Willem Elsschot
Willem Elsschot is a work of art in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Willem Elsschot is situated nearby to Mechelseplein, as well as near the university Antwerp Management School.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: statue in Antwerp, Belgium
- Also known as: “Statue of Willem Elsschot”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maagdenhuis Museum and Den Botaniek.
Maagdenhuis Museum
Museum
The Maagdenhuis Museum is an art museum and historical museum located in a 17th-century historic building on Lange Gasthuisstraat, Antwerp, Belgium. The building was used as an orphanage for the maegdeckens, or maidens, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 19th century.
Den Botaniek
Park
Photo: Orrling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Botanic Garden of Antwerp, which also carries the name Den Botaniek, is a landscaped botanical garden created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare. Den Botaniek is situated 130 metres east of Willem Elsschot.
Rubenshuis
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rubenshuis is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself. Rubenshuis is situated 480 metres northeast of Willem Elsschot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antwerp diamond district and Universiteitsbuurt.
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.
Zuid
Quarter
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.
Willem Elsschot
- Categories: statue and tourism
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.21398° or 51° 12′ 50″ northLongitude
4.40469° or 4° 24′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F366C73+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 7312299732OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q117756637
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In Other Languages
“Willem Elsschot” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Willem Elsschot”
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Highlights include Mechelseplein and Antwerp Management School.
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