How to get there?

By car: Antwerp is situated at the junction of several major trans-European highways, which makes it very easy reachable from a lot of important European cities like Amsterdam, Paris, Calais … In Belgium, it couldn’t be more easier as there are direct routes from almost all the big cities to Antwerp. In no more than 20 minutes you can get for example from the airport in Brussels to the diamond district.

By train: Antwerp is served by two major railway stations. Both international trains and inter-city trains stop in Antwerpen-Centraal (Antwerp Central Station), which is located adjacent to the Antwerp diamond district, and in Antwerpen-Berchem, about 4 km to the south. The primary provider of railway services in Belgium is the Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS) or Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges (SNCB). NMBS-SNCB is a member of Railteam, which is a cooperation between Europe's leading high-speed rail operators, including DB (Germany), SNCF (France), Eurostar UK (UK), NS Hispeed (Netherlands), ÖBB (Austria) and SBB (Switzerland) and, as well as their high-speed subsidiaries Eurostar, Thalys and Lyria.

By airplane: There are four airports in Belgium: Brussels airport (Zaventem), Antwerp airport (Deurne), Brussels South Charleroi airport and Liège airport. The nearest international airports are Schiphol airport, Amsterdam in The Netherlands, Paris-Charles De Gaulle airport and Paris-Orly airport in France and Frankfurt airport in Germany.