• Private Tour
• Family Friendly
• Carbon Neutral

Discover the history of the Jewish community during a private walking tour around Antwerp. See the magical Diamond sections that will be one of the highlights of your tour.

Destination

Antwerpen, Belgium

Category

Off The Beaten Track

Duration

2.5 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Nederlands

Included

• Tour & stories from a local guide

Excluded

• Entrance tickets
• Transportation

What you can expect

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Etienne.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Centraal Station - Antwerpen to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. 10:00

   Central Station discovery

4. 11:00

   Jewish neighborhood walk

5. 12:00

   Diamond area exploration

6. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

I can personalize this tour for you

• Tell me your preferred date and group size
• Tell me your preferences and wishes so I can customize the tour for you
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Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Michael🇩🇪 Germany

3 June 2025

Klasse Führung mit superfreundlichen und sehr kompetenten Guide. Gerne jederzeit wieder!Tolle Führung mit Etienne

Howard🇺🇸 United States

3 June 2025

Etienne was a fabulous guide. He is well versed in the subject matter and Antwerp history. I enjoyed every minute of the tour and wished it was longer. He was so educational and also a great storyteller. I cannot wait to take one of his other tours. He was one of the best guides I have ever had and highly recommended him.Jewish Antwerp

Murray🇨🇦 Canada

2 June 2025

Etienne was so knowledgeable about all things Jewish. I thought that I was knowledgeable about Judaism but Etienne added to my knowledge through the world of Hasidic Antwerp. Thank you, Etienne.

Helen🇺🇸 United States

28 May 2025

Etienne met us at the Antwerp train station and walked us through the various neighborhoods in the area. He had a wealth of information and made our experience in that city very enjoyable.Great guide, great tour

Thorwald

28 May 2025

We’ve visited Antwerp many times, but thanks to Etienne’s incredible storytelling and deep knowledge, the Jewish Tour felt like discovering this part of the city for the very first time. From start to finish, he had us completely captivated—bringing to life the rich history and culture of the Jewish quarter with nuance, warmth, and detail we never knew existed. Even the grand station, which we’d only admired from the outside, became a highlight thanks to his insightful explanation. Etienne didn’t just guide us—he opened our eyes. Highly recommended!Hidden World Revealed - Thanks to Etienne!

Elizabeth

16 May 2025

Fascinating tour from an extremely well-informed guide. Gave us an overview of the Jewish quarter, the diamond district, and shared interesting stories about the beautiful train station. A highlight of our vacation!Knowledgeable and friendly guide

Rachel🇦🇺 Australia

15 May 2025

Our tour was wonderful and Etienne, our guide was exceptional. Excellent knowledge and was very friendly. Would highly recommend.Wonderful tour!

Unknown

14 May 2025

What a great tour of Jewish Antwerp!! Étienne was informative and shared a great deal of Jewish history as well as history of the area. He did not spend time going over info we already knew yet shared so many interesting facts with us about the history of the Jews in. Antwerp as well as about the history of the diamond trade Definitely highly recommend this tour!!!One of the best Jewish Tours!

Werner🇳🇱 Netherlands

11 May 2025

Just in short - super! Thanks Etienne for your explanations and great stories. My reunion colleagues and myself had learned so much in the details you have told us. The streets and places were not the greatest in Antwerp, but your stories and wit made them alive. Even on Shabbat where the stores were closed. Thank you!🙏 Antwerp Jewish Tour

Margot🇳🇱 Netherlands

7 May 2025

Unknown

6 May 2025

Gail Smith🇺🇸 United States

6 May 2025

We had a tour with Etienne. He was great. We really had fun and learned so much about Jewish history in Antwerp as well as present day Jewish life His tour was individualized to our previous knowledge as well as our interest in history and present dayThe best!!!!

Vivien

5 May 2025

Etienne was very knowledgable and imparted the information in an interesting manner. I would highly recommend him. Very informative tour

Mike🇺🇸 United States

2 May 2025

Great tour. Etienne has a great personality and a wealth of knowledge. Thoroughly enjoyable.Excellence

Ute🇩🇪 Germany

2 May 2025

Etienne has profound Knowledge about the jewish quarter and Diamond Quarter. Any question was answered. Very interesting , enlightening and funny. We can very much recommend Etienne.Was sie immer wissen wollten

Julia🇸🇪 Sweden

23 April 2025

Best guided tour ever - highly recommend ☺️Loved it❣️

Daphne

23 April 2025

Brought my parents and siblings and all of us absolutely loved every minute of the tour! My mother even said that she didn’t want it to end. Warmly recommend anyone to take the tour with Etienne. You will learn a lot! Best experience in Antwerp

