Mons

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Traditional yet Inventive

A charming little city with an impressive heritage. Mons is busy making preparations to become the European cultural capital in 2015. Discover Mons 2015 - European Cultural Capital.

Mons counts numerous listed sites: The Belfry , the Mons Town Hall or the Treasury of the St-Waudru's Collegiate Church. A few kilometres outside the city centre, you should definitely visit the superbly restored Grand-Hornu Industrial Mining Complex. It houses the MAC's - Museum of Contemporary Art of the French-speaking Community  that organises remarkable temporary exhibitions, shrewdly put together by its famous director, Laurent Busine.

Every month of June, Mons and its Grande Place are the main stage of a remarkable folkloric event that is listed as UNESCO Intangible Heritage: the Procession of the Golden Carriage, the Doudou and Battle of Lumeçon. No Montois in his right mind would ever want to miss it.