#ZooAntwerpen is just next to my office. And my company allows all their employees to take
lunch from the Zoo cafeteria on cheaper rates. So we occasionally go to the zoo
for lunch :). Otherwise,
I am not a big fan of Zoos!.
It is one
of the oldest Zoo's in the world and has a very decent variety of animals to
look around. The elephants are the most popular animals, especially since the
birth of #Kai-Mook (Belgium's first ever baby elephant). Apart from them, you
can take a glimpse of some strange animals such as aardvarks, armadillos, tree
kangaroos and koalas to name but a few (I haven’t seen them anywhere before; learnt these words only after going there).
The Zoo is
just next to the central station, that makes it as the first tourist attraction
to most of the visitors of Antwerp. However, the smaller area keeps much of the
creatures locked up in small cages. They are not befittingly kept :(. I guess Antwerp should relocate the
zoo to some other bigger place outside the City and make a better use of this
central area.
This is a good
place to go in Antwerp, especially if you have kids. I haven't visited that
many zoos, but this is one of the good ones that I have seen so far.