Wilrijkse Plein

Wilrijkse Plein is a sports venue in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Wilrijkse Plein is situated nearby to Korfbalclub Scaldis, as well as near Hockeyclub Olympia.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympisch Stadion and Atlantic Wall & Air War Bunker Museum Antwerp.

Olympisch Stadion

Stadium

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The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events. Olympisch Stadion is situated 1¼ km west of Wilrijkse Plein.

Atlantic Wall & Air War Bunker Museum Antwerp

Museum

The Atlantic Wall & Air War Bunker Museum Antwerp is a military war museum in Park den Brandt, Wilrijk, Belgium which preserves fortifications of the Atlantic Wall from the Second World War. Atlantic Wall & Air War Bunker Museum Antwerp is situated 530 metres southeast of Wilrijkse Plein.

Kristus-Koningkerk

Church

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Kristus-Koningkerk is a church, which is situated 470 metres west of Wilrijkse Plein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilrijk and Zuid.

Wilrijk

Town

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Wilrijk is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Wilrijk had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1983; the enlarged municipality of Antwerp was decentralized in 2000 and Wilrijk became one of the city's nine districts.

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.