We’ve toured the country in search of the best basketball courts, asking some of Belgium’s most notorious ballers to name their favourite. And not just because the sport holds a special place here at The Word Magazine – our design director Pierre’s a little-known hero of the country’s third division league – but also because it’s summertime and, well, what better way to spend the last hours of the day by shooting a few three-pointers with the homies.
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BRUSSELS
1. Best for 21’s: Andromède
1200 Woluwé-Saint-Lambert 50.852817, 4.424188
Bus: 27
2. Best for young athletes: Le Logis à Boisfort
1170 Watermaal-Bosvoorde 50.804190, 4.413569
3. Best for benches: Square Marguerite
1000 Bruxelles 50.847097, 4.387146
Bus: Marguerite
4. Best for “take it to the hole”: Quai Aux Pierres de Taille
1000 Bruxelles 50.855362, 4.349765
Tram: 51
5. Best for contests: Stade d’Ixelles
1050 Ixelles 50.814024, 4.395489
Bus: Relais
ANTWERPEN
6. Best for streetball: Antwerpen Dageraadplaats
2018 Antwerpen, Belgium 51.207529, 4.430567
Tram: Dageraadplaats
7. Antwerpen Haantjeslei
2018 Antwerpen, Belgium 51.201551, 4.403055
Bus: Fransenplaats
8. Best for point-and-shoot: Antwerpen Tunneltje
2000 Antwerpen 51.218523, 4.395630
Bus: Sint-Jansvliet
GHENT
9. Best for fresh air: Blaarmeersen
Campinglaan 16, 9000 Gent 51.046050, 3.681332
Bus: Gent Blaarmeersen
10. Best for urban games: Ghent Keizerpark
9000 Gent 51.042963, 3.742286
Tram: Keizerpoort
11. Best for deep treat: Ghent Baudelopark
9000 Gent 51.058703, 3.729619
>Bus: Gent Steendam
AWANS
12. Best for teamwork: Awans – Royal BC
Rue du Marguillier 2 4340 Awans
>50.667220, 5.461932
LIEGE
13. Best for team work: Liège La Plaine de Cointe
4000 Liège 50.621168, 5.560165
Train: Liège-Guillemins
14. Best for one-on-ones: Liège Outremeuse
4020 Liège 50.641798, 5.589077
