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Walking in the city

Discover the city with the Visit Mechelen app

Want to get to know the city in a different way? Then download the Visit Mechelen app. You can follow various themed walks in the app. Choose a tour and let your smartphone or tablet guide you through the city’s many streets. In addition to the handy map, you also have all the info and tips at hand for on the go.

Learn more about the app and themed walks

Download the City Map

Also available at the Visit Mechelen information office.

On the road with a city guide

Let yourself be carried back in time by a Mechelen city guide and discover the many stories that Mechelen has to offer.

bezoekers kijken naar omhoog in Rubens in Steen kerk
(c) Museum Hof van Busleyden

A masterful Baroque walk in Mechelen

Rubens in Stone is an interactive city walk that takes you into the Baroque world of Mechelaar Lucas Faydherbe, a student of Peter Paul Rubens. Walk through the city centre past St Rumbold’s Cathedral, the Church of Our Lady of the Dyle and the Hanswijk Basilica. On the way, Faydherbe guides you via WhatsApp and with a touch of humour along his masterpieces, supplemented with visual and audio moments in the churches.

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