Antwerp Food Truck Festival HAP is a food festival in Eilandje, Antwerp.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The park sits five tram stops north of Centraal. Cash and card both work at most trucks.
Address: Park Spoor Noord, 2060 Antwerp
Antwerpen Proeft in Antwerp is Belgium's largest culinary festival each May at Waagnatie on Rijnkaai. Star chefs, top kitchens and street-food stalls share.
Tip: Tickets sell out for the weekend. Friday evening is the quieter sitting.
Bollekesfeest in Antwerp is the city's De Koninck Bolleke beer street festival in the Zuid district, free over four days each late July with music.
Tip: Free entry. The Bolleke stem-glass is shared between De Koninck and Antwerp's food trucks.
Antwerpen Proeft in Antwerp is Belgium's largest culinary festival each May at Waagnatie on Rijnkaai. Star chefs, top kitchens and street-food stalls share.
Tip: Tickets sell out for the weekend. Friday evening is the quieter sitting.
The Antwerp Christmas Market spans Grote Markt, Groenplaats and Handschoenmarkt from early December to early January. Around 100 stalls, glühwein, frites.
Tip: The Ferris wheel returns to Steenplein each year. The hot chocolate stalls cluster near the cathedral.
The Antwerp Beer Weekend gathers Belgian breweries on Grote Markt for three days each September. Entry is free; tasting tokens cover beer pours and food pairings from neighbourhood brasseries around the cathedral square.
Tip: Buy tasting tokens online in advance to skip the cashier queues. The Friday afternoon session is the quietest; Saturday after 17:00 is the busiest.
