I am spending 2 nights in Antwerp before boarding a barge tour to Amsterdam in April. Planning to take a train direct from CDG to Antwerp so I might want to stay near Antwerp Central if that area is OK. Also that would be convenient for a day trip to Lier.
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Vancouver, BC
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We stayed at the Park Inn across the plaza from the train station and it was clean, comfortable and convenient. The area was fine and the train station is beautiful.
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Wyckoff, NJ, USA
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Because Lier is not quite a full day, you might combine it with Turnhout, which has a sweet little Beguinage with a small museum, and a famous playing card museum. Superb wood carvings in the cathedral. Historic Lier is about 1/3 mile from their train station. Shorter distances to walk in Turnhout. Lier town art museum was small but nice.
It's expensive, but the Hilton is a better location to visit Antwerp itself. I don't find the train station area scary.