# The Grote Markt, the town hall and the Brabo fountain

What to do en Antwerp · Antwerp

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/things-to-do/grote-markt-and-town-hall · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 30 min
- Temporada: All year; in December, Christmas market
- Para quién: All ages

Square · 30 min · free · guildhalls, Renaissance town hall and the legend of the hand

Antwerp's main square, with guildhalls with gilded facades and the sixteenth-century Renaissance town hall. In the centre, the Brabo fountain: a Roman soldier hurling the severed hand of the giant who charged tolls on the river, the legend that gives the city its name ("hand werpen", to throw the hand).
Around it
Two minutes away are the cathedral and the Vrijdagmarkt, where the Plantin-Moretus museum reopens, and five minutes away the Steen, the castle beside the Scheldt. The streets between the square and the river are the oldest.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 51.2212, 4.3997

## Cerca de aquí

- [Amadeus Antwerpen 2](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/where-to-eat/amadeus-suikerrui), a 93 m
- [Hotel Rubens - Grote Markt](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/where-to-stay/hotel-rubens), a 136 m
- [The Cathedral of Our Lady and the Rubens paintings](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/things-to-do/cathedral-of-our-lady), a 160 m
- [The Plantin-Moretus Museum, the printing house of the Golden Age](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/things-to-do/plantin-moretus-museum), a 323 m
- [Hotel Julien](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/where-to-stay/hotel-julien), a 356 m
- [Frites Atelier](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/where-to-eat/frites-atelier), a 519 m
- [The MAS and its free viewing terrace over the port](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/things-to-do/mas-museum), a 927 m
- [Antwerp Central Station](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp/things-to-do/antwerp-central-station), a 1.6 km

## Consejos

### The hands of Antwerp
In the confectioners' shops in the centre they sell biscuits and chocolates shaped like a hand.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What is the Brabo fountain?
The statue on the Grote Markt that tells the legend of the thrown hand that gives Antwerp its name.

Destino: [Antwerp](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/antwerp.md)