Holmes family · 15–16 August 2026

Antwerp,
without the filler.

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

Timing reality: AXUS now puts you in Antwerp only from Saturday evening to Sunday checkout. Saturday is Assumption Day and Antwerp Mother’s Day; Sunday retail is unreliable. Shopping pins are useful, but not a promise that either boutique will be open.

Blue = booked / guide-led. Gold = named Sunday landmarks. Green = additions genuinely worth the detour. Pink = maternity shopping, with holiday caveat. Addresses and route geometry checked 13 August 2026. OpenStreetMap tiles; no private Amsterdam address is included.