Moorkensplein
Moorkensplein is a square in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Moorkensplein is situated nearby to the town hall Districtshuis Borgerhout, as well as near the theater building Madame Fortuna.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Districtshuis Borgerhout and Antwerpen-Centraal railway station.
Districtshuis Borgerhout
Town hall
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Districtshuis Borgerhout is a town hall.
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station is the main railway station in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the most important hubs in the country and is one of the four Belgian stations on the high-speed rail network. Antwerpen-Centraal railway station is situated 1 km west of Moorkensplein.
Antwerp Zoo
Zoo
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Antwerp Zoo is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. The zoo is the oldest animal park in Belgium, and one of the oldest in the world; it was established on 21 July 1843. Antwerp Zoo is situated 770 metres west of Moorkensplein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zurenborg and Borgerhout.
Zurenborg
Quarter
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Zurenborg is an area in south-east Antwerp largely developed between 1894 and 1906 that features a high concentration of townhouses in Art Nouveau and other fin-de-siècle styles.
Borgerhout
Town
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Borgerhout is the smallest district of Antwerp, Belgium. As of 2025, the district housed 47,188 inhabitants on 3.93 km². It was a separate municipality until 1983.
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.
Moorkensplein
- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: street in Antwerp, Belgium
- Categories: square and street
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.21363° or 51° 12′ 49″ northLongitude
4.43375° or 4° 26′ 2″ eastNamed after
Lodewijk MoorkensOpen location code
9F366C7M+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 508239730OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianWikidata ID
Q19973819
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In Other Languages
“Moorkensplein” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Moorkensplein (Antwerpen)”
- Dutch: “Moorkensplein”
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Highlights include Madame Fortuna and Mundo-a.
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