Guidebook for Mechelen

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Guidebook for Mechelen

Food Scene

This place offers great world kitchen food. The menu is changing every month.
7 locals recommend
ViaVia Joker Reiscafé Mechelen
50 Zandpoortvest
7 locals recommend
This place offers great world kitchen food. The menu is changing every month.
Meatery offers specialty steaks from Wagyu to dry aged Belgian Blue. Fantastic place for meat lovers, a no-no for vegetarians :). Too us it one of the best looking restaurants in town!
Dansstudio Dansparant VZW
25 Tervuursesteenweg
Meatery offers specialty steaks from Wagyu to dry aged Belgian Blue. Fantastic place for meat lovers, a no-no for vegetarians :). Too us it one of the best looking restaurants in town!

Sightseeing

The 'Kruidtuin' is just a minute walk away and offers a great haven of rest in the city. We sometimes spend our Saturday afternoons here reading a book.
11 locals recommend
Kruidtuin
Lange Schipstraat
11 locals recommend
The 'Kruidtuin' is just a minute walk away and offers a great haven of rest in the city. We sometimes spend our Saturday afternoons here reading a book.
Brewery 'Het Anker' produces the famous 'Gouden Carolus', voted as the world's best brown beer of 2013. They started in 2014 with distilling a great Wiskey,a Belgian primeur.
21 locals recommend
Het Anker
49 Guido Gezellelaan
21 locals recommend
Brewery 'Het Anker' produces the famous 'Gouden Carolus', voted as the world's best brown beer of 2013. They started in 2014 with distilling a great Wiskey,a Belgian primeur.
Feel like walking back in the Medieval times by walking through the beguinages.
8 locals recommend
Klein Begijnhof
8 locals recommend
Feel like walking back in the Medieval times by walking through the beguinages.
Built in the 14th century, it is THE landmark of Mechelen. Don't hesitate to climb the 97m high tower. On a clear day, you can see the atomium in Brussels and the OLV Cathedral in Antwerp. 7 EUR pp
42 locals recommend
St. Rumbold's Cathedral
12 Onder-Den-Toren
42 locals recommend
Built in the 14th century, it is THE landmark of Mechelen. Don't hesitate to climb the 97m high tower. On a clear day, you can see the atomium in Brussels and the OLV Cathedral in Antwerp. 7 EUR pp
The 'Grote Markt' is the central marketplace of Mechelen.
157 locals recommend
Grote Markt
Grote Markt
157 locals recommend
The 'Grote Markt' is the central marketplace of Mechelen.

Everything Else

Free parking during the weekend. On a weekday you pay 3 euros a day to park your car.
Thomas More Mechelen - Campus De Vest
60 Zandpoortvest
Free parking during the weekend. On a weekday you pay 3 euros a day to park your car.

Shopping

The Bruul is THE shopping street of Mechelen, and even has its spot on the Belgian version of Monopoly. The shopping street is just a 5-minute walk away through the parc.
19 locals recommend
Bruul
Bruul
19 locals recommend
The Bruul is THE shopping street of Mechelen, and even has its spot on the Belgian version of Monopoly. The shopping street is just a 5-minute walk away through the parc.

Drinks & Nightlife

The Fish Market is the place to have a drink (read Belgian beer).
27 locals recommend
Vismarkt
Vismarkt
27 locals recommend
The Fish Market is the place to have a drink (read Belgian beer).

Arts & Culture

The toy museum is unique in Belgium
13 locals recommend
Speelgoedmuseum
21 Nekkerspoelstraat
13 locals recommend
The toy museum is unique in Belgium
Kazerne Dossin was voted as best Museum in Belgium in 2014. It is a former gathering place for jews from where they were transported to the camps. It is now transformed to a WWII museum.
27 locals recommend
Joods Museum van Deportatie en Verzet VZW
153 Goswin de Stassartstraat
27 locals recommend
Kazerne Dossin was voted as best Museum in Belgium in 2014. It is a former gathering place for jews from where they were transported to the camps. It is now transformed to a WWII museum.