Piercing Pirate Antwerp
The Antwerp branch of Piercing Pirate is unfortunately not wheelchair-accessible. According to our first-hand feedback (2026), the shop has a high threshold at the entrance and is located in a difficult street — cobblestones and limited manoeuvring space make it effectively unreachable for wheelchair users without significant assistance.
Important context: this is regrettable because the Piercing Pirate brand itself works very well on adapted service — the Turnhout campus is, in our experience, one of the most wheelchair-accessible piercing addresses we have encountered. The contrast between the two campuses is stark.
Our recommendation for wheelchair users: if you want a piercing at Piercing Pirate, travel to Turnhout — 30 min drive from Antwerp. The service quality and adapted access there are fully in order, and you get the full Piercing Pirate team professionalism without the physical thresholds of the Antwerp location.
Future improvement: we hope that Piercing Pirate will eventually seek an adapted alternative for Antwerp (relocation, adaptation, or a second location in the city). If that happens, we will update this page.
Do you have feedback about this location or would you like to signal a positive turn? Let us know — first-hand info about specific thresholds and potential adaptations helps enormously for the next visitor and potentially for the business itself.
Good to know
- Reservation
- For wheelchair users **not recommended** — choose the [Turnhout branch](/en/locaties/piercing-pirate-turnhout/) which is fully adapted. Contact Piercing Pirate for concrete address verification and discuss alternatives.
- Busy and quiet times
- Not applicable to wheelchair users given the non-adapted access.
- Things to note
- **High threshold at the entrance** and the shop is located in **a street that is difficult to reach** by wheelchair (traffic congestion, cobblestones, limited manoeuvring space). For manual wheelchair users without assistance, the entrance is effectively unreachable.
- Visit tip
- **Strong alternative**: [Piercing Pirate Turnhout](/en/locaties/piercing-pirate-turnhout/) is fully adapted and has the same service standard. Just 30 min drive from Antwerp — well worth the trip for a successful experience.