The neighbourhood
Borgerhout is one of Antwerp’s liveliest districts — our favourite spots are all walking distance.
Breakfast & lunch
- Clo — warm vegan breakfast/lunch spot (clo-antwerp.be)
- Bakkerij Boulot — superb sourdough bakery, Wed–Sat mornings (bakkerijboulot.be)
Restaurants
- Glouglou — sharing plates & natural wine (glouglou-borgerhout.be)
- Frituur Tina — the classic Belgian frituur, lots of veggie options (instagram)
- Pizzeria Graan — sourdough pizza, family-friendly (graan.info)
- Pizzeria Orso — gluten-free pizza, natural wines (orsopizzeria.be)
- ‘t Werkhuys — socio-cultural centre with cheap, fast food (closed weekends) (werkhuys.be)
- Briquet — sharing restaurant (instagram)
- Humm — Middle Eastern sharing dishes (humm.love)
- Overzee — Southeast Asian, on Dageraadplaats (restaurantoverzee.be)
Cafés
- Plaza Real — cosy brown café (plazareal.be)
- Café Mombasa — cycling & beer café (cafemombasa.be)
- Zeezicht, Moeskop — classics on Dageraadplaats
- Bar Leon — on Krugerplein, next to a playground (barleon.be)
- Ontspoord — under the railway arches (instagram)
To discover
- De Roma — legendary concert hall & cinema around the corner (deroma.be)
- Middelheim Museum — open-air sculpture park (middelheimmuseum.be)
- Waterbus — explore Antwerp from the river (dewaterbus.be)
- Cinema Cartoons — indie cinema in the old centre (cinemacartoons.be)
- Borgerhub — gift shop, plant bar & café (borgerhub.eu)