Den Botaniek
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.Photo: Orrling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: botanic Garden of Antwerp, created 1825
- Also known as: “Botanical garden Antwerp” and “Plantentuin”
- Address: Leopoldstraat 24, Antwerpen
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maagdenhuis Museum and Rubenshuis.
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.
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 370 metres northeast of Den Botaniek.
Bourla Theatre
Theater building
Bourla Theatre is a theatre located in Antwerp that seats around 900. The building is designed in a neoclassical style on the site of the former Tapissierspand tapestry market. Bourla Theatre is situated 190 metres north of Den Botaniek.
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.
Den Botaniek
- Categories: botanical garden, urban park, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.21436° or 51° 12′ 52″ northLongitude
4.40639° or 4° 24′ 23″ eastInception
1826Open location code
9F366C74+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 22956428OpenStreetMap feature
historic=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3232192
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Den Botaniek” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Den Botaniek”
- Dutch: “Kruidtuin”
- Dutch: “Plantentuin”
- French: “jardin botanique d’Anvers”
- French: “Jardin botanique d’Anvers”
- French: “Plantentuin”
- German: “Plantentuin”
- Korean: “식물원”
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Highlights include Leonhard’s Gallery and Echt Antwaarps teater.
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