Veni vidi vici is simply ‘Business Sunday’ in Antwerp. But feel free to take the finger off these local newcomers on other days as well.
(Play records
No streaming in the city: offline listening is back.
—From bargains to collector’s items: Bart Van de Bosch buys and sells vintage vinyl and new records or CDs that you can discover in the cozy listening corner at Bart Vinyl.
Horse market 18, Facebook page.
—After more than a hundred years, the legendary British music temple HMV (or, in 1921: His Master’s Voice) finally an Antwerp hub, suddenly good for 300 m² of pop culture.
Wijnegem Shopping Center, hmv.com
Do the Kloosterstraat
The street where you go from one find to another…
—M/N Store With brands such as Won Hundred, 7d and Aspesi, it focuses on menswear in a luxury interior (check out the Wabbes lamps and herringbone parquet) with high-level service.
Kloosterstraat 56, manstoreantwerp.com
—After the Meeusen sisters hopped from one pop-up to another with ceramics, paintings and glassware, they now finally settle down with Gabian (seagull in Provencal).
Kloosterstraat 19, @gabian.crafts
—No longer look for Rewind, Play and Forward: the three shops merged into a concept store Studio Play in the Kammenstraat. Studio Play & Friends, the satellite shop with baby and children’s clothing from Bobo Choses, Bonmot, We are Kids, Main Story and co., is located in Kloosterstraat.
Kloosterstraat 80 and Kammenstraat 72, studioplay.be
—TheBox is a pop-up where starters can test run. The project was extended due to its success: young labels will be discovered until the end of 2027.
Kloosterstraat 177
World city
From overseas they know how to find the Antwerp shopping streets.
—Could creative director Glenn Martens (ex-Academy) be involved? After a long absence Diesel another Antwerp flagship store.
Schuttershofstraat 5 be.diesel.com
—American lifestyle label Rails (Leonardo DiCaprio, Jessica Alba and Taylor Swift are fans) guarantees some Californian sun in the city.
Huidevettersstraat 4.7 rails.com
Pearl diving
Vintage with an Antwerp ‘a’.
—Vintage hunters can now also find their Gucci’s and Prada’s in the physical shop of the online store Avalon. You can also sell your own masterpiece or borrow one for a special occasion.
Avalon, Franselei 144, avalon-antwerp.be
—Looking for an archive piece or getting rid of your Tabi’s: Belgian designers such as Margiela and the Antwerp Five are Dust treated as heritage.
Mechelsesteenweg 78, duststore.com
Club Recup
Ugly vegetables and cast-offs: here that is called ‘a certain je ne sais quoi’.
-Bee re.uniqlo studio have your Uniqlo items repaired, remodelled, personalized or recovered. For upcycling they work together with the Japanese clothing manufacturer Studio Masachuka.
Meir 67/69, uniqlo.com
—Rekub transforms misshapen fruit and vegetables into pralines, cakes and pies. Their new studio at Te Boelaerpark has a shop and workshops to make your own zero-waste treats.
Van Hersteenstraat 25, rekub.be
—From old vinyl and beer glasses to second-hand bicycles: we chose the twelfth Antwerp branch Thrift store for the heart of Oud-Berchem.
Statiestraat 121, kringwinkel.be
