Berchem
Berchem is a southern district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Berchem is located along the old Grote Steenweg that has connected Brussels to Antwerp for several centuries; the town borders the districts of Deurne, Borgerhout, Wilrijk and Antwerp and the municipality of Mortsel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Borough with 43,500 residents
- Description: district of the City of Antwerp, Belgium
- Also known as: “Antwerpen (Berchem)”
- Postal code: 2600
Places of Interest
Highlights include Antwerp-Berchem Railway Station and Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum.
Antwerp-Berchem Railway Station
Railway station
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Antwerpen-Berchem railway station is a railway station in Berchem, in the south of Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 1 March 1865 and currently serves railway lines 25, 27, 27A and 59.
Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum
Museum
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The Flemish Tram and Bus Museum is a museum of public transport that exhibits historical trams and buses. The museum is situated in the Berchem district of Antwerp, in the former tram shed of Groenenhoek, dating from 1912.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ‘t Groen Kwartier and Zurenborg.
‘t Groen Kwartier
Neighborhood
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
‘t Groen Kwartier is a neighborhood.
Zurenborg
Quarter
Photo: Stomme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zurenborg is an area in south-east Antwerp largely developed between 1894 and 1906 that features a high concentration of townhouses in Art Nouveau and other fin-de-siècle styles.
Antwerp diamond district
Neighborhood
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.
Berchem
- Categories: former municipality, district of Antwerp, and locality
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.19435° or 51° 11′ 40″ northLongitude
4.433° or 4° 25′ 59″ eastPopulation
43,500Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE BPCOpen location code
9F365CVM+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 26355164OpenStreetMap feature
place=borough
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Berchem” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيرخم”
- Armenian: “Բերխեմ”
- Bavarian: “Berchem (Antwerpen)”
- Bavarian: “Berchem”
- Catalan: “Berchem”
- Cebuano: “Berchem”
- Chinese: “貝爾赫姆”
- Chinese: “贝尔赫姆”
- Danish: “Berchem”
- Dutch: “Antwerpen-Berchem”
- Dutch: “Berchem (Antwerpen)”
- Dutch: “Berchem (antwerpen”
- Dutch: “Berchem (Antwerpen”
- Dutch: “Berchem (district)”
- Dutch: “Berchem”
- Esperanto: “Berchem”
- French: “Berchem”
- German: “Berchem”
- Hungarian: “Berchem”
- Irish: “Berchem”
- Italian: “Berchem”
- Japanese: “ベルヘム”
- Latin: “Berchemum”
- Luxembourgish: “Berchem”
- Persian: “برشم”
- Polish: “Berchem (Antwerpia)”
- Polish: “Berchem”
- Portuguese: “Berchem”
- Romanian: “Berchem”
- Russian: “Берхем”
- Slovenian: “Berchem”
- Spanish: “Berchem”
- Swedish: “Berchem, Antwerpen”
- Swedish: “Berchem”
- Turkish: “Berchem”
- Ukrainian: “Берхем”
- Uzbek: “Berchem”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Posthofbrug and bpost Berchem Station.
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