Zuid

The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.

Type: Quarter
Description: neighborhood in Antwerp, Belgium
Also known as: “Het Zuid”, “Zuid-Museum”, and “Zuid, Antwerp”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Museum

Photo: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Museum

Photo: Roger Price, CC BY 2.0.

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Its current director is Bart de Baere.

Waterpoort

City gate

Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Waterpoort is a monumental gate located in the Zuiderdokken, Zuid Antwerp, Belgium. The gate was sculpted by Huibrecht van den Eynde and Johannes van Mildert, and was erected in 1624.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Linkeroever and Antwerp diamond district.

Linkeroever

Suburb

Linkeroever is an area in the city of Antwerp, on the left bank of the Scheldt river. Historically it was a neighbourhood which belonged to Zwijndrecht, but on 19 March 1923, it was attached to Antwerp.

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.