Things to do in Mechelen: walk and solve

Secrets of Mechelen asks you to help a performer recover his glittering Golden Parade Cape, blown loose by wind, chaos and a suspicious pigeon. Along the route you see Grote Markt and Margaret of Austria Statue, Schepenhuis (Aldermen’s House), Jef Denynplein and Hof van Busleyden Museum. You play in your phone’s browser without an app. Among things to do in Mechelen, this offers a search with a different theme from a murder investigation. Share the story with everyone and look around as you go, connecting the activity to the surroundings rather than keeping all attention only on the screen throughout your walk together through the city.

Sherlock Holmes murder mystery in Mechelen runs from the town hall on Grand Place towards Saint Rumbold’s Cathedral. Kazerne Dossin – Memorial and Museum Hof van Busleyden also feature along the route. You investigate with the free Loquiz app, sharing one phone between at most four players. Friends, colleagues or a couple can compare interpretations of the information while walking. Give everyone time to follow the story before your team decides what it thinks. You guide yourselves and choose the pace, keeping the case a conversation for the whole group rather than something only the phone holder follows. The city supplies the setting as your team explores together on foot.

Both Mechelen games take around 1.5 to 2 hours and cost €19.95 per team: one phone, at most 4 players. You can start whenever you want, every day, and each game is valid for 12 months. Choose the cape search or the detective case, then prepare your phone for browser play or the free Loquiz app. If you are planning things to do in Mechelen around other activities, leave room for the complete walk. Your group can agree when to begin and follow its chosen story together, with the flexible start keeping the timing in your team’s hands as it explores the city at its own pace.