Plan your visit
Opening hours
Weekdays: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 3 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm
Every day of the year except January 1.
!! Exceptions !!
Saturday, 19 October 2024: closed all day
Friday, 1 November 2024: 1.30 pm - 5 pm
Saturday, 2 November 2024: 12 am - 3 pm
Sunday, 3 November 2024: 1 pm - 3 pm
Friday, 15 November 2024: 12 am - 5 pm
Sunday, 22 December 2024: 1 pm - 1.30 pm
Tuesday, 24 December 2024: 10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday, 25 December 2024: 1.30 pm - 5 pm
Thursday, 26 December 2024: 10 am - 3 pm
Wednesday 1 January 2025: closed all day
Tuesday 28 January 2025: 1 pm - 5 pm
Admission
Individual visitors: € 12/pp
Groups of 20 or more visitors, people with a disability, students and 60+: € 10/pp
Children, young adults -18 and everyone living in the Province of Antwerp:
free admission
Accessibility
Persons with reduced mobility
Less mobile: A wheelchair and a rollator are available. Feel free to speak to one of our staff about using these.
Wheelchairs: The Cathedral and bistro De Plek are accessible to wheelchair users. The ambulatory and chapels can be reached via a ramp.
The high altar, underground crypt, garden and tower are not accessible to wheelchairs or prams.
Take a rest: In the Cathedral, you can rest anywhere on one of the many benches and chairs provided.
Sanitary facilities: There are two wheelchair-accessible toilets. One toilet is located right next to the shop.
A second toilet is located in bistro De Plek. This is slightly less easy to reach with wheelchairs because of several doors.
Companion: Do you bring an essential companion, they are admitted free of charge. You yourself enjoy the discounted rate of 10€.
Persons with visual impairment
Audio description: Audio description is provided for the highlights (including the works of Rubens).
You can listen to it via the QR code on the steppingstone next to the art work in question.
Guide dogs: are welcome.
Three-dimensional model: There is a three-dimensional scale model of the Cathedral in St Anthony's Chapel.
Companion: Do you bring an essential companion, they are admitted free of charge. You yourself enjoy the discounted rate of 10€.
People with hearing disabilities
Telecoil: For people with hearing disabilities or a hearing aid, there is a loop in the nave during the Masses
Visitors' guide: You can buy a visitors' guide (including all recorded texts) at the reception desk or in the shop.
Companion: Do you bring an essential companion, they are admitted free of charge. You yourself enjoy the discounted rate of 10€.
People with a mental disability
Companion: Do you bring an essential companion, they are admitted free of charge. You yourself enjoy the discounted rate of 10€.
De Plek - The place to be
Our bistro is open on
Saturday: 11 am - 3 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm
(Churchgoers can visit after Mass as early as 11 am)
Free guided tours
The Cathedral's reception group offers free guided tours in various languages at regular times.
You can join on the spot. For the current schedule, check the calendar.
These tours only take place during the Cathedral's opening hours. Garden and tower visits are not included.
Check here for extended, paid tours.
Getting there
by bike
You can park your bicycle in the bicycle parking in Groenplaats.
There are several Velo stations nearby (velo-antwerpen.be).
by tram or bus
Tram 3, 5, 9, 15 and 4 all stop in Groenplaats,
as does bus 22, 180, 181, 182, and 183.