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Image by Niko Caignie
The City of Antwerp is actually divided into two by the river Schelde. If you want to go to the left side of the river (Also called: Linkeroever) you can take the car and drive around the city, take the motorway to get there. Or you can take the tunnel that starts almost in the centre of town and walk to the other side of the river. The tunnel was built between 1931 and 1932 and that style is clearly reflected in the 572 meters of its length. It feels like a walk back into the Belle Epoque era. You can see some more pictures here. Details about this spot (Show on map)
Pedestrian Tunnel | Art & culture | Free
Sint Jansvliet | Sint Andries
24 hours daily
It reminds me of a similar tunnel that is a bit older (and hence scruffier) in a place I used to live in South-East London. It’s called the Woolwich Foot Tunnel:
http://www.yellins.com/woolwichferry/woolwich-foot-tunnel03.jpg
Hi Emmy,
The tunnel for vehicular traffic still exists, it is located about 100 meters to the north.
It’s called the rabbit pipe!
Hi, I am curious: originally there were two tunnels built: one for pedestrians and one for vehicular traffic. Does that one for cars still exist? Is it used? If not what happened to it?
Thank you!
Emmy
I love our pedestrian tunnel. I pass through here once a week, mostly when there aren’t many people there.
And much more fun than walking is riding your bike as fast as you can, the cold wind making your eyes all wet.
Another little thing I find so charming about the tunnel is how the elevator counts down to level -33.