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Discover Mechelen with your head in the clouds!

Around 1560 the beguinage outside the city walls was destroyed. The beguines re-established themselves inside the city walls, where the Large Beguinage grew up. They bought up...

The Hanswijk Cavalcade occupies a special place in Mechelen's rich tradition of processions and pageants. The Hanswijk Cavalcade only takes place once every 25 years, unlike the...

The present-day town hall on the Grote Markt consists of two parts: the cloth hall with unfinished bell tower and the Palace of the Great Council.

In 2014, UNESCO recognised Belgium’s carillon culture as best practice in protecting intangible cultural heritage. UNESCO values the years of experience and campaigning in...