Fort Breendonk makes the biggest talkers silent for sure, what an impression it gives to a person.. They did such a good job explaining the history at the entrance and the audioguide guiding you through the whole fort Breendonk. The storyteller definitely made you feel like you are living through that same hell. Needless to say the things that happened here, are unhuman and just pure horror. We went on a sunny day of 25 degrees, still it was around 5 inside the cold bunker, better dress warm! The audio guides are available in Dutch, French, English, German and Spanish. Though the information panels are mostly only Dutch and French but the many audio guide spots should not let you stop from coming if you’re not speaking Dutch and French only.

Really interesting site, the audio guide.in English was very informative. There were some imaginative displays and I feel there was a good balance between facts and statistics and information describing real lived experiences. It's a difficult visit emotionally, but extremely important to not let this be forgotten.

Though we saw these terrible crimes via movies, when we were kids, it's different viewing them in person. My dad fought in WWII so that this would never happen again. Now look at Ukraine.

Great place, very interesting but eerie too. Horrendous what prisoners had to go through on a daily basis. Definitely worth a visit. Large car park.

Very interesting place to visit

The visit is long and you should take about 3 hours if you want to listen to everything in the audio guide. But it’s really worth it. Very clear and detailed. Though if you are very interested in WWII history and want to thoroughly listen to everything, avoid weekdays. There are several school groups with guided tours and normally too much noise that makes it difficult to listen and focus on the audioguide.

It's a must for all tourists who wants to know a little history of this concentrationcamp. Take your tissues with you. I didn't add pictures from inside. Because this is something you should experience in real life. There is an individual electronic guide which will take you on a Journey of 2.30h to 3h. Available in French, Dutch, English and Spanish. Maybe even more. But I had a device holding these languages. I recommend it.

Visited Breendonk in family, with 2 teenagers. It was cold outside, and looked even more inside which helped better understanding of the environnement these people had to live. Such places are important to remember, to understand, to materialise how horrible was this war and how horrible some people can be. Visit, look, hear, feel and take your time to think about it... Visit takes around 2,5 hours.

(Translated by Google) Terrifyingly scary, but you are being pushed to the facts about how not to do it! Very confronting! (Original) Angstaanjangend eng, maar je wordt wel met je neus op de feiten gedrukt over hoe het niet moet! Zeer confronterend!

(Translated by Google) Very impressive, special to hear the stories from the guide. Even without a guide it is definitely worth going. (Original) Erg indrukwekkend, bijzonder om de verhalen te horen van de gids. Ook zonder gids is het zeker de moeite waard om te gaan.

(Translated by Google) 1 museum on German concentration camps located a few minutes from Brussels. The place is full of stories and historical vestiges of the Second World War, you can see the conditions of prisoners' detention and many other significant details of history. To have with children over 12 who can better understand the facts. During the school period you risk finding a lot of excursions. (Original) 1 musée sur les camps de concentration allemands situé à quelques minutes de Bruxelles. L'endroit est plein d'histoires et de vestiges historiques de la seconde guerre mondiale, vous pouvez apercevoir les conditions de détention des prisonniers et bien d'autres détails marquants de l'histoire. A aller avoir avec des enfants de plus de 12ans qui pourront mieux comprendre les faits. En période scolaire vous risquez de trouver pas mal d'excursions.

Eine tolle sehr gelungene Führung. Man konnte sich sehr gut vorstellen wie es damals war

I cannot give this a full review as I did not go in as I did not have much time, but the fort looks insane from the outside. So pretty and historic, it was great to even get a glimpse of the place. Parking is plentiful, albeit a little rough parking (I was in a low car with sports tyres so not too suitable). Some parking on the road which was ideal. The tour recommends around 2 hours for your visit and if I remember rightly it is around €10-15 per person.

Very interesting. As stated before if you listen to everything on the audio it will take 3 hours. We cut it down to about 1 1/2 hours. It was very good. The facility was great to tour. Visitors had access to pretty much everything.

Fort Breendonk was a sobering experience. The atrocities that were committed here by the Nazis, and Belgian collaborators, were shocking. If you’re interested in World War 2, I would highly recommend visiting. Allow up to 3 hours for the self guided tour (if you read and listen to every part of the tour).

