Antwerp

The 2 Best Bars in Old City

The heritage square-bar district around Grote Markt. Heritage taverns, square-side terraces, and the most photogenic Antwerp drinking. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Antwerp.

  1. No. 01 · Cocktail Bars

    De Vagant

    Old City · $$

    Heritage jenever café from 1620.

  2. No. 02 · Cocktail Bars

    Cocktails at Nine

    Old City · $$$

    Cocktail bar above the Hotel Indigo.

You'll find Cocktail Bars, Date Night, Hidden Gems and Rooftop Bars here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.

The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Old City like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.

A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.

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