Mechelen - Town Hall

(Local Name: Stadhuis) The southeast of the market square is occupied by the Stadhuis which consists of two parts. On the right is the Lakenhalle (cloth hall), built in 1320-1326 according to the models of the halls of Bruges and renewed after a fire in 1342. The central building is flanked by two turrets and over the Gothic doorway is the base of a bell tower which, however, was never completed. The left part of the building was presented by Charles V to the seat of the Great Council and designed by Rombout Kelderman in 1529. In his time the building remained incomplete and was only finished in the 20th century.

The tower is a UNESCO site.