The Belgian cultural city of Mechelen between Brussels and Antwerp delights visitors with historic buildings, picturesque alleys and, last but not least, boat tours on the Dijle, which flows through Mechelen.
The park of the Bishop of Mechelen is a place of peace and has a public area. From here you can see the mighty tower of the Cathedral of Mechelen with the patronage of Sint Rombout (St. Rumold), the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The church, which was started around 1200 and completed in its current form around 1500, is one of the main works of Brabant Gothic. It was a good idea to develop the photos of the Rombout tower into an HDR image and, with today's AI capabilities of Adobe Photoshop thanks to Adobe Firefly, to give it something lively with an artificial procession.
Mechelen is also the place of origin of the "Van Beethoven" family. Translated, the name means "from the turnip garden". A figure of the young composer Van Beethoven shows him on his way to his grandfather with a golden rose in his hand, which he still hides behind his back.
The three houses: St. Joseph, the devils and Paradise stand on the banks of the Dijle and represent Baroque, late Middle Ages and Gothic with features of the early Renaissance.
Boat tours are offered on the Dijle and you get a nice overview of the interesting buildings along the banks and of course of the many bridges, where you sometimes have to bend down low in the boat so that you can pass under them without any problems.
