Activities in Antwerp

The antique-jewelry shop is just down the street from Dries Van Noten's fashion flagship.

The association vets dealers and has strict membership criteria—to be eligible, you have to have been in the market for at least 10 years.

A fuchsia-and-black jewel box filled with froth dresses and accessories.

The houses in Zurenborg - along Cogels-Osylei, Transvaalstraat, and Waterloostraat - are unique in Europe; more than 150 are designated landmarks. The

Diamond House sits the heart of Antwerp's jewelry district.

Here, an exhaustive history of the diamond trade is offered but most come for the dark corridors that hold brightly lit cases filled with 19th-century

The exhibition space and salesroom lets the public observe cutters and setters through windowed booths.

A daring shoe store located near the Nationalestraat.

The small museum's collection of vintage cameras and photgraphy equipment offers a comprehensive history of the craft. Don't miss the bookshop which h

A well-edited collection of 20th-century ceramics and furniture, plus the odd Pucci foulard.

Find Katz in his Appelmansstraat digs, a chic showroom with a massive marble fireplace and an imposing chandelier. "You must consider your jeweler as

This pioneering conservatory of style is housed in the same building as the Flanders Fashion Institute and the new Yamamoto store.

If collections in black, off-black, and charcoal-blakc are your thing, Schneider's tiny atelier will please you. Skinny men's trousers, shirts, and pu

This mini department store stocks a very un-Antwerp lineup of blingy Italian brands in a space that's the apotheosis of the Antwerp aesthetic: neutral

Friday morning see an antiques auction in the Vrijdagmarkt (Friday Market).

The atelier-laboratory of Antwerp Six fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck.

A jeweler?A metalsmith?An art gallery?Call it what you like, but definitely stop by. The pieces - made of sterling silver or hand-hammered 18-karat go

For years the Zuid district was considered up-and-coming, now this glamorous nexus is considered permanently chic.