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Antwerp, Belgium – Gluten Free & low-FODMAP

A long weekend by train to Antwerpen made for a lovely birthday venture for my partner and I. Honestly I had somewhat selfish intentions, as my favorite electronic music band had a show at Lotto Arena, but we also managed to see a lot of the city even through cold November temps!

Firstly, take a look at our Airbnb – I think it may have been the most unique & fancy ‘bnb we’ve ever stayed in.

Happy Birthday, Koala! Here, have some 50 ft ceilings.

Belgian Chocolate!

Koala & I are huge chocolate fans, so being in Belgium we had to find something extra special to experience the city. We ended up doing a Chocolate Walk with a local, named Luis. A personalized tour of the city with stops to have a delicious Mexican hot chocolate. As well as chocolate tastings at Pierre Marcolini (great gifts as well). We even snorted chocolate. Yep, The Chocolate Shooter at The Chocolate Line.

Mexican hot chocolate

Gluten Free / low-FODMAP food choices:

Our favorite healthy finds in Antwerpen.

Plant B

Here I enjoyed a glass of wine and avocado toast with courgette & hot sauce! =YUM.

Green Way

This was a random find we came across on a night spent walking around Antwerp! Delicious salads and just look at that GF Bread!

Divers

This was such a cute cafe find. Juices, coffees, healthy bowls and I treated myself to my favorite combo they named endearingly The Nutty Mister.


Things to Do:

After a short trip up to the top of the MAS (free, and the views are worth it!) We stopped into a quaint, classy beer joint (Dr. Beer) next door for a pre-dinner treat as I saw they carried Ginger Tipple. Ginger beer from a local brewery we didn’t have time to tour but I really wanted to try the product!


All in all it was a fun weekend away and I hope to be able to explore more of Belgium soon, if not just for another snort of chocolate. 🙂

Be well,
Sara ♥