grand Place). After a brief overview, we leave for the river Scheldt, where it all started. We reach the fortifications of the first town. Follow the city's expansion between the remaining parts of the first city wall. The oldest and largest guild house can be found here. This was the home of the butchers, called the Vleeshuis. We follow the timeline and arrive at the first financial heart of Antwerp. We explore the history and consequences of religious strife in the 16th century, and arrive at a new era with a new style of art. The Baroque in all its glory, the Carolus Borromeus Church. Let's go to the mother of all stock exchanges and hope the door opens. On our way to our final destination, we will pass the biggest Gothic cathedral in the Low Countries. We end up in the garden of the Plantin&Moretus museum, a 16th-century printing and publishing house, owned by the same family until the late 19th century.