This used to be an interesting museum, but was closed down many years ago. It's one of the oldest buildings in the city, but seriously neglected by the city council.

There was a small cafe with a kids science project display and as far as we could see, there was nothing else here. Beautiful building, and you could look around the outside. Worth a visit for 15-20 mins (or longer for a coffee) and for free.

We happened on this by getting off the tourist hop-on/hop-off bus. The castle is now used as a educational museum on the management and use of water, aimed at school children upto age 9 (that's our point of view, not an official one). But it's quite cute and was serving coffee and other drinks mid-morning.

"Het Steen Der Wijzen" recently opened in the great building of our Antwerp castle "Het Steen". It turned into an exhibition hall, where you can teach your kids about water. Very nice done and very interesting. Furthermore they have a great bar attached to it, with a view on the ocean and nicely decorated. Check it out!

Het Steen Castle is located in the old city center of Antwerp, Belgium and is Antwerp's oldest building. It stands on the bank of the Scheldt River. The original name of Het Steen Castle was "Antwerp Castle." At the entrance to the Castle bridge stands a statue of a giant and two humans. The giant's name is Lange Wapper. He... More

Find yourself at the banks of river Schelde and imagine you're a knight some 800 years ago....It has some interesting artworks and maritime museum.

It was such a stifling day when we visited Antwerp that all we could do was to stop every half hour to drink beer! This I did not mind, particularly when we stumbled upon the outdoor pub and mini festival playing rockabilly music on the Sunday that we visited, in the cooling shadow of Het Steen. By the river, this... More

If you will be in Antwerp it is necessarily to visit Fortress Steen. You should necessarily grasp with you extra sweater. The fortress is located near the water, on the river Schelde. A wind there blows constantly. The guide has told us that many people have sunk in these dark waters with a rapid current. And now about the fortress... More