Mechelseplein

Mechelseplein is a tram stop in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Mechelseplein is situated near the government office Consulat Général de la République Démocratique du Congo, as well as near the theater building DE Studio.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Elisabeth Gasthuis and Maagdenhuis Museum.

Elisabeth Gasthuis

Hospital

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Elisabeth Gasthuis is a hospital.

The Maagdenhuis Museum is an art museum and historical museum located in a 17th-century historic building on Lange Gasthuisstraat, Antwerp, Belgium. The building was used as an orphanage for the maegdeckens, or maidens, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 19th century. Maagdenhuis Museum is situated 120 metres north of Mechelseplein.

Den Botaniek

Park

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The Botanic Garden of Antwerp, which also carries the name Den Botaniek, is a landscaped botanical garden created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare. Den Botaniek is situated 150 metres northeast of Mechelseplein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antwerp diamond district and Zuid.

Antwerp diamond district

Neighborhood

Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.

Zuid

Quarter

The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.