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

Discover THE ARCHIVE – The wine bar in the heart of Antwerp!

Welcome to HET ARCHIEF, the best kept secret tip of Antwerp city center! Enjoy excellent wines by adbibendum, trial Belgian beers from small, local and craft breweries, and be pampered with organic coffee, tea and refreshing drinks.

Good news! From now on we are also open on thursday – perfect for an after-work drink, a quiet wine evening or a discovery tour in this unique building.

Downstairs in our building you will find Baker ALDO with artisanal bread and refined viennoiserie – fresh, local and irresistibly delicious.

🟣 Did you know… HET ARCHIVE was voted Best Wine Bar in Antwerp Center in 2023 and 2024?
(Voted Best Winebar Antwerp Centre)

A hidden gem of metal and history

Everyone knows the Farmers tower in Antwerp – just 50 meters from us. Everyone knows the Book Tower in Ghent – 50 kilometers away.
But no one knows the metal book tower you will soon be sitting in: an architectural masterpiece from 1850, designed by the visionary engineer Théodore Lebens.

This place is unique: one of the first metal book towers on the European mainland – built entirely of cast iron. The building was designed in 1851 to house the archives of the Province. A revolutionary feat of technology, architecture and history.

Today it is a lively, stylish wine bar in an industrial masterpiece that remained hidden for years.

✨ Step into THE ARCHIVE – where taste, heritage and character come together.

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