Shopping for Diamonds in Antwerp

Diamonds Are Forever in Antwerp.

Diamonds from Antwerp are some of the best in the world and Antwerp diamond city breaks are magical. Find out how the diamonds are prepared using both traditional methods and new high-tech equipment, so that the cut, shape and lustre of each diamond speak of nothing but perfection.

Antwerp holidays at the last minute are perfect gifts for special ladies who deserve something glitzy to wear. Choose a quick getaway from a variety of excellent Antwerp hotels and bask in the joy of diamond heaven without delay.

The Antwerp Diamond Museum

Antwerp diamonds are prepared using a vigorous process and specialist skills, and the Antwerp Diamond Museum explains how the beautiful rocks you wear come to look the way they do. The diamonds have to be rubbed, cut, lasered and polished. The process is so complicated that sometimes it can take hours to shape just 2mm of one diamond at a time.
The time you spent searching through the many Antwerp flights available suddenly feels very worthwhile when you’re browsing this quirky museum. There’s nothing quite like it and if you stay at the Astoria Hotel you’ll be just a few blocks away from the diamond sector of the city.

Buying an Antwerp Diamond

There is naturally a huge variety of places from which to buy an Antwerp diamond in the city. A diamond-shopping excursion is reason enough in itself to visit the city for the weekend: the diamond parlours are beautifully presented and the service impeccable.
Diamondland is the largest diamond shop in Antwerp and is located in the Antwerp Diamond Center, which covers one square mile, houses 1,500 diamond companies and is full of some of the best polishers in the world. Stay at the Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel and you’ll be able to visit historic Antwerp Central Station and the zoo with ease during your trip.

City Walks and Peaceful Meandering

As well as being the world’s best James Bond Girl with diamonds draping everywhere, meander through Antwerp’s pretty city centre. Cafes abound, peaceful shopping areas are a joy and cultural activities are enough to keep you occupied once that 25-carat diamond is sitting on your finger.
Stay at the Century Hotel, which has the pleasure of being crowned the oldest hotel in Antwerp, and finish your Belgium getaway in peace, tranquility and traditional surroundings when you rest your bejewelled head at night.