Editing Mechelen (section)

==Specialties==
[[File:Het Anker.jpg|right|thumb|The brewery Het Anker, home of the Gouden Carolus beer]]
Historically famous Mechlinian trades include ''laken'' (woollen cloth), [[tapestries]], [[Leather#cordwain|cordwain]], [[Mechlin lace]] (precious [[bobbin lace]], already from the early 18th century), [[wood carving]] and [[sculpture|sculpturing]], and furniture.

Mechelen was at the heart of the revival of the [[carillon]] in the early 20th century, and hosts its principal school in the world to this day.<ref name=beiaardschool1>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.beiaardschool.be/royal%20carillon%20school/en-beiaardschool-kk-01.htm 
 |title=Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn' Mechelen – International High Institute for Carillon Art and Campanology 
 |publisher=vzw Koninklijke Beiaardschool Jef Denyn, Mechelen 
 |access-date=9 July 2011 
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}}</ref><ref name=beiaardschool2>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.beiaardschool.be/royal%20carillon%20school/nl-dko-rr-01.htm 
 |title=10 Juni 2005 – Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering houdende de organisatie en de financiering van de Koninklijke Beiaardschool Jef Denyn in Mechelen 
 |language=nl 
 |publisher=Belgisch Staatsblad (republished online by vzw Koninklijke Beiaardschool Jef Denyn, Mechelen) 
 |publication-date=16 August 2005 
 |access-date=9 July 2011 
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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927083417/http://www.beiaardschool.be/royal%20carillon%20school/nl-dko-rr-01.htm 
 |archive-date=27 September 2011 
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The area around Mechelen is famous for the cultivation of vegetables, among which are [[Belgian endive]] (''witloof''), [[asparagus]], and [[cauliflower]]. Founded in the city, the ''Mechelse Veilingen'' in neighbouring [[Sint-Katelijne-Waver]] is the largest [[co-operative]] vegetable [[auction]] in Europe.<ref>[http://www.mv.be/EN/index.asp Mechelse Veilingen website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106035329/http://www.mv.be/EN/index.asp |date=6 January 2007 }} – navigate 'The Company' or read here {{cite web|url=http://www.mv.be/EN/VMV_Nutshell.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006180600/http://www.mv.be/EN/VMV_Nutshell.htm |archive-date=6 October 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>

One of the four breeds of the Belgian Sheepdog is the local [[Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)|Malinois]]. The ''[[Chickens#Chicken breeds|Mechelse koekoek]]'' is a local poultry breed, fleshy chickens with black and white feathers which extend on the birds' legs, with colours reminiscent of a [[cuckoo]], hence the name.

Mechelsen Bruynen was allegedly the emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]'s favourite beer. A version is still brewed in the city at Het Anker brewery, one of the oldest breweries in Belgium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/great-war-flanders/10982225/attractions-mechlen.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/great-war-flanders/10982225/attractions-mechlen.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Battle Tours Flanders|website=The Telegraph|date=16 May 2017|access-date=27 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>