Mechelen · December
Where to go from Mechelen in December
197 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leuven 33 min Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Lille 1h 28 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Schiedam 1h 59 Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Amsterdam 2h 35 Netherlands Highs of 7°, and Museumplein.
- Utrecht 2h 37 Netherlands Skate parade.
- Cambridge 4h 11 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
On in December
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 33 min
- Christmas Market in Lille 1h 28
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 1h 59
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 2h 35
- Skate parade in Utrecht 2h 37
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 4h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 4h 29
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 4h 40
- York Christmas Festival in York 5h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 5h 07
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 5h 12
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 37
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 6h 02
- Art | Basel in Basel 6h 10
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 6h 10
- Soledurner Wiehnachtsmäret in Solothurn 7h 27
- St Nicholas Day in Fribourg 7h 58
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Mechelen, December has 7 h 57 of daylight.
- Lier · Belgium 26 min — 7 h 56
- Leuven · Belgium 33 min — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Brussels · Belgium 34 min 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Antwerp · Belgium 41 min 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Kraainem · Belgium 51 min · 1 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Ghent · Belgium 1h 09 — 7 h 57
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 15 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 21 — 7 h 51
- Hasselt · Belgium 1h 24 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Lille · France 1h 28 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Liège · Belgium 1h 36 · 1 ch — 8 h 01
- Bruges · Belgium 1h 40 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 42 · 1 ch — 7 h 52
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 7 h 59
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 1h 46 · 1 ch 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Namur · Belgium 1h 48 · 1 ch — 8 h 02
- Ostend · Belgium 1h 56 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Schiedam · Netherlands 1h 59 · 1 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Ath · Belgium 2h · 2 ch — 8 h 01
- Delft · Netherlands 2h 01 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 2h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 04 — 8 h 03
- The Hague · Netherlands 2h 08 · 1 ch 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 2h 16 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 2h 19 · 1 ch 1–7° 75 mm 7 h 53
- Spa · Belgium 2h 25 · 2 ch — 8 h 02
- Dinant · Belgium 2h 27 · 2 ch — 8 h 04
- Leiden · Netherlands 2h 27 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 2h 35 · 3 ch 2–7° 82 mm 7 h 43 Museumplein
- Utrecht · Netherlands 2h 37 · 2 ch — 7 h 46 Skate parade
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 39 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Paris · France 2h 40 · 1 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Gouda · Netherlands 2h 43 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Zaandam · Netherlands 2h 44 · 4 ch — 7 h 42
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 2h 45 · 1 ch — 7 h 49
- Ypres · Belgium 2h 49 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Almere · Netherlands 2h 49 · 2 ch — 7 h 43
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 2h 52 · 3 ch — 7 h 45
- Vlissingen · Netherlands 2h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 53
Journeys from Mechelen's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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