Put van Ekeren

Put van Ekeren is a lake in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Put van Ekeren is situated nearby to the quarter Schoonbroek, as well as near the hamlet Edison.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ekeren railway station and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboortekerk.

Ekeren railway station

Railway station

Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Ekeren is a railway station in the town of Ekeren, Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 3 July 1854 on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway, known in Belgium as Line 12.

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboortekerk

Arts center

Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboortekerk is an arts center.

Sint-Mariaburg railway station

Railway station

Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Sint-Mariaburg is a railway station in the town of Ekeren, Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened in 1934 on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway, known in Belgium as Line 12.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ekeren and Kapellen.

Ekeren is a northern district of the municipality of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The suburb celebrated its 850th birthday in 2005; the name of the town was first mentioned in 1155, as "Hecerna".

Kapellen

Town

Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Kapellen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality lies in the Campine in the northern part of the province. Kapellen consists only of the town of Kapellen proper.

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.

Put van Ekeren

Type: Lake
Also known as: “Grote Put”
Categories: body of water, scuba diving, and sports location
Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.2834° or 51° 17′ 0″ north

Longitude

4.3967° or 4° 23′ 48″ east

Open location code

9F3679MW+9M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4323234

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=scuba_diving

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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