# Mechelen's Great Beguinage, a UNESCO site

What to do en Mechelen · Mechelen

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/things-to-do/great-beguinage · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 45 min
- Temporada: All year, always accessible
- Para quién: All ages; the cobbles are not good for pushchairs or wheelchairs

Walk · 45 min · free · always open · cobbled streets with beguine houses

The beguines were women who lived in community without taking vows. After the destruction of their first beguinage, outside the walls, around 1560, they rebuilt it inside the city: a district of cobbled lanes and little brick houses, now protected and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the other Flemish beguinages.
The visit
It is always open and free. You enter along the Hoviusstraat and stroll for three quarters of an hour. It is still inhabited: lower your voice and do not enter the courtyards. The Het Anker brewery is at one of its ends.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.visitmechelen.be/en/large-beguinage
- Coordenadas: 51.0321, 4.474

## Cerca de aquí

- [Brasserie Het Anker](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/where-to-eat/brasserie-het-anker), a 66 m
- [Het Anker brewery tour and its Gouden Carolus](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/things-to-do/het-anker-brewery), a 66 m
- [Hotel Het Anker](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/where-to-stay/hotel-het-anker), a 66 m
- [Tinèlle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/where-to-eat/tinelle), a 403 m
- [Kazerne Dossin, Holocaust memorial and museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/things-to-do/kazerne-dossin), a 438 m
- [Climbing St Rumbold's tower and its skywalk](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/things-to-do/st-rumbolds-tower), a 499 m
- [St Rumbold's Cathedral and the Grote Markt](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/things-to-do/st-rumbolds-cathedral), a 580 m
- [Hof van Busleyden Museum, Burgundian Mechelen](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen/things-to-do/hof-van-busleyden), a 591 m

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does Mechelen's beguinage cost?
Nothing, you stroll freely.

### Is it near Het Anker?
Yes, the brewery is inside the same district.

Destino: [Mechelen](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/mechelen.md)