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Antwerp · Belgium

Car hire and driving in Antwerp

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Belgium traffic drives on the right. Picking up at BRU means 36 km (22 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794.

Drives from Antwerp

Car rental from Antwerp: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Antwerp to SchaerbeekBelgium39 km (24 mi)about 36 min
Antwerp to BrusselsBelgium41 km (26 mi)about 38 min
Antwerp to AnderlechtBelgium43 km (27 mi)about 39 min
Antwerp to LeuvenBelgium43 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Antwerp to BredaThe Netherlands48 km (30 mi)about 44 min
Antwerp to GentBelgium51 km (32 mi)about 47 min
Antwerp to TilburgThe Netherlands61 km (38 mi)about 56 min
Antwerp to DordrechtThe Netherlands68 km (42 mi)about 1 h 2 min
Antwerp to RotterdamThe Netherlands78 km (49 mi)about 1 h 12 min
Antwerp to EindhovenThe Netherlands79 km (49 mi)about 1 h 12 min
Antwerp to BruggeBelgium82 km (51 mi)about 1 h 15 min
Antwerp to 's-HertogenboschThe Netherlands82 km (51 mi)about 1 h 15 min
Antwerp to LondonUnited Kingdom316 km (196 mi)about 4 h 49 min
Antwerp to BerlinGermany635 km (395 mi)about 9 h 41 min
Antwerp to MadridSpain1,354 km (841 mi)about 20 h 39 min
Antwerp to RomeItaly1,207 km (750 mi)about 18 h 24 min
Antwerp to ParisFrance301 km (187 mi)about 4 h 36 min
Antwerp to HamburgGermany459 km (285 mi)about 7 h
Antwerp to BucharestRomania1,779 km (1,105 mi)about 27 h 8 min
Antwerp to MinskBelarus1,587 km (986 mi)about 24 h 12 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Antwerp?

The right, as everywhere in Belgium.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.