Good to know before you walk in.

Het Archief was voted Best Wine Bar in Antwerp in 2024 and 2025. Guests come for a core selection and daily-changing wines by the glass, an extensive bottle list, personal guidance and the remarkable setting inside the former Provincial Archive built in 1851.

No. Het Archief is a walk-in wine bar and does not take reservations. Simply visit us at Geefsstraat 5 in central Antwerp; when a table is available, it is yours.

Yes. Choose the amount online, add a personal message and pay securely through Lightspeed. The recipient can use the gift card for wine and food at Het Archief.

Het Archief is at Geefsstraat 5, 2000 Antwerp. We are open Thursday from 12 noon to 6 pm, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 8 pm.

Het Archief is best suited to small parties and welcomes groups of up to six people. We do not take reservations, so groups also visit on a walk-in basis. Sitting together depends on table availability.

We keep a core selection of wines by the glass and add different open bottles every day, usually offering more than 25 choices in total. The extensive bottle list spans classic European regions as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas.

Yes. Besides enjoying wine at the bar, you can buy bottles at Het Archief to take home. We sell a broad selection of Ad Bibendum wines from classic wine countries and lesser-known regions. We are happy to help you choose.
Discover our wine bar and wine shop.

Yes. Het Archief works with Ad Bibendum and sells an extensive selection of their wines. Enjoy them at the bar or buy a bottle to take home.
Read more about our Ad Bibendum wines.

Het Archief is not exclusively a natural wine bar. We select wines for quality, character and drinking pleasure. The wine list includes classically made wines as well as organic, biodynamic and naturally vinified wines from different countries and regions.
Read more about our wine selection.

Yes, in our own informal style. There is no fixed High Wine package: create your own with several wines by the glass or a Wineflight, accompanied by cheese, charcuterie and small sharing plates. No reservation is required.

The Wineflight Quatrevins costs €24.50 per person. Taste four whites, four reds, or two white and two red wines blind. Make tasting notes, discuss your guesses with your table and afterwards discover what was actually in each glass. Order it at your table without a reservation.

Yes. In addition to the walk-in Wineflight, we host a guided tasting every third Thursday of the month, focusing on a country, region, grape or theme. Advance registration is required for the monthly tasting.

Yes. Our menu features cheese, freshly sliced charcuterie, pata negra, pâté, pork rillettes, Ortiz anchovies and sardines, olives and sourdough bread. Many dishes are designed for sharing.

Vegetarian options include the cheese board and olives. Please ask us about the current ingredients and allergens when ordering, as products and availability can change.

The wine bar occupies Antwerp’s former Provincial Archive, designed in 1851 by engineer Théodore Lebens. Its original cast-iron columns, beams, vaults and spiral staircase remain visible and still support the building.

Het Archief is located in Antwerp’s former Provincial Archive, an exceptional cast-iron building designed in 1851 by engineer Théodore Lebens to store books and archive material safely against fire. Today it is a wine bar, but the idea of collecting, preserving and discovering remains. Read more at inhetarchief.be/en/building.
Read the full story of the building.

Yes. Bakker Aldo is located on the ground floor of the historic building at Geefsstraat 5. Aldo’s sourdough bread is also served with our cheese, charcuterie and other items from the food menu.
Read more about Bakker Aldo at Het Archief.

We do not offer a traditional tapas menu, but we do serve carefully selected food for sharing: cheese, charcuterie, pata negra, pâté, rillettes, Ortiz seafood preserves, olives and sourdough bread from Bakker Aldo. Everything is chosen to accompany a good glass of wine.
View the complete food menu.