The area was definitely not in the heart of Antwerpen, and rather in the outskirts, not a very nice area at all. Check in was very smooth. The door is not noiseproof at all and when somebody is walking in the stairs you hear it EXTREMELY loud in the apartment. All of the equipment in the kitchen was very worn down, ducktaped etc. The window next to the bed looked terrible and you could see all of the work that has been done on it; not very pleasant at all.