Beautiful architecture at this station. Centrally located and easy 10-15 min walk from major…read morehotels. Other than taking the trains, i havent explored the food venues here, given that its so centrally located, i usually walk to ear somewhere else.

A masterpiece of architecture! Antwerpen-Centraal perfectly balances old-world grandeur with modern…read morefunctionality. The multi-level track system is a feat of engineering, and the lower-level shopping/dining area is super convenient. It's also very accessible--it stretches across a huge block with plenty of exits, making it a beautiful thoroughfare for the city. Clean, safe, and absolutely gorgeous.

Used Metrostation Opera to get in and out of the historical Antwerp district from the Diamond…read moredistrict the other day and it was a quick and easy way to get around the walkable city of Antwerp. To my surprise, such a small city has a tram! The tram is a combination of both over-ground along with underground. Metrostation Opera is underground. There are bi-folding doors that open automatically by a proximity sensor. The escalators to get downstairs are also have proxmity sensors. Some of the escalators have either a red or green stripe on the ground where the green indicates ok to enter (and red indicating wrong way) ...took me a while to realize. The routes along with stations are marked throughout the station although Google Maps includes both the origin along with destination, which caused me to go the wrong direction on numerous occasions! The Metro is paid for via NFC card and there's a device for one to tap their Metro card or NFC card by some of the doors. (Automated ticket stations are few and far in between in Antwerp) Metro is 2 Euro 50 per ride and each ride is good for 60 minutes. Boarding can be on any door!

De Brouckère is a metro station that serves lines 1 and line 5 as well as tram lines 3 and 4. It's…read morea decent sized station and there are stairs and escalators between the levels. On the ticketing concourse, there are staffed and automated ticket vending machines and the usual ticketing contactless scanners at the turnstiles. De Brouckère metro station is named after a Belgian nobleman who was mayor of the city from 1848 until his death in 1860. According to the wiki, he was responsible for major urban renewal in the city, including the creation of water mains and the first boulevards in Brussels. The station is part of the run where Lines 1 and 5 overlap, between Sainte-Catherine and Brussels-Central stations.