5 Best Bars in South of the Center, Antwerp and the Northeast

Café Hopper is open daily as a bar, but also presents jazz performances every Monday at 9 pm in a rather formal environment. Check their website for other performance times.

In uber-trendy Het Zuid, it can be hard to find a traditional brown café. Chatleroi is the lone survivor, sticking out like a slightly down-at-heels sore thumb, and all the better for it. Old posters, cat paintings, mismatched furniture, and the odd jazz band set the scene for a no-nonsense bar that has survived the area's gentrification and kept its charm.

Het Roze Huis is Antwerp's gay and lesbian community house, with a straight-friendly café-bar, Den Draak ("The Dragon"), on the ground floor; evenings downstairs tend to run into the small hours on most nights.

A focal point of Pakt, a revamped warehouse district near Berchem station, this brewpub serves its own beers alongside around 100 well-chosen brands from the cream of Belgian and global brewing.

Global street food paired with fine wines is the name of the game at this cozy wine bar with an urban vibe.