Anvers: history and sights
Served by: metro line 2.
Did you know?
Named after the Belgian city of Antwerp, in tribute to Franco-Belgian friendship. The most direct gateway to the Sacré-Cœur basilica and the Butte Montmartre, it sees thousands of visitors pass through daily on their way to the funicular or the hillside stairs.
Anecdote
It's the closest station for walking up to the Sacré-Cœur basilica.
Audio guide
An audio guide for this station is available in the MétroScope app.
Around Anvers
- Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, 450 m away — A Romano-Byzantine basilica crowning Paris from the Butte Montmartre, offering one of the finest panoramas over the capital.
- Square Louise Michel, 280 m away — A sloped garden at the foot of the Sacré-Cœur, where the Montmartre funicular runs up to the basilica.
- Halle Saint-Pierre, 220 m away — A former 19th-century covered market turned museum devoted to outsider and naive art.