{"id":7488,"date":"2026-03-21T01:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/7488\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T01:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:50:28","slug":"the-best-things-to-see-and-do-at-antwerps-het-eilandje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/7488\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Things To See And Do At Antwerp&#8217;s Het Eilandje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> No matter what other gorgeous architectural constructions may strike down in this part of town \u2013 number six on this list is another fine example \u2013 the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mas.be\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MAS (Museum aan de Stroom)<\/a> will always remain the sandstone-coloured giant that kickstarted <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/europe\/belgium\/articles\/how-the-mas-transformed-an-abandoned-antwerp-neighborhood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Het Eilandje\u2019s whirlwind transformation<\/a>. Even before this museum, dedicated to the city\u2019s rich port history, swung open its doors in 2011, its bold Lego-look and reflection on the dock waters surrounding it had caused all sorts of other projects to materialise. While its permanent exhibition is certainly worth a visit, it\u2019s the horizontal boulevard, accessible for free and providing panoramic views of the city below through rippling glass, that has truly made it a public space to be cherished. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No matter what other gorgeous architectural constructions may strike down in this part of town \u2013 number six&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[19,1233,5451,7,5448,1127,5447,69,5276,3492,5452,214,5449,5450],"class_list":["post-7488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-antwerp","tag-antwerp","tag-antwerps","tag-architectural","tag-belgium","tag-discover","tag-dock","tag-eilandje","tag-europe","tag-history","tag-maritime","tag-masterstrokes","tag-museums","tag-neighborhood","tag-revived"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116264660028200599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488","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=7488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}