Grote Markt, Mechelen Live Cam

The Grote Markt, the central square of Mechelen in the Belgian province of Antwerp, lies below this view. The city hall stands on the far side, and café terraces run along the edges of the paving below the lens.

The city hall is really three buildings joined together, including a cloth hall whose belfry was never finished — the stump of it is visible above the roofline. St Rumbold's Tower, 97 metres tall and climbable, stands a block away and dominates every other view of the city.

A market is held on the square on Saturday mornings, and a Christmas market takes it over in December. On ordinary weekdays the square is close to empty, which is what the camera usually shows.