City guide Rudi De Mets at the statue of Beethoven on the Haverwerf. “If his Mechelen grandfather had not moved to Bonn, there would be no Ludwig,” he says. — © Dirk Vertommen
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“How am I supposed to sell Beethoven now?” It was the first question that flashed through the head of the well-known Mechelen city guide Rudi De Mets (74), now that research has shown that the world-famous composer is not genetically related to his Flemish descendants. “Nevertheless, the links with Mechelen are still very clear,” says De Mets.
Sven Van Haezendonck
