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Valaar, Antwerp — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Valaar is a wijk in the northwest of Wilrijk, one of Antwerp's districts, framed by the Hollebeek and the Boomse Steenweg.
About Valaar
Where to stay in Valaar
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
No lodging is listed between the Hollebeek and the Boomse Steenweg, so the practical choice runs between a base elsewhere in Wilrijk and one in the Antwerp centre. Kiel and Hoboken lie against its edges. Travellers content to cross the Boomse Steenweg or run down the Krijgsbaan for everything else can make a Valaar-side base work, while anyone wanting the Antwerp centre on the doorstep should look nearer it.
About Valaar
What are the main landmarks in Valaar?
Valaar's interest sits in its edges. The Hollebeek runs down the western side, the paired De Bruynlaan and VIIe Olympiadelaan cross the north, the Boomse Steenweg holds the east, and the Krijgsbaan closes the south. Four lines, four different characters.
A stream draws one boundary and a numbered highway another, an unusual spread of frontages for a wijk whose register names no single building, church or square.
What is the history of Valaar?
Boundaries are what the Valaar record holds. No founding year, charter or first mention appears in the file, so the traceable story runs through Wilrijk instead, the Antwerp district that contains it. Kiel and Hoboken are the neighbours.
Those two, with the Boomse Steenweg on one flank and the Krijgsbaan on the other, have done more to settle what counts as Valaar than any dated event on its own sheet.
Where is Valaar?
The Hollebeek closes the west, the De Bruynlaan and VIIe Olympiadelaan the north, and the Krijgsbaan the south, with Kiel and Hoboken alongside.
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Updated September 2026