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Brederode, Antwerp — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Brederode is a southern wijk of Antwerp, bounded by the Amerikalei and the Singel and named for Hendrik van Brederode.
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Where to stay in Brederode
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Rooms in Brederode sit on the quiet side of the Amerikalei, close enough that the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and the M HKA are a walk rather than a tram ride. The wijk itself stays residential. Markgrave lies across the far boundary, and the Singel carries the through traffic along the southern edge.
Harmonie adjoins it northward. If you would rather wake south of the Antwerp core than beside the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, this wijk keeps the museums close and the nights quiet.
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Amerikalei
The boulevard that closes Brederode on its city side, with the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and the M HKA a short walk over it.Find hotels in Amerikaleidrivers arriving on the Singel ringThe Singel side
Brederode's outer boundary, where the Singel takes the through traffic and rooms face the ring instead of the wijk's inner streets. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in The Singel sideguests pairing Brederode with Markgrave on footMarkgrave boundary
The far edge where Brederode and Markgrave together close off the south of the Antwerpen district, further from the museums and quieter for it.Find hotels in Markgrave boundaryHotel 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
8- Museum Plantin-Moretus UNESCO
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal Heritage
- Het Steen Heritage
- Rubenshuis Heritage
- Museum Mayer van den Bergh Heritage
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- Vleeshuis Heritage
- Snijders&Rockox House Heritage
- Hessenhuis Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
4- Carolus Borromeuskerk Heritage
- St. James' Church, Antwerp Heritage
- St. Paul's Church Heritage
- St. Andrew's Church, Antwerp Heritage
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About Brederode
What are the main landmarks in Brederode?
Brederode has no set piece to show. The draw sits just over the Amerikalei, where the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp holds the old masters and the M HKA and the FOMU Photo Museum Antwerp answer with contemporary work and photography. Walk north and the older core opens up.
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, the Rubenshuis and Het Steen stand within the historic centre, while the Middelheim Museum lies out on the southern side of Antwerp.
What is the history of Brederode?
The name is borrowed, not local. Brederode answers to Hendrik van Brederode, who lived from 1531 to 1568, and the wijk has kept his name rather than one taken from its own ground. Boundaries did the rest of the shaping: the Amerikalei on the city side and the Singel on the outer, with Harmonie and Markgrave closing the remaining edges.
Streets came of it, not monuments.
Where is Brederode?
Brederode and Markgrave together close the southern end of the Antwerpen district, held between the Amerikalei, the Singel and the Harmonie wijk.
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What is the best area to stay in Brederode?
Amerikalei: museum mornings begun on the Amerikalei. The Singel side: drivers arriving on the Singel ring. Markgrave boundary: guests pairing Brederode with Markgrave on foot.
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Updated October 2026