Antwerp · December
Where to go from Antwerp in December
175 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than Antwerp.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
On in December
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 1h 13
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 1h 19
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 1h 52
- Skate parade in Utrecht 2h 10
- Christmas Market in Lille 2h 49
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 4h 40
- Art | Basel in Basel 6h 10
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 6h 10
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 06
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 10
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 7h 27
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 7h 58
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Antwerp, December has 7 h 55 of daylight and averages 2–7°.
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 20 min — 7 h 55
- Lier · Belgium 30 min — 7 h 56
- Mechelen · Belgium 30 min — 7 h 57
- Ghent · Belgium 44 min — 7 h 57
- Brussels · Belgium 59 min 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 04 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 13 · 1 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h 17 · 1 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Leuven · Belgium 1h 19 · 1 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Delft · Netherlands 1h 19 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 — 7 h 51
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 24 — 7 h 58
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 31 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- The Hague · Netherlands 1h 32 · 1 ch 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 1 ch — 7 h 52
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 1h 46 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 7 h 59
- Leiden · Netherlands 1h 47 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 47 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 1h 52 2–7° 82 mm 7 h 43 Museumplein
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 56 — 7 h 55
- Gouda · Netherlands 1h 58 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- Liège · Belgium 2h 04 · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 — 8 h 03
- Zaandam · Netherlands 2h 06 · 1 ch — 7 h 42
- Haarlem · Netherlands 2h 07 · 2 ch — 7 h 43
- Weesp · Netherlands 2h 07 · 1 ch — 7 h 44
- Hilversum · Netherlands 2h 08 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 10 · 1 ch — 7 h 46 Skate parade
- Almere · Netherlands 2h 19 — 7 h 43
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 1 ch 1–7° 75 mm 7 h 53
- Bussum · Netherlands 2h 19 · 2 ch — 7 h 44
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 2h 20 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Namur · Belgium 2h 21 · 1 ch — 8 h 02
- Ath · Belgium 2h 30 · 2 ch — 8 h 01
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 2h 35 · 1 ch — 7 h 40
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Paris · France 2h 40 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 2h 45 · 1 ch — 7 h 49
Journeys from Antwerp's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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