Markets in Antwerp on Friday
3 markets open on Friday, earliest first.
Last updated: 21 October 2026
Sint-Jansplein market
📍 Sint-Jansplein, Antwerpen-Noord · Map
- 🚇 Getting there: Tram 1/24 Paardenmarkt (5 min walk)
- 🕗 Hours: Wednesday and Friday 08:00–13:00
- 🛍️ What's sold: Fruit & veg, meat, fish, clothes, household goods
- 💡 Tips: A neighbourhood market with everyday prices, popular with local families.
- 🚶 On foot from Chocolate Nation: 🚶 1.0 km · 12 min walk · Chocolate Nation
Vrijdagmarkt second-hand auction Small
📍 Vrijdagmarkt, old town (in front of Museum Plantin-Moretus) · Map
- 🚇 Getting there: Tram 4 Groenplaats (5 min walk)
- 🕗 Hours: Friday morning ~09:00–13:00
- 🛍️ What's sold: Auctioned household goods, furniture, bikes and boxes of bric-a-brac (often from bailiff sales)
- 💡 Tips: It is an auction, not a flea market: an auctioneer calls the prices and buyers bid from behind a rope. Fun to watch even if you don't buy.
- 🚶 On foot from Fashion district & Het Modepaleis: 🚶 0.2 km · 3 min walk · Fashion district & Het Modepaleis
Winter in Antwerpen (Christmas market) Large
📍 Old town (Grote Markt, Groenplaats and around) and Operaplein · Map
- 🚇 Getting there: Tram 4 Groenplaats
- 🕗 Hours: 4 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027 · Sun–Thu 12:00–22:00, Fri–Sat 12:00–00:00 (Operaplein closes 1 h earlier) · 4 Dec from 14:00 · 24 & 31 Dec until 18:00 · closed 1 Jan · 3 Jan until 17:00
Season: 4 December 2026 – 3 January 2027 - 🛍️ What's sold: Christmas chalets, food and mulled wine, ice rink with winter bar, lights
- 💡 Tips: Free entry. New Year's Eve fireworks on 31 December; weekday afternoons are the quietest.
- 🚶 On foot from Grote Markt & City Hall: 🚶 0.1 km · 2 min walk · Grote Markt & City Hall
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