Must see for everyone. Puts you right back down on your feet. Well set up, built around stories of victims of this site.

(Translated by Google) Good guide, learned a lot about how it was back then! (Original) Goeie gids, veel bijgeleerd over hoe het er toen was!

(Translated by Google) To really experience and see (Original) Om echt mee te maken en te zien

Intense

'Great' is not the right word to use for a place like this. But 5 stars for putting all the ugly stories in the right context.

Great piece of history.

Because we should never forget. It was not the worst but regardless people suffered and died. Their memories makes it worth the effort to visit.

Of great historical value - in a duty never to forget-..the wee audio guide shared a wise tale of resilience. A proper broomsweep to dust away the cobwebs sure shall be appreciated..as is better signage for cyclists.

Well worth a visit, but should be better kept and maintained...

Very sad to think this actually happened. Give your selves 2hrs for the complete tour and do your selves a favour and bring your own head set/headphones as they do not offer these or you have to hold the audio device to your ear. Sadly people have been stealing them so they do not offer anymore. Suggested they take a small fee and allow guests to burrow headphones with 100% refund on return as having to hold up the audio device is annoying. Otherwise well worth the visit and tour.

Very impressive. I have visited this place many years ago, but nowadays it has become way bigger and more parts of the fort are accessable now. Very nice tour. Also new is that you get your own electronic guide... way better then before.

This place is a History lesson for everyone

Good tour guides. Unfortunate whay happened.

(Translated by Google) Unmissable place in Belgium (Original) Endroit incontournable en Belgique

Very educational trip for everyone, it's an experience to see how prisoners were treated and how they got punished and what they ate. Etc Would recommend

The history of this place is very interesting and it is sad to know everything that happened there. Definitely it is an excellent place to visit.

Must visit place for people who are into world war history

It was very interesting and a part of history that should never be forgotten. You will get audio, which is easy to use and in FR, D, ENG, ES and NL available.

A special place for history lovers. I recommend along with 200 stars

Harrowing. Distressing. Important. Excellent exhibits that really help convey why it's important this never happens again. Prepare to spend 3 hours or more if you want to listen to the whole tour. To the staff, thank you.

Historical place that shall be visited

Well well worth a visit. You have a hand set with a key pad, enter the number that's on all the exhibits and you are told the story behind them, really a great experience.

Unfortunately...interesting and well documented war story museum

(Translated by Google) Unfortunately a very nice museum at the expense of the many human lives of the past. A good tour with audio guide. Gripping stories and you see and feel the cold and coldness of the past. 1 minor flaw closes at 4 pm. Mss understandable for the people who work there. (Original) Jammer genoeg een heel mooi museum ten koste van de vele mensenlevens van vroeger . Een goede rondleiding met audiogids. Aangrijpende verhalen en je ziet en voelt de koude en klilte van vroeger . 1klein minpunt sluit al om 16.00 uur . Mss wel begrijpelijk voor de mensen die er werken .

Indrukwekkend, eigenlijk verplicht lessenpakket op school, geen oorlog meer, zoals John Lennon zong??

(Translated by Google) Remains impressive (Original) Blijft impressionant

Zeer interessante site, waar duidelijk naar voor komt dat, weliswaar onder duits commando, het toch heel wat Belgen waren die zich bezondigden aan beestigheden tegenover de gevangenen. Als je wilt dat de geschiedenis zich niet herhaalt, bezoek dit oord...

(Translated by Google) When you get there, you enter another world, you feel the horror of the prisoners. It is imperative that our children visit it so that never again such a thing happens. (Original) Quand y rentre, on entre dans un autre monde, on sens l'horreur de qu'ont vécu les prisonniers. Il faut impérativement que nos enfants le visitent afin que plus jamais une telle chose se produise.

