Antwerpen

Antwerp (or Antwerpen in Dutch, Anvers in French) is a city in Belgium. It's being worked on, also literarally (http://www.werkenantwerpen.be/). Population: about 600.000.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

  Only in case of emergency, it means for problems like no more news from your host or physical
  troubles in Belgium, you can directly contact the Belgian ambassadors by sending a mail at this
  address: 911csbelgium@gmail.com . 
  PLEASE, indicate your username, phone number, e-mail and the city where we can contact you!!!

Meetings

REGULAR MEETINGS:

Regular Welcome Meeting Antwerp / Vlaanderen Everybody welcome! (Every 2 months)
Weekly Sport Meering Antwerp(Every week)
Crazy Pyjama Party of perdizione! (Every 2 months)

you find them in the meetings page:
http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html

Tips

CouchSurfers

City Ambassadors

Stijn Vernaillen, Luca Gentile

Trivia

Mentions of Couchsurfing and Antwerp in the media

• Couchsurfing in Antwerp was featured in a 15-20 minutes documentary on local Antwerp television starring Hans & Stijn as the local hosts and some guests from Japan and Turkey as surfers. After the documentary was shown (feb 2006) on television the number of members was doubled.*
• In the beginning of September 2006 an article on Couchsurfing was written for the "Gazet van Antwerpen" and "Belang van Limburg". It featured an interview with Stijn from Antwerp and Amber from the USA.*wikitravel:Antwerpen

In the mean time, visit one of the following links:
tourist info:
http://www.antwerpen.be/eCache/BEN/52.html
http://www.use-it.be/
http://wikitravel.org/en/Antwerp
http://world.wikia.com/wiki/Antwerp

Things to do:
Agendas:
http://www.weekup.be
http://www.cultuurweb.be/CNETPortal/ZoekenKalender.aspx^(NL) cultural agenda (architecture, literature, audio/video, music,…)
http://www.out2night.be/uitgaan/antwerpen ^(NL) Party agenda - Clubs & Bars
http://www.zone03.be/agenda/dagoverzicht.html ^(NL) Music - Party - Expo - Podium - Holebi

Bars(+):
http://www.viaviacafe.com ^(EN)(NL) Traveler's cafe: meeting place for world travelers and locals. Food, drinks, music, art, social projects and... travel library
http://www.zuiderpershuis.be An international oasis of culture and art where you and the world can feel at home...
http://www.denaalmoezenier.be
http://www.cafelocal.be

Clubs:
http://www.petrolclub.be
http://www.cafecapital.be

Events
http://www.vzwemma.be
http://www.scheldapen.be

Summer events:
http://www.zva.be ^(EN)(NL)(FR) "Zomer van Antwerpen": Nine weeks, day by day, Hundreds of site specific shows. Be Surprised and Enjoy.
http://www.kattendijktango.be/agenda/index.html ^(NL) Free open air dance event with initiations of Tango, Salsa, Flamenco, Hip hop, Lindy hop...
http://www.openluchttheater.be/^(NL) Free concerts on Friday

TRANSPORT :
Public transport maps of Antwerp: :
http://www.delijn.be/documentatie/antwerpen/index.asp ^(NL)

Routeplanner public tansport:
http://oldreisinfo.delijn.be/reisinfoServer/ ^(NL)

Belgian railway site with online ticket service! :
http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/index.php ^{(EN)(NL)(FR)(DE)}

Interesting multi-trip railway cards for travellers:
http://www.b-rail.be/nat/E/tarifs/passes/index.php ^{(EN)(NL)(FR)(DE)}