Eduard

22 April 2025

Wir waren zu viert mit Etienne unterwegs (Eltern, 2 Kinder). Etienne war sehr freundlich, hatte viele spannende Informationen bereit, alles wirkte sehr fundiert und professionell, wir hatten keine Sekunde Langeweile und Etienne ist auch hervorragend auf unsere Fragen eingegangen und hat auch alles gut für unsere Kinder (13 und 17 Jahre) aufbereitet und diese perfekt miteinbezogen. Absolut empfehlenswert! Tolle Führung, toller Führer

rachel🇺🇸 United States

21 April 2025

Etienne was friendly and full of information. He was happy to answer all our questions. We were surprised how fast the tour went because he made it so interesting! I would highly recommend this tour.Great and informative tour!

Inga🇮🇸 Iceland

18 April 2025

Not to be missedAmazing!

Jenna

15 April 2025

Het was een geweldige wandeling, heel fijne man met leuke verhalen. Etienne nam ons helemaal mee, kan heel goed vertellen. Echt van genoten. We zijn al een aantal keer teruggeweest, blijft elke keer boeiend en plezant. Dankjewel Etienne. Zalig

Barbara🇨🇭 Switzerland

15 April 2025

Etienne hat eine sehr angenehme Art, ist ein wandelndes Lexikon und ein begnadeter Erzähler. Ein-Blick hinter die Fassade

Jack🇨🇦 Canada

12 April 2025

Etienne is a phenomenal guide. He is congenial, helpful, courteous and extremely knowledgeable. I’m Jewish. He isn’t. I thought I was pretty well versed in Jewish religious practices. He knew a great deal more than I did and he imparted that new knowledge very thoroughly, appropriately and respectfully. I’d rate him as first class in every way. 10 out of 10 or better but they only gave me an option up to 10!Superb guide for Jewish Antwerp

Elaine and Malcolm🇬🇧 United Kingdom

2 April 2025

We asked Etienne to take us on a tour to learn about Antwerp's jewish history and current day jewish life in the city. He took us round the area over 3 hours providing very interesting insights and packed with stories and information.An informed and enjoyable tour

Annukka🇳🇱 Netherlands

31 March 2025

We had a great guided Jewish tour with Etienne. Tour was entertaining with factual information. He showed us places which we wouldn’t have been able to find ourselves. Recommend to book him to learn something new about Antwerp. 😀Great Sunday morning

Stefanie🇧🇪 Belgium

31 March 2025

Het was geweldig! Zeer goede en vriendelijke gids en heel heldere en goede uitleg. Wist zeer veel. Zeer leuke toer! Het was geweldig!!

Evi

30 March 2025

Uitmuntende rondleiding met heel kindvriendelijke gids. Een begeesterde en gedreven gids door Antwerpen. Een aanrader! Uitstekend!

Reinou🇳🇱 Netherlands

30 March 2025

Wat een feestje om met Etienne op pad te zijn. We deden een ‘Joodse Tour’ wat indrukwekkend was en waarin we ontzettend veel hebben geleerd en gezien. Etienne wist goed de aansluiting te vinden bij mijn kinderen van 14, 16 en 20 jaar. Etienne vertelt de verhalen met veel respect en een vleugje humor. Wij hebben genoten! Geweldig

Rebecca🇺🇸 United States

26 March 2025

Was interested in learning more about the Jewish Quarter and Diamond district. Etienne Found out what we knew and then taught us so much more. Very informative. You could tell he cared and care about the tour. Would recommend for any tour-He is excellent!! And so cheap too so give him a good tip!More than i had hoped!

Sabine🇩🇪 Germany

21 March 2025

Ein ganz großes Kompliment an Etienne für diese tolle Führung. Er hatte eine Antwort auf alle Fragen und präsentierte das Thema lebendig und spannend, wir haben viel Neues erfahren. Kenntnisreich und kurzweilig

Alke🇩🇪 Germany

17 March 2025

Tanja

3 February 2025

Best tour ever!

