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Den Bell Tower

Den Bell (pronounced like that by Antwerp residents) is a historic building in Antwerp South, on Francis Wellesplein.

The building serves as an a...
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Den Bell (pronounced like that by Antwerp residents) is a historic building in Antwerp South, on Francis Wellesplein.

The building serves as an administrative building for the city of Antwerp (OCMW and various autonomous city companies), but is not intended for direct services to residents or companies.
The International Bell Telephone Company was convinced by the Belgian government to establish itself in Belgium. A production unit under the flag of Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company was opened in Antwerp in 1882 as the first foreign branch and headquarters of the communications company International Bell Telephone Company.

Hugo Van Kuyck built Den Bell with its distinctive 13-storey tower in 1953. In the early 1970s, approximately 15,000 people worked there.
When Alcatel left the building in 2006, the Antwerp city council chose the complex as the nerve center for the urban administration.
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