Evening in the Zuid

At 7:12 pm, low light brushes the red-brick blocks of the Zuid as your Mercedes eases onto Leopold De Waelplaats. Around the corner, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), reopened in 2022, still holds the day, while Marnixplaats terraces start to buzz. Walk 900 meters southwest to the Scheldt embankment and watch barges head for Kallo and Doel. Between Waalsekaai galleries and Volkstraat’s design bars, this district splices 19th‑century facades with crisp lines, culminating in a Michelin-star table built on North Sea produce—about 15 minutes from a Central hotel if traffic on the Leien behaves.

Your dedicated driver is on call all evening: hotel pickup, a photo pause on Noorderterras Bridge if the sky blushes, then a right‑on‑time drop‑off at your booking. In Antwerp, a private chauffeur navigates Leien traffic and the useful car parks (Steenplein, Kooldok); you taste, he drives. After dinner, slip to a cocktail bar—Ostend Quarantine or Dogma—or settle by the water at Kaai 17 for a final drink. Return whenever you wish, with a brief detour past the Museum Quarter to admire KMSKA’s nighttime frontage.