How to Spend a Day in Mechelen
A compact gem with historic squares, riverside walks, and the world’s largest carillon school.
Mechelen
Exhibition: “Homosexuals and Lesbians in Nazi Europe”
Homosexuals and Lesbians in Nazi Europe is an exhibition in Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen
From Mechelen to Auschwitz – Belgium’s Holocaust Train
How thousands of Jews were deported from Belgium during WWII.
My Belgium: Sara Ficarelli, Tour Guide
Tour Guide Sara Ficarelli has led visitors to hundreds of places in Belgium. What are her Top Ten locations in Belgium?
Stopping the Train to Auschwitz – The Boortmeerbeek Resistance
Belgian fighters halted a deportation train in 1943.
Museum Hof van Busleyden – The Golden Age of the Southern Netherlands
Mechelen’s museum of Renaissance and Golden Age heritage.
Why Bill Bryson is SO WRONG about Belgium!
An open letter to travel writer Bill Bryson in response to his criticisms of Belgium in his recent book.
The tastes – and customer service – of Mechelen
Sense-Sations is an opportunity to sample the delights of Mechelen’s local food and drink specialties. I was invited by Mechelen Tourism to test it out. It was fun, and if you do it, you might be able to “click” with the shop assistants better than I did!
Climbing Up St. Rumbold’s Tower, Mechelen
The 538 steps up St. Rumbold’s Tower are worth the effort, for the views from the top
Flemish Tapestries: Art, power, and the weavers who made them
Flanders’ woven wonders from the 15th century.
The Leuven-Mechelen Canal by Foot or on Bike
Cycling along the Leuven-Mechelen Canal is easy and fun thanks to wide, clearly signposted cycle paths.