http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp Experience Antwerp the local way! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:29:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I do now and then enjoy a big blockbuster movie in our 17-screen popcorn flavored UGC movie theater. It's big, it's loud, and it's got people running on home trainers in the fitness windows right above the ticket counters. And admitted, passing on the starry-skied escalator to the second floor ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/meir/art-culture-meir/cinema-cartoons If I have to name a bar that I have visited the most, then it would be Café 't Zeezicht. No surprise it is located around the corner of my elderly home. This café, a more appropriate name for a bar like this and also the Dutch word for it, ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zurenborg/bars-zurenborg/t-zeezicht You want to start late on your pubcrawl? Looking for a rowdy afterparty-bar? Ready to talk to artists and bums, unemployed and yups? "De Pallieter" is the place to be. Located at "het Mechelsplein", surrounded by another couple of good bars, this is the one that stays open latest. Like ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/sint-andries/bars-sint-andries/pallieter The most grubby shop in the entire area, but in my opinion he sells almost the best pizza in town. The man is definitely not Italian, but he sure knows how to do it. Crusty but cheesy, very good tomato sauce. Sold by slice, half or entire pizza. Prices are ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zuid/snacks-zuid/pizza-fast The renewed museum opened its doors in 2004 (after being closed for three LONG years) and it looks great. It's my favourite museum because they always have different collections and exhibitions at one time. There is a permanent History Collection and the exhibitions. I go there once every two months. Just to ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zuid/coffee-tea-zuid/photomuseum I always meet one of my best friends here. Every Saturday we have breakfast at Mo's. We throw ourselves in the sofa, order a healthy breakfast and start chatting. The breakfast is great! muesli, bio-yogurt, a big bowl of fresh fruit, fresh orange juice, coffee or tea (order the traditional ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zuid/snacks-zuid/mo-made-breakfast At the very end of the famous Kloosterstraat, you find the shop of German Designer Anja Austa. It's a small, but very cosy shop where she sells her own label. Everything (dresses, sweaters, bags, jewellery,...) looks so nice and cute, and the quality is superb! I always fall in love with the ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zuid/shopping-zuid/anja-austa When you walk from the south to the city centre, or the other way around, you have to walk through the Volkstraat. here you can find this beautiful building. This is one of the finest 'Art Deco'buildings of Antwerp. City Architect Bob Van Reeth rebuild the inside, but the outside stayed ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zuid/art-culture-zuid/steinerschool Right across the beautiful Art Deco building of the Steinerschool, you find the Biologische bakker. when the weather allows it, we put ourselves on the terrace, order a coffee and a piece of pie (they are great!) and we just look at the beautiful building across the street. I buy my ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zuid/coffee-tea-zuid/biologische-bakker I'm a 'cosmetics' addict and if you are one like me, this is the shop for you. You just cannot walk by without going in. From the outside the shop looks so nice and cute. With the Magnolia flowers, the gold walls and the beautiful decorated window. You just feel like ... http://www.spottedbylocals.com/antwerp/area/zuid/shopping-zuid/magnolia