The Most Beautiful Tree of Mechelen 2024: A Living Legend
An Oak as Time Witness Most Beautiful Tree of Mechelen: Another green champion! The monumental two-oak in Bleukenweg has been declared the city’s most beautiful tree in 2024. This majestic…
Christmas Experience during Mechelen in Fire and Flames 2023!
Enchantment in the Historic Downtown Mechelen in Fire and Flames drew a wide audience to the historic downtown this year. The sixth edition of this spectacle, filled with fire acts,…
More Winter Festival with Entrepreneurs and Associations from Mechelen
Mechelen Keeps You Warm gets a Winter Party expansion this year! For those who dream of a spot at the Christmas market, there is good news: the Christmas market in…
Winter Garden of Ursulines Reopened
Reveal the Secrets of Art-Nouveau at World Size Hidden in the green caverns of Flanders, where gnomes whisper and fairies dance in the moonlight, lies a hidden treasure that will…
Swallows of the Winter Garden Ursulines Nominated for Brussels Airlines
The iconic swallows from the stained glass dome of the Winter Garden of the Ursulines in Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver have been nominated for a special opportunity. Their graceful forms are part of…
Toy Museum Mechelen Celebrated Festive Opening Weekend
On 5 October 2024, the revamped Mechelen Toy Museum celebrated its grand opening, a weekend entirely dedicated to play and fun, with plenty of surprises for young and old. The…
All for More: Student Festival Start of the 2024-2025 Academic Year in Mechelen
Books closed and party bands on! On Thursday 3 October, the Thomas More college organised the first All for More Festival on the Grote Markt in Mechelen. A party for…
Old Monastery in Walem gets a New Purpose with Homes and Neighborhood facilities
Old Monastery Walem: After years of vacancy, the historic monastery at Koning Albertstraat 60-62 in Walem (Sub-municipality of Mechelen (Belgium)) is getting a new future. Thanks to a close collaboration…
An Adventure at Height: Maintenance of St. Rumbold’s Cathedral
Maintenance of St. Rombouts Cathedral: In recent weeks, you couldn’t miss it: St. Rombouts Cathedral, the icon of Mechelen, was once again under scaffolding. Mechelenians looked up curiously and wondered,…
CultuurSplash Mechelen | A Unique Cultural Weekend Full of Experience
From Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September, Mechelen was all about Culture Splash. This vibrant event not only closed the city festival Construct Europe, but also marked the start of…