Holmes family · 14–16 August 2026

Antwerp,
without the filler.

Your hotel and Sunday guide route form the spine. The rest is deliberately short: children’s shops, maternity shopping, one honest dinner fallback, machinery-and-history wins, and places John would kick himself for walking past.

Heat reality: Friday afternoon is forecast near 38°C / 100°F. Use the hotel as refuge: shop briefly before 18:00, then pool and an indoor dinner. Antwerp runs from Friday afternoon to Sunday checkout; Saturday’s Bruges–Ghent day is Assumption Day. In den Olifant is verified open Sunday 13:00–18:00; The Chocolate Line is closed Sunday.

Blue = booked / guide-led. Gold = named Sunday landmarks. Green = additions worth the detour. Orange = children’s shops and treats. Pink = maternity. Red = dinner fallback. Addresses and route geometry checked 14 August 2026. OpenStreetMap tiles; no private Amsterdam address is included.