Ascent of St Rumbold's Tower
Climb St. Rumbold’s Tower: there is no better way to discover the city than with your head in the clouds. St. Rumbold’s Tower offers an all-in-one unique experience. The skywalk around this 97-metre tall tower and the climb up to it are simply amazing.
Check the visitor’s guide to take a ramble through the incredible history of St. Rumbold’s Tower, with plenty of interesting facts and loads of fun activities for children. You may even run into the tower guard or the city carillonneur as you make your way up or down the stairs.
Thanks to an AR application, a Burgundian spectacle from 1516 comes to life before your eyes. On the skywalk, two virtual reality viewers will teach you more about various Burgundian palaces, city oases and monuments that you can spot from the roof of St Rumbold’s Tower. For various reasons, not everyone can visit St Rumbold’s Tower. Curious what you’re missing? Ask at the tower desk for a tablet on which to view the AR and VR experiences.
Duration
1 to 1.5 hours
When?
Individual visitors
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Daily from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Last admission at 5 p.m.
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Closed: 25.12 & 1.1
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Maximum 25 visitors are admitted every 20 minutes
Groups on a guided visit
click here for more information.
Admission
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Adults: € 8 | in a group (min. 10 people): € 6
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Children and young adults (4-26 yrs): € 3
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Family ticket: 1 or 2 adults + 1 to 4 children/young adults under 26 yrs: 20% discount
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Teacher’s card: € 6
- European Disability Card: € 6
The number of visitors is limited.
Booking is recommended for individuals and mandatory for groups.
Benefits with your ticket
Have you climbed St. Rumbold's Tower? Your ticket will give you a few more benefits! For example, you will receive:
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Group rate on your tickets for a boat trip.
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Discount on your tickets to the Toy Museum.
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A free drink (excluding cava) for all the team at De Gouden Kooi escape rooms.
*Discounts are not cumulative*
A ticket from one of the above partners entitles you to a discount on a ticket for the tower.
Accessibility
Not wheelchair accessible.
Facilities for visitors with a visual impairment.
For people who have difficulties walking, we recommend against climbing the tower. The tower itself is not wheelchair accessible, but you can experience a virtual visit. You can also visit the tower virtually in the Visit Mechelen information office using VR glasses.
In the cathedral there is a wooden model of the cathedral and tower that you can touch. There is also a bronze miniature version of the tower outside the cathedral (Onder-den-Toren side), which you can glide your fingers over.
Dogs are not allowed in the tower.
Subtitles to the AR images in the Ash Cellar are there to help visitors with an auditory impairment. The audio recordings make the experience accessible to the blind and visually impaired.
The virtual viewers on the skywalk are not accessible to the blind and visually impaired.
For various reasons, not everyone can visit St Rumbold’s Tower. Curious what you’re missing? Ask at the tower desk for a tablet on which to view the AR and VR experiences.
For visitors with autism, a visual step-by-step plan is provided to prepare the visit. The step-by-step plan can be found here.
Where?
St Rumbolds Tower, Onder den Toren 12, 2800 Mechelen
