Friday
image from Antwerp Ghostwalk
Start your weekend with an Antwerp Ghostwalk – this week it’s the English version: explore the old, cobbled and dark streets of Antwerp and hear the supernatural tales associated with them … meet at Steenplein (by the Lange Wapper statue) at 8pm. 12,50 pp.
Or head to The Irish Times near Grote Markt to practice your language skills and have an informal drink with speakers of different language at the Swap Language #12 event at 8pm.
Saturday
A read-aloud to help kids with their reading. But with dogs! at de Studio (12.30). Free.
Afterwards, there’s kids’ films on in De Studio: Free Willy at 2.30pm, and Finding Dory at 6pm (these are ticketed -see links).
Sunday
Rivierenhof hosts an annual Valentine Run which takes place today, having been twice postponed from due to Storm Ciara, and then Storm Dennis -will it be ‘third time lucky’ for this event? You can register for the run until Saturday.
Goegekregen are holding a large rommelmarkt in Waagnatie from 9am- 6pm. Unusually, this one is not free -it’s 1 euro in. It will be a massive sale -decide for yourself if you want to pay the euro …
Mundana is a Latin-American cultural center and café on Paardenmarkt . They are holding a Sunday Market – “Las Pulgas” – offering home-made goods and crafts, music and workshops for all ages. 11am – 5pm.
It should be a mild weekend, with some bright spells on Saturday. Some showers on Sunday.
Miscellaneous
The JEF festival is underway in Antwerp -it’s an annual film festival for kids which offers workshops and activities for kids from age 3 upwards. Most Antwerp activities are on at Zuiderpershuis. My kids have enjoyed JEF activities in the past. Here is the complete Antwerp program for JEF. JEF also takes place in Gent, Bruges, Kortrijk, Leuven and Roeselare.
Next week is spring half-term (“krokus vakantie”) for Belgian schools. If you have kids to occupy, you might like to enrol them in some local activities. On this page, you can find sport activities for them, and Idee Kids runs camps for a variety of age groups and interests. Kamp Zoeker helps you search for a suitable camp according to age, activities and location.
Runners: You can now sign up for the Antwerp 10 Miles on 26th April 2020. It costs less if you sign up before the 6th April.
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