Visit Mechelen - Mechelen heeft een rijke Bourgondische geschiedenis. Je ontdekt je innerlijke Bourgondiër in het nieuwe Museum Hof van Busleyden of gewoon op café, terwijl je van ambachtelijk Mechels Bier proeft. Je Bourgondische beleving start in Mechel

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Koninklijke
Manufactuur De Wit

De Koninklijke Manufactuur De Wit is een echte ‘must’. Het gebouw herbergt een buitengewoon mooie collectie wandtapijten. Al vier generaties lang worden hier antieke wandtapijten gereinigd en hersteld volgens de regels van de kunst. Op zaterdagvoormiddag opent de manufactuur haar deuren voor bezoekers. Dé kans om een kijkje te nemen in het atelier, oude en moderne wandtapijten te bewonderen en zelfs een weefdemonstratie bij te wonen.

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Museum
Hof van Busleyden

Re-experience the Burgundian Netherlands in the new Museum Hof van Busleyden. The stunning historic building is reopening soon and will take you on an interactive journey to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Experience the tumultuous lives of the Burgundian kings, the emerging innovative ideas, and the arts and crafts of this period. Discover how this important era in the city’s history continues to influence Mechelen even today in the museum’s contemporary project spaces.

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Het Anker brewery

Het Anker brewery is one of the oldest breweries in Belgium. It has won numerous awards, particularly for its Gouden Carolus beer. Another claim to fame is that Charles V was a fan of its ‘Mechelsen Bruynen’.

Be inspired by tradition and international recognition! Het Anker is fully equipped to host meetings, receptions, workshops and other events, which can be combined with a tour of the brewery.

The taste
of Mechelen

Belgians are real Burgundians. They are passionate about food and nowhere more so than in Mechelen. Discover skilfully crafted local products, from artisanal cheeses to internationally acclaimed Mechelen beers. Mechelen has no shortage of cafés and restaurants, including some extremely good ones. It also boasts a hip indoor food market in the newly renovated Vleeshalle. The Taste Market there allows you to ‘try before you buy’ from artisan producers.

Mechelen has everything it takes to spice up your event!

Mechelen’s history is tied up with Burgundy. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the city was the capital of the Burgundian Netherlands and influential figures like Margaret of Austria and Emperor Charles V resided here. In Belgium the word ‘Burgundian’ is used to refer to a penchant for an extravagant lifestyle, including indulgence in food, a characteristic that still runs in the blood of the people of Mechelen today!

The wind of change which blew through the city in the Burgundian period is still tangible, and not least in the brand-new Museum Hof van Busleyden, built as a palatial residence in the sixteenth century.

There's a Burgundian
in all of us!

Burgundian Mechelen

TASTE MECHELEN

Museum

Hof van Busleyden

The taste
of Mechelen

Het Anker
brewery

"Tijdens het weekend doen wij geregeld een citytrip in eigen land. We genieten er telkens van om ons ook culinair te laten verrassen. Het Prikkelpakket liet ons toe van allerlei Mechelse specialiteiten te proeven. Heel leuk en je komt er door in contact met echte Mechelaars. We gebruikten bovendien de kortingsbon voor een bezoekje aan de prachtige Wintertuin, mooi meegenomen."

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en Ria (38)

Out and about
in the city

Want to explore the city? Meet in Mechelen will make sure you don’t miss anything on your Burgundian – possibly culinary? - journey through the city. We offer a variety of themed walks, led by a city guide or an app. Meet in Mechelen will be only too happy to give you some pointers.

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