Lisa

2 February 2025

This man does not only know Antwerpen very well, he is Antwerpen! Outstanding tour of Antwerp's Jewish community and history. Amazing tour

Adrienne 🇳🇱 Netherlands

25 January 2025

We hebben een tocht door de jodenwijk van Antwerpen gemaakt. eerst krijgen we een uitleg over het prachtige station wat Antwerpen rijk is. Daarna jammergenoeg de kou en regen in maar we hebben genoten van de verhalen rond deze wijk. We zijn weer een stuk wijzer.Een fantastische tocht

Rita🇧🇪 Belgium

20 January 2025

Etienne heeft ons op een onderhoudende maar vooral zeer verrijkend manier door de Joodse wijk gegidst. Hij heeft een brede kennis die hij met veel enthousiasme wist over te brengen! Een aanrader!!!!!verrijkende tocht

Wouter🇳🇱 Netherlands

10 January 2025

De tour werd door iedereen, ook door de kinderen, ervaren als erg leerzaam maar vooral ook erg leuk. Etienne is een begenadigd verteller en de tijd vloog om. Een aanrader! Leuke en leerzame tour

alpreston

6 January 2025

1

An exceptional guide. A wonderful tour. Makes such a difference. He brought the city and its people to vivid life. Perfectly judged for my two teenage kids. Antwerp is a fascinating place and Etienne made us realise this in such a rich and nuanced way. Could not recommend him more highly.Amazing. Best Guide Ever.

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

6 January 2025

1

Had a great time with Etienne who had great knowledge of Jewish Antwerp. 2.5 hours flew by and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Would definitely recommend Etienne.Excellent Tour Guide

Harm Jan

5 January 2025

Sympathieke en onderhoudende gids met veel kennis van zaken en mooie verhalen. Ondanks de kou heeft hij ons 2,5 uur weten te boeien.Een aanrader

Merian🇳🇱 Netherlands

5 January 2025

1

In spite of a freezing wind we had another heartwarming walk with Etienne, our third time already. This time we learned all sorts of interesting facts about the Jewish inhabitants of Antwerp, about the impressive central station and about diamonds. Etienne is like your favourite teacher who, sotto voce, always captures your attention and leaves you enriched with a new take on life, illustrated in vivo. We look forward to meeting Etienne for the very last walk he has to offer, next time we visit Antwerp. Perhaps our only regret is that he has but four walks on offer as spending time with Etienne really adds a special and unique flavour to your Antwerp stay.Heartwarming stories

Katja🇳🇱 Netherlands

4 January 2025

Gepassioneerde, aimabele, zeerkundige gids. Wij hebben absoluut een beter beeld gekregen van de joden in Antwerpen en de diamantstraten. Zeer aan te raden!! Bedankt EtienneMet Etienne door de jodenbuurt

Roelof

2 January 2025

Zeer goed en uitgebreide informatie, Etienne vertelde op een leuke en geestige manier en was enthousiast. De bijna 3 uur durende rondleiding verveelde geen moment. Prachtig en een zeer grote aanrader! Nogmaals dank Etienne!Goed

Ilana

25 December 2024

Wonderful experience A toyr that will truly educate you

Karin🇳🇱 Netherlands

22 December 2024

Etienne wist ons vanaf het eerste moment te boeien met zijn kennis over Antwerpen, het centraal station en de Joodse wijk. Wij kijken met veel genoegen terug op een interessante rondleiding en de humor van Etienne!Geweldige ervaring

Anne catherine

22 December 2024

Etienne kent Antwerpen en zijn geschiedenis als zijn broekzak. Bovendien weet hij het ook op allemans niveau goed uit te leggen. Wij hebben hebben in alle opzichten genoten van de rondleiding. We komen zeker terug voor een ander deel van Antwerpen. Er is nog zoveel wat we niet weten van deze prachtige stad.Informatief en aangenaam

Hui Yi

21 December 2024

Etienne is very friendly and knowledgeable. I have learnt a lot from his sharing on Jewish Heritage. An eye opening experience

Brian

18 December 2024

Our experience with Etienne could not have been better! His wide range of knowledge made for a fascinating and moving tour. He even helped us with restaurant suggestions, saved us from a tourist trap, and sent us to one of the best meals we’ve ever hadKnowledgeable, friendly guide

Hennie

16 December 2024

Etienne heeft ons een goede en interessante rondleiding gegeven door de Joodse wijk van Antwerpen. Goede uitleg en duidelijke en rustige manier van communiceren Een interessante tour

Dominique🇧🇪 Belgium

15 December 2024

Zeer goed. Etienne gaf ons inzage in de geschiedenis, de cultuur en de leefgewoonten van deze chassidische joden rondom het Centraal StationKennismaking met chassidische joden

Sandra

7 December 2024

We hebben met ons gezin het erg leuk gevonden om met Etienne door de Joodse buurt te lopen en meer leren over het station, de joodse wijk en de diamantenbuurt. Hij vertelde geanimeerd en met humor. Zelfs de dochter die de wandeling niet per se een goed idee vond, was achteraf erg enthousiast en blij verrast hoe leuk het was! Een interessante en leuke wandeling