The centrepoint of Eilandje is MAS (Museum aan de Stroom – the Museum by the Stream). An enormous monolith, 60 metres high, looms over every other building for miles around.

For its first new museum in a century, the Belgian city of Antwerp needed a building that would impress and seduce in equal measure. The commanding sandstone and glass tower designed by Dutch ...

Why choose between a pool day and a cultural outing, when you can do both? Antwerp’s MAS Museum is planning to open the Bonaparte Dock – the first time it's possible to swim there in 200 years.

Antwerp’s MAS Museum is planning to open the Bonaparte Dock – the first time it's possible to swim there in 200 years. Why choose between a pool day and a cultural outing, ...

It is exactly these similarities and differences that a new exhibition called Port City Talks, at Antwerp's MAS museum sets out to explore. Curated by Turkish architect Murat Tabanlıoğlu as part of ...

The MAS is more than a museum. It is an impressive repository in the middle of the Eilandje, a thriving neighbourhood. The collection boasts over 500,000 museum pieces. Permanent and temporary ...

Why you should pick Antwerp for your next arty city break. After 11 years and a €100m refurbishment, Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts has finally reopened its doors – but there’s plenty ...

Antwerp’s MAS Museum is planning to open the Bonaparte Dock – the first time it's possible to swim there in 200 years. Why choose between a pool day and a cultural outing, when you can do both?

Determined not to lose out to the beach over the summer, one Belgian museum has an innovative solution to keeping visitor numbers up: opening its own pop-up pool. In fairness, Antwerp’s Museum aan de ...

Why choose between a pool day and a cultural outing, when you can do both? Antwerp’s MAS Museum is planning to open the Bonaparte Dock – the first time it's possible to swim there in 200 years.