Den Dam

Den Dam is an area in northern Antwerp. Den Dam has about 4,490 residents.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Park Spoor Noord and Lightship.

A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse in areas deemed unsuitable for proper lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, the first modern lightship was invented by Robert Hamblin in 1734 and was located off the Nore sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames in London, England.

Sint-Lambertuskerk

Event venue

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Sint-Lambertuskerk is an event venue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merksem and Universiteitsbuurt.

Merksem

Town

Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Merksem is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It has 47,525 inhabitants as of 2025. It was a separate municipality until 1983.

Universiteitsbuurt

Quarter

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Universiteitsbuurt is a quarter.

Schipperskwartier

Quarter

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Schipperskwartier is a historic neighbourhood in the city of Antwerp, Belgium, known primarily as the city's red-light district. The district is located close to the old port and north of the historic centre of Antwerp.

Den Dam

Type: Quarter with 4,490 residents
Description: area in northern Antwerp, Belgium
Categories: neighborhood and locality
Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.23326° or 51° 13′ 60″ north

Longitude

4.42762° or 4° 25′ 39″ east

Population

4,490

Open location code

9F366CMH+82

OpenStreetMap ID

node 440276082

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

Wikidata ID

Q2669661

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Den Dam” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Dam”
Dutch: “Den Dam”
French: “Den Dam”
German: “Den Dam”
Italian: “Den Dam”

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