Antwerp eSIM
In Antwerp you connect to Proximus or Orange, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 77 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Proximus and Orange
- Typical speed in Belgium
- 77 Mbps typical, 21 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Antwerp
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.20 | $59.89 |
How Belgium compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Proximus, Orange
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Spain, 79 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Portugal, 74 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp
Landing at Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (ANR)
- Airport
- ANR / EBAW
- Distance
- 5 km from the centre of Antwerp
- Also serves
- Brussels Airport (Zaventem) (BRU)
Getting into Antwerp
- De Lijn buses 51, 52 and 53 from Antwerp Airport to Antwerpen-Berchem railway station (ANR), about 5 minutes
- Direct intercity train Brussels Airport - Antwerpen-Centraal (BRU). Runs through tunnels, where a signal drops
- De Lijn premetro tram lines through the Antwerp city tunnels. Runs through tunnels, where a signal drops
Worth knowing about Antwerp
- Antwerp has no full metro. Its 'premetro' is an underground tram: 8 of De Lijn's 14 tram lines run partly in tunnels, and the rest of each route is on the street.
- The premetro tunnels have been in use since 1975, when Groenplaats station opened.
- Antwerpen-Centraal station has through tracks 18 m below street level feeding a tunnel that runs under the city, so trains in and out of Antwerp spend part of the journey underground.
- Antwerp International Airport's runway is only 1,510 m long, which limits it to aircraft no larger than a Boeing 757 and keeps its scheduled network to a handful of holiday and regional routes.
- Antwerp is about 40 km north of Brussels and has direct international intercity trains that call at Brussels Airport, so Brussels Airport is a realistic arrival point for the city.
- De Lijn bus 31 shuttles between Antwerpen-Berchem station and the front of the airport terminal in about five minutes, every 15 minutes, daily from 05:20 to 01:20.
- From Berchem, frequent trains reach Antwerpen-Centraal in five minutes, and trams 9 and 11 continue to the Meir, Groenplaats and Rooseveltplaats, which is where most regional De Lijn buses start.
- Every De Lijn tram and bus has a white terminal that accepts Belgian and foreign contactless cards, phones and watches. One card can pay for up to five people if tapped again within two minutes, and changing vehicles within 60 minutes costs nothing extra.
- Contactless fares on De Lijn are settled overnight: 3 euros is reserved for each ride during the day, and the final charge, reflecting how many trips you made, can take up to three working days to reach your account.
- Central Antwerp and Linkeroever form a low emission zone around the clock. A car with foreign plates, other than Dutch ones, must be registered for free no later than the day after it enters; fines start at 150 euros, and the registration also covers Ghent.
- The Sint-Annatunnel, a pedestrian and cycle tunnel under the Scheldt, is open 24 hours a day and reached by escalators and lifts. Cyclists may only ride through at walking pace, 5 km/h, and the free Sint-Annaveer ferry also crosses between the two banks.
- Antwerpen-Centraal and Antwerpen-Berchem are among the Belgian stations with free SNCB wifi in the halls, corridors and on the platforms, available after creating a MySNCB account.
- Velo, Antwerp's shared bike scheme, has 4,200 bikes in docking stations across the city and its districts. Day passes, week passes and subscriptions are bought in the Velo app, which also shows free bikes and empty docks nearby.