Winebar Antwerp Centre. The Archive Winebar Antwerp Centre

Beautiful place. Very friendly staff, delicious wine and food.

Nel Sluijk
April 28, 2025

Such a cool place!

Jonette Coetzee
April 5, 2025
Super nice building! Nice atmosphere. Nice wine bar.

Diana Abrar
April 5, 2025

In one word great. 3 days Antwerp 3 days here eating and drinking super cozy place super friendly service

Anja Scheffer
April 5, 2025
“The Archive” a hidden gem with a very nice story. What a nice setting in the old archive of the city from 1851 that was transformed into a wine bar. This unique building with...read more

Michele Tesoro
5 March 2025

Busy wine bar in the center. Very cozy with knowledgeable and friendly staff.

Camperfan Spain
5 March 2025
Stopped in for the upstairs wine portion of the establishment. It was amazing! The architecture, the owner, the history and of course the wine! If I ever find myself in...read more

brittany forese
5 March 2025

Fantastic place. Special location. Delicious wine. Affordable. A wine bar as a wine bar should be. Staff is super friendly and like to tell you about the wine and special cheeses I will come...read more

Kim Abdalla
5 March 2025
A gem in Antwerp! Unique setting with very friendly staff who have a lot of knowledge about what they sell. Thanks for the nice experience and facts!

Numinous
5 March 2025

An incredibly beautiful building with the accompanying service. Despite the crowds, they are cheerful when serving delicious wines. The food that is available also fits the setting,...read more

emile de Nijs Bik
5 March 2025
Amazing space Amazing service

Wei Li
5 March 2025

Absolutely wonderful wines, served with a smile in a building with style. Great cheese & charcuterie too!

Michelle N
5 March 2025
Great setting and atmosphere. Super friendly service with knowledge of the business. Top wines and also the meat dish was delicious. Recommended.

Bart Sm
5 February 2025

Super fine gem in Antwerp. With top service and fine explanation about the wines. grt sylvain.

Sylvain Wouters
5 February 2025
Very nice place! Cool people with a lot of professional knowledge, delicious wines, tasty snacks, good service and a beautiful building with a special story. Highly recommended! If you do this,...read more

Stijn Coenen
5 February 2025

Beautiful surroundings with delicious wines and tasty food. Highly recommended.

Dutched Shed Builds
5 February 2025
Definitely worth stopping by! What a nice setting, unexpected but great. Delicious charcuterie platter with a lovely wine!

Sofie Ghys
5 February 2025

Super nice wine bar in a beautiful building. Delicious wines and a good atmosphere. Very popular, so you have to be lucky with a spot.

Marlies Wardenier
5 January 2025
Very cozy wine bar. It can be busy sometimes...but that doesn't bother

Ilse Backx
5 January 2025

Beautiful wine bar, you should definitely see this.

Luc Van der Eycken
5 January 2025

Wine bar Antwerp center voted best wine bar in 2023 and 2024

THE ARCHIVE in Antwerp Center is the place for:

Good wines from ADBIBENDUM. We serve Belgian beers with an emphasis on local small artisanal breweries-organic coffee/tea drinks. On the ground floor is a branch of Bakker ALDO with fine Vienoisserie and artisan BAKKER ALDO

Due to popular demand, THE ARCHIVE is open more often:

BAKER ALDO FRI-SAT-SUN-MON-DI 09:00-15:00

CAFE WINE SHOP THU-3:00 PM-8:00 PM FRI-SAT-SUN 12:00-20:00

Our Wine Bar in Antwerp centre has been voted best wine bar in 2023 and 2024 (Voted Best Winebar Antwerp centre)

Introduction:

Everyone knows the iconic Boerentoren, fifty meters from here, a design by the trio Van Averbeke, Vanhoenacker, Smolders. (193

Everyone knows the iconic Boekentoren, more than fifty kilometers from here, in Ghent, a design by Henry van de Velde. (1930)

No one knows the metal book tower in which you will soon find yourself. One of the first, if not the first metal book tower in continental Europe. A design by genius engineer Théodore Lebens. (1850)

Time to make some change in this obscurity.

Welcome to

HET ARCHIEF

Welcome to this revolutionary (!) building that was designed in 1851 and is a jewel of architecture, technology and functionality.

Our business is called THE ARCHIVE because this name, er, is rather obvious.

More than one hundred and seventy years ago, this building was built to house the books and archives of the Province. The facade of this building is sober and unobtrusive. The interior of this building is sober and very striking. This place hides a groundbreaking and groundbreaking vision.

You will soon find yourself in an interior that consists entirely of cast iron from head to toe.

In a little while you will find yourself in a hidden gem that, except for an exceptional period of five years, was closed to the outside world for more than a century and a half.

We look forward to welcoming you in one of the most impressive metal buildings in Europe.

read here more about the history of this unique building.

Our wine bar in Antwerp city centre voted best wine bar in 2023 and 2024