Mechelen

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Sun 22/03/09 17:33 (UPDATE video) - In Mechelen the cultural festival
'City Visions' kicked off Saturday in style amidst celebrations,
fireworks, music and other festivities. For three months the city will
be host to many exhibitions, performances, concerts, and film and
theatre pieces. This year Mechelen is celebrating the 450th
anniversary since it became an archdiocese.

Mechelen was proclaimed the Archdiocese of Mechelen in 1559. At the
time the Archdiocese covered most of the Low Countries (the southern
part of The Netherlands, Belgium and part of Northern France).
(VRT)

To commemorate the 450th anniversary the city is holding a three month
cultural festival entitled City Visions. The organisers want to focus
on the role of Mechelen in the past, now and going towards the future.

The streets and squares of Mechelen were filled Saturday afternoon
with fanfares and other music groups. Crowds stayed outside enjoying
the festivities and the early spring weather.

There were also many activities inside on the first day of the three
month festival. 'All that is solid melts into the air' is an
exhibition of modern art put together by the curators of the MuHKA
Museum of Modern Art.

Saturday evening the festivities continue with fanfares and brass
bands (some 200 musicians in total) playing on the Fish Market, along
the River Scheldt. They played an ode written by Dutch composer Dick
Van der Harst. After that the musicians and spectators moved to the
Market Square of Mechelen for a huge open air spectacle with firework
and music by the French group Les Commandes Percu, the German light
artist Luxx, and Ephémère.

View of the city from the skywalk

On Saturday morning the panoramic platform above the Saint Rombouts
Cathedral in Mechelen was opened. The skywalk enables people to admire
the marvellous view from one of Flanders' most beautiful landmarks.

The skywalk that has a glass floor was erected at a height of 92
metres.

The first day of the cultural festival City Visions ended with
fireworks from the tower of the Saint Rombouts Cathedral.

For more information, the programme, and visitors' tips visit the City
Visions website in English here.

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Sun 22/03/09 17:33 (UPDATE video) - In Mechelen the cultural festival
'City Visions' kicked off Saturday in style amidst celebrations,
fireworks, music and other festivities. For three months the city will
be host to many exhibitions, performances, concerts, and film and
theatre pieces. This year Mechelen is celebrating the 450th
anniversary since it became an archdiocese.

Mechelen was proclaimed the Archdiocese of Mechelen in 1559. At the
time the Archdiocese covered most of the Low Countries (the southern
part of The Netherlands, Belgium and part of Northern France).
(VRT)

To commemorate the 450th anniversary the city is holding a three month
cultural festival entitled City Visions. The organisers want to focus
on the role of Mechelen in the past, now and going towards the future.

The streets and squares of Mechelen were filled Saturday afternoon
with fanfares and other music groups. Crowds stayed outside enjoying
the festivities and the early spring weather.

There were also many activities inside on the first day of the three
month festival. 'All that is solid melts into the air' is an
exhibition of modern art put together by the curators of the MuHKA
Museum of Modern Art.

Saturday evening the festivities continue with fanfares and brass
bands (some 200 musicians in total) playing on the Fish Market, along
the River Scheldt. They played an ode written by Dutch composer Dick
Van der Harst. After that the musicians and spectators moved to the
Market Square of Mechelen for a huge open air spectacle with firework
and music by the French group Les Commandes Percu, the German light
artist Luxx, and Ephémère.

View of the city from the skywalk

On Saturday morning the panoramic platform above the Saint Rombouts
Cathedral in Mechelen was opened. The skywalk enables people to admire
the marvellous view from one of Flanders' most beautiful landmarks.

The skywalk that has a glass floor was erected at a height of 92
metres.

The first day of the cultural festival City Visions ended with
fireworks from the tower of the Saint Rombouts Cathedral.

For more information, the programme, and visitors' tips visit the City
Visions website in English here.