[4] The design of the station is characterized by the presence of large colored arrows used as signpost and the circular windows separating the escalators from the platforms.

[citation needed] The -1 level of the station contains an entrance hall which contains ticket offices and has exits on both sides of the Schijnpoortweg.

[citation needed] Schijnpoort station is situated directly underneath the Schijnpoortweg, between the R10 "Singel" ring road, and railway line 12.

In its vicinity lie the cargo station Antwerpen-Schijnpoort, the Spoor Noord park and the Schijnpoort sewage treatment facility.

[6] The fair takes six weeks in the months May and July, and had to move to the terrain from its previous standing place at the Zuiderdokken after complaints from local inhabitants led to a preliminary injunction forcing the organizers to find a different location.