Mechelen
Mechelen is a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Mechelen proper, some quarters at its outskirts, the hamlets of Nekkerspoel (adjacent) and Battel, as well as the villages of Walem, Heffen, Leest, Hombeek, and Muizen. Wikipedia
Population 86,921 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Belgium
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Brusselpoort City gate · 760 m - Hotelruïne Attraction · 870 m
- Alfred Nobels Memorial · 410 m
- Troostplek Monument · 410 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Maanrock
August
On the Grote Markt and in the IJzerenleen. End of August. A 2-day free festival featuring several stages of music and DJs, starting early in the afternoon and running till early morning
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Mechelen); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.