{"id":556,"date":"2026-02-09T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/556\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:42:36","slug":"an-expert-guide-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/556\/","title":{"rendered":"An Expert Guide For 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels may be Belgium\u2019s capital, but Antwerp has style. Arriving at the art nouveau splendor of its central station sets the tone: this is a city that knows how to impress, both with history and creative expression. Long known for its docks and diamond trade, Antwerp became a fashion cradle when the Antwerp Six designers shook up the global scene. This\u00a0city is full of surprises, just waiting to be explored.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:\u00a0<br \/>\ud83d\udc90 The best\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/brussels\/things-to-do\/best-things-to-do-in-brussels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">things to do in Brussels<br \/><\/a>\ud83c\udf7b The best\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/bruges\/things-to-do\/best-things-to-do-in-bruges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">things to do in Bruges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/profile\/sarah-schug\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Schug<\/a> is a writer based in Brussels, Belgium.\u00a0At Time Out, all of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/travel\/travel-guides\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">travel guides<\/a>\u00a0are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/about\/editorial-guidelines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editorial guidelines<\/a>.\u00a0This guide includes\u00a0affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more, see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/things-to-do\/understanding-affiliate-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">affiliate guidelines<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brussels may be Belgium\u2019s capital, but Antwerp has style. Arriving at the art nouveau splendor of its central&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[19,549,547],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-antwerp","tag-antwerp","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-things-to-do"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}