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Hoboken, Antwerp — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hoboken is a southern district of Antwerp, spread along the Scheldt and carrying a name that comes from Middle Dutch.
About Hoboken
Where to stay in Hoboken
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
The choice in Hoboken runs between the Scheldt bank and the older parish cores inland, where Sint-Bernarduskerk and Heilig Hartkerk still fix the shape of the surrounding streets. Sint-Jan Evangelistkerk marks a third core. Most visitors sleep in Antwerp proper and treat the district as a quieter southern base.
Staying south suits anyone who wants the river walk and space rather than the crowds of the old city.
About Hoboken
What are the main landmarks in Hoboken?
Parish churches make the list here. Sint-Bernarduskerk, Heilig Hartkerk, Sint-Jan Evangelistkerk and Sint-Jan Maria Vianneykerk stand as separate parish churches, each one fixing a different corner of the ground Hoboken occupies on the Scheldt. The Oude parochiekerk Sint-Jan Maria Vianney holds the older of the two dedications to that saint.
Walking between them covers most of Hoboken.
What is the history of Hoboken?
Hoboken's name comes out of Middle Dutch, which places the settlement on the Scheldt long before Antwerp's arrondissement drew the boundaries that define the district. Antwerp absorbed it later. The churches record the sequence, with the Oude parochiekerk Sint-Jan Maria Vianney keeping the older dedication and Sint-Jan Maria Vianneykerk carrying it forward.
Where is Hoboken?
Hoboken holds the southern edge of Antwerp, inside the Flemish Region of Belgium, with the Scheldt running past its outer bank.
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Updated September 2026