Trendy shopping
Can be done in the kammenstraat and surroundings. in this area, you will also find the fashion museum (http://www.momu.be) and many shops of famous antwerp fashion designers, such as walter van beirendonck and dries van noten.
The Kloosterstraat
Has many antique shops, with often bizarre items for sale.
Chinatown
Can be found about 300m north of the central station see also eat. a lot of japanese, korean, and chinese products can be found here.
Purchasing a diamond
At one of the many tourist jewelry shops around the central station can be an unpleasant experience. like any big diamond city in world, there are many tourist trap diamond shops around the actual diamond district centre, though it is fair to say that if you are prepared to barter you can purchase jewellery here for significantly less than in countries such as the uk. wealthy diamond buyers should do their investigative shopping online prior to visiting antwerp. if you're less wealthy and someone asks you to bring back some diamonds from antwerp, buy diamond-shaped chocolate pralines at e.g. burie korte gasthuisstraat 3, chã¢teau blanc (http://www.chateaublanc.biz) torfbrug 1 or del rey appelmansstraat 5.
Weekend Markets
Take place on the theaterplein square follow wapper or meistraat south from the meir in front of the stadsschouwburg theatre. the markets are very popular with stalls offering everything from food fruit and veg, meat, fish, nuts, cheese ethnic specialities to household goods to bicycles to antiques to clothes. sunday tends to see a lot more stalls compared to saturday. take a break from browsing at the stall at the centre of the square, where you can buy a cheese roll with a glass of chilled cava to wash it down, most convivial!
At Ploegstraat 25 you can find a "give-away shop", where you can bring and take stuff as you please without any monetary interaction. Open M-F 2PM-6PM.