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Berchem, Antwerp — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Berchem is a southern district of Antwerp, a former town of three quarters strung along the Grote Steenweg, the old road from Brussels.
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Where to stay in Berchem
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Beds here answer to the Grote Steenweg. The old road between Brussels and Antwerp runs the length of the district, and almost every useful address in Berchem is measured by how far it stands from that line rather than by which quarter it falls in. Oud Berchem holds the old village core. Groenenhoek and Nieuw Kwartier account for the rest.
Under six square kilometres holds all three, so nothing here is far from anything else.
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Oud Berchem
Berchem's old village core, named for exactly that, on the stretch of the Grote Steenweg with the longest history behind it.Find hotels in Oud Berchema green-corner address instead of a central Antwerp oneGroenenhoek
The Berchem quarter whose Dutch name reads as green corner, one of the three that make up the district.Find hotels in Groenenhoekrooms on the Wilrijk and Mortsel side of the districtNieuw Kwartier
Berchem's new quarter by name, the third of the three parts the former town is divided into.Find hotels in Nieuw KwartierHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Antwerp
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Museums & Galleries
3- Rubenshuis Heritage
- Museum Mayer van den Bergh Heritage
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Churches & Religious Sites
7- Sint-Laurentiuskerk Heritage
- Kapel van het Allerheiligste Sacrament Heritage
- Heilige Familie en Sint-Corneliuskerk Heritage
- Sint-Jozefskerk Heritage
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Rozenkranskerk Heritage
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- Heilige-Familiekerk Heritage
- Sint-Dominicuskerk Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Herfst, Winter, Zomer en Lente Heritage
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About Berchem
What are the main landmarks in Berchem?
Berchem's own list is short. The Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum is the district's museum, a collection of Antwerp trams and buses. Most of the weight sits over the boundary in the Antwerp district, where the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, M HKA and the FOMU Photo Museum Antwerp hold the city's art collections.
Further in stand the Rubenshuis and Museum Mayer van den Bergh. The Antwerp Zoo draws the family traffic.
What is the history of Berchem?
Berchem grew up on a road. The Grote Steenweg has carried traffic between Brussels and Antwerp for several centuries, and the settlement that sat astride it took its shape from that road rather than from a harbour or a river. Antwerp absorbed the town.
What had been an independent municipality became one of the city's districts, and Oud Berchem keeps the name of the core it grew from. Groenenhoek and Nieuw Kwartier came later.
Where is Berchem?
Berchem sits south of central Antwerp. Under six square kilometres, the district shares edges with Borgerhout, Deurne, Wilrijk and the municipality of Mortsel.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Berchem?
Oud Berchem: walkers who want the old Brussels road at the door. Groenenhoek: a green-corner address instead of a central Antwerp one. Nieuw Kwartier: rooms on the Wilrijk and Mortsel side of the district.
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Updated October 2026