(Translated by Google) A must see (Original) A voir absolument

(Translated by Google) Every Belgian must have visited this Fort once, the horror and ruthlessness of Nazism is clearly shown. To raise the awareness of current and future generations, a visit is highly recommended, a matter of learning from the mistakes of our history. Definitely a must! (Original) Elke Belg moet dit Fort eens bezocht hebben, de gruwelijkheid en medogenloosheid van het nazisme wordt duidelijk getoond. Ter sensibilisatie van de huidige en toekomstige generaties is een bezoek een echte aanrader, kwestie van te leren uit de fouten uit onze geschiedenis. Absoluut een aanrader!

(Translated by Google) Very moving museum, very well presented. Visitors move from room to room and relive every moment of the prisoners who lived and suffered there. Only downside: arriving at 2pm, we don't have time to visit the entire fort with the audio guide (or do it at a run) because everything closes at 4pm ... which I find early for a museum. .. Otherwise nothing to complain about! Enjoy your visit ;) (Original) Musée très émouvant, très bien présenté. Les visiteurs passent de salles en salles et revivent chaque instant des prisonniers qui y ont vécu et souffert. Seul bémol : arrivant pour 14h, nous n'avons pas le temps visiter le fort en entier avec l'audioguide (ou alors le faire au pas de course) car tout ferme a 16h... ce que je trouve tôt pour un musée... Sinon rien à redire ! Bonne visite à tous ;)

(Translated by Google) History, culture, sadness (Original) Historia, cultura, tristeza

(Translated by Google) Impressive (Original) Indrukwekkend

Excelente lugar, tiene buenos recorridos y todo en perfecto estado

(Translated by Google) To be quiet for a moment (Original) Om even stil van te worden

(Translated by Google) A very special place (Original) Een heel bijzondere plaats

Boeiend. Een vergeten verhaal voor onze jeugd. Jammer dat je op 'n half uur voor sluiting letterlijk naar buiten wordt gewerkt...

History worth to be remembered..but rather little remains of the original set-up

(Translated by Google) Good and friendly reception. Convenient and practical audio system. Entertaining and informative explanation. (Original) Goede en vriendelijke ontvangst. Handig en praktisch audiosysteem. Onderhoudende en informatieve uitleg.

(Translated by Google) An emotionally charged place. I spent a good half day touring the site (Original) Lieu chargé en émotion. J'ai mis une bonne demi-journée à faire le tour du site

(Translated by Google) Incredible, a must see if you visit Breendock or Antwerp, in Belgium, a place that serves us for memory, not to forget the horrors of war, so that humanity always remember what was lived here. (Original) Increíble, un lugar de visita obligada si visitas Breendock o Amberes, en Bélgica, un lugar que nos sirve para la memoria, para no olvidar los horrores de la guerra, para que la humanidad siempre recuerdo lo que se vivió aquí.

nice

(Translated by Google) Magnificent fort filled with a story that should not be forgotten and which can make your back cold. This allows you to reconnect with the reality of war less than 100 years ago. (Original) Magnifique fort rempli d'une histoire qu'il ne faut pas oublier et qui peut faire froid dans le dos. Cela permet de se reconnecter avec la réalité qu'était la guerre il y a moins de 100 ans.

(Translated by Google) Historical place of our country, the guide was excellent with references of our region in his explanations. This would allow for extra attention from our students. Thank you sir. (Original) Lieu historique de notre pays, le guide était excellent avec des références de notre région dans ses explications. Cela permettrait d'avoir une attention supplémentaire de nos élèves. Merci Monsieur.

(Translated by Google) Very impressive place with a tragic history behind. (Original) Lieu très impressionnant avec une histoire tragique derrière.

(Translated by Google) I went there with school at the time and I saw the scale, drama and massacre, I still think at the moment of all these poor people (Original) J y suis allée avec l ecole a l epoque et j ai constaté l ampleur, drame et massacre, je pense encore en ce moment a tous ces pauvres gens

Really impressive

Het fort blijft als nationaal monument natuurlijk prachtig. Maar de modernisering van de laatste jaren heeft de boodschap verzacht. Breendonk verliest voor mij 2 sterren omdat ze toch meer inspanning zouden kunnen leveren om alles beter covid proof te krijgen! 1 klein handpompje aan de kassa als ontsmetting is deze dagen te weinig

(Translated by Google) Very impressive! (Original) Heel indrukwekkend!