Practical information

Take the train to Mechelen station or Mechelen Nekkerspoel station. From there, you can reach Kazerne Dossin on foot, by bike, or by bus. 

With the SNCB Discovery Ticket, you get a 40% discount on your train journey.

• Purchase your digital ticket from our webshop. Select Discovery Ticket under tickets. You will receive a 16-character code once your payment has been completed. This is the Discovery Ticket code.
• Purchase your Discovery Ticket on the SNCB website and copy and paste your code in the last step before checkout.

More information about the SNCB discovery ticket can be found on the SNCB website.

Please note: this promotion is only valid for tickets to the permanent exhibition at Kazerne Dossin.

From Mechelen-Nekkerspoel station
(1,2 km from the station – 15 min)

• At the exit of the station, walk in the direction of the city centre.
• Walk alongside the water on the Frans Halsvest.
• Cross the bridge.
• Walk further in the same direction along the Edgard Tinellaan.
• On the left side, you will find Kazerne Dossin.

From Mechelen station
(2 km depuis la gare – 25 min)

• At the exit of the station, walk in the direction of the city centre.
• Walk down the H. Consciencestraat and continue to walk straight on until the Grote Markt. (You will pass Graaf van Egmontstraat, Vijfhoek and Bruul)
• Cross the market square of Grote Markt diagonally and walk into the Scheerstraat.
• At the end, turn right and continue alongside the Nieuwkerk, Wollemarkt onto Goswin de Stassartstraat.
• At the end of the Goswin de Stassartstraat you will find Kazerne Dossin on your right hand side.

From Mechelen station

• Take bus nr. 2 or 50 at the station.
• Get off at the stop Kazerne Dossin. This stop is situated next to the museum at Edgard Tinellaan.

On your way back to the station take the bus at the stop Kazerne Dossin next to the old military barracks at Edgard Tinellaan.

Plan your route with the Route Planner.

Parking Tinel
Address: Edgard Tinellaan 6 – 200m from the car park – 3 min.

• On the E19, take Exit 9 – Mechelen-Noord (English: Mechelen-North).
•  Follow the N16 in the direction of Heist-op-den-berg/Lier.
• Follow the P-route to the Tinel parking.
• Take the exit out of the building called ‘Sjampetterke’
• Walk from the Kattenbleekstraat into the Jodenstraat. 
• Turn right and walk on to the Goswin de Stassartstraat. Turn right.
• At the end of the street, you will find the museum on your right hand side.

Parking Keerdok
800m from the car park – 11 min

• On the E19, take Exit 9 – Mechelen-Noord (English: Mechelen-North).
• Enter the car park directly from the N16 or from the N16/Elektriciteitstraat junction.
• Walk along Edgard Tinellaan until the junction with Goswin de Stassartstraat.
• You will find the museum at your right hand side.

Parking Grote Markt – Grande Place
850m from the car park – 10 min

• On the E19, take Exit 9 – Mechelen-Noord (English: Mechelen-North).
• Follow the N16 in the direction of Heist-op-den-berg/Lier.
• Walk northeast of the main square towards Scheerstraat.
• Turn left onto the Scheerstraat
• Continue to the Wollemarkt
• Turn right onto Goswin de Stassartstraat.
• Follow the Goswin Stassartstraat. The museum is on your right.

Peripheral parking – Shuttle bus City of Mechelen
On Saturdays, you can make use of the free shopping shuttle bus between the peripheral car parks and the Grote Markt. From there, it is a 10 minutes walk to Kazerne Dossin.

Groups can be dropped off safely in the Goswin de Stassartstraat, right in front of the museum entrance. After drop-off, free long-term parking for coaches is available at the nearby Douaneplein. For pick-up, buses may briefly return to the drop-off zone at the agreed time.

• Thanks to the wide corridors and the lifts in both the memorial and the museum, the whole circuit is fully accessible.  
• Wheelchair-accessible toilets are located on floors -1 and +3.
• Folding seats are available on every floor.  
• We have several wheelchairs which you can use free of charge. You can book one by emailing reservaties@kazernedossin.eu (min. of five days in advance).
• If you require assistance, please ask a member of our front-of-house staff who will be happy to help.  
• The security gates at the entrance to the museum are 82cm wide. If necessary, you can use the door next to them. 

• Guide dogs are welcome in the museum and memorial.
• If you are following a guided tour, please notify our guide in advance. He or she will take your visual impairment into account when leading the tour.

• You can watch the introductory film with subtitles (NL-FR-ENG). Ask a member of staff for more information.
• If you are following a guided tour, please notify our guide in advance. He or she will take your hearing impairment into account when leading the tour.  
• The gallery texts in the museum are very legible. Most of the personal accounts and film excerpts have subtitles.