Things to do
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)