This vast square is lined with fine buildings (Town Hall, Landhuis, St Walburg church) and mostly early-17C houses topped by imposing gables, pediments and cornices. On the north side, note the set of five houses with fine gables, adorned with heav..

The 15C Spanish Pavilion on the corner of the main square and ( Ooststraat ) was the town hall until 1586. It was the Spanish officers' quarters in the 17C.

The meat market (1615) has a pretty façade and now houses the town library in a former butcher's shop.

In 1906, the Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke stayed in this former inn, the Noble Rose ( Die Nobele Rose, 1572 . Opposite, a small monument commemorates the Nieuwport lock-keeper who caused flooding in 1914.

The old law courts building was once a castellany (1618) and was inspired by Antwerp's city hall. Note the Gothic belfry (1628), topped by a Baroque roof, behind.

This arcaded house (1636) at the south end of the main square was the former guard-room. Its side wall overlooks the apple market (Appelmarkt) and St Nicholas' church.

The Flemish Renaissance Town Hall was built in 1596 (left) and 1612 (right). It has a double pedimented façade with an elegant loggia and a small onion-domed turret crowning a staircase at the back. Inside, the walls are lined with fine leather from ..

The first Romanesque church, razed by Norsemen, was rebuilt in the 12C. The 13C saw the start of a new but never completed building, as the 14C chancel and base of a tower (neighbouring square) suggest. The interior has imposing and harmonious propor..

This hall-church is topped by a fine 13C huge brick tower that houses one of Flanders' oldest bells, the Bomtje (1379). The interior has three aisles of equal height. Note the interesting high-altar triptych (1534) depicting the Crucifixion, which ..

This museum presents types of cereals used for bread-making, implements for baking bread and speculoos biscuits to preparing ice cream and waffles. Note the small revolving mill, a small reconstructed bakery and confectionery shop, as well as 19C-20C..