Malmedy

🚗 Getting there from London

From London you cross the Channel by Eurotunnel LeShuttle (Folkestone–Calais) or by ferry (Dover–Calais), then drive via Dunkirk, the Brussels ring (R0) and Liège to Malmedy. Rather fly? Take a flight from London to Brussels and hire a car at Brussels Airport. All figures run to the centre of Malmedy.

Start	Distance (one way)	Driving time	Crossing	Fuel return
London via LeShuttle (Folkestone–Calais)	± 467 km	± 5 h 45 min	35 min + check-in from 1 h before	± €122 (fill up in Belgium) to ± €127 (fill up in the UK, ≈ £106)
London via ferry (Dover–Calais)	± 479 km	± 5 h 49 min	± 1 h 30–1 h 40 + check-in from 60 min before	± €125 (fill up in Belgium) to ± €130 (fill up in the UK, ≈ £109)
Fly London–Brussels + hire car	± 148 km from Brussels Airport	± 1 h 41 min	flight LHR–BRU ± 1 h 10	± €38 (hire car, Belgian price)

Destination	Malmedy (centre), from London St Pancras
Recommended route	UK: A13 → A102 → A2 → M2 → A229 → M20 to the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone (or A2/M2 to Dover for the ferry); from Calais: A16 → E40 → R0 → E42, via Dunkirk, the Brussels ring (R0) and Liège
Channel crossing	LeShuttle: 35 min platform to platform, arrive at least 1 h before departure. (LeShuttle) Ferry Dover–Calais: ± 1 h 30 (P&O) to 1 h 40 (DFDS), arrive at least 60 min before. (P&O Ferries) (DFDS) Fares vary by date and time: check current fares with the operator.
Flying instead	Brussels Airlines flies London Heathrow–Brussels direct in ± 1 h 10. (brusselsairlines.com) From Brussels Airport it is ± 148 km (± 1 h 41 min) to Malmedy by hire car (A201 → E40 → E42). Check current schedules and fares.
Tolls & vignette	UK: if you take the Blackwall Tunnel (A102), a car pays £4.20 per crossing (£1.55 off-peak with Auto Pay), 06:00–22:00. (TfL) France: the A16 (Calais–Dunkirk–Belgian border), A25 and A27 are toll-free. (Ulys: A16) (A25) (A27) Belgium 2026: no tolls and no vignette for cars. A digital road vignette is planned from 1 May 2027; check the current rules before you travel. (wallonie.be)
Fuel return	via LeShuttle ± €122–127, via ferry ± €125–130 (fill up in Belgium or in the UK) 6.5 l/100 km petrol (assumption): via LeShuttle 934 km return = 60.7 litres, via ferry 957 km = 62.2 litres. BE €2.002/l (FOD Economie, official Belgian maximum price petrol 95 RON E10, valid from 24.10.2026); UK 174.57 p/l = €2.085/l (UK DESNZ weekly road fuel prices, unleaded (ULSP) average pump price, week commencing 19.10.2026; ECB euro reference rate 23.10.2026: €1 = £0.83728).
Low-emission zones	London: the ULEZ covers all London boroughs (£12.50 a day for non-compliant vehicles); starting in central London, also check the Congestion Charge. (TfL ULEZ) (TfL Congestion Charge) Belgium: the Brussels ring (R0) is not part of the Brussels LEZ; foreign vehicles must register before entering the zone itself. (lez.brussels) Wallonia has no general LEZ in 2026. (wallonie.be)

Route: OSRM/OpenStreetMap (fastest route), calculated on 24 October 2026 from London St Pancras, without breaks, traffic or the Channel crossing. Fuel: 6.5 l/100 km (assumption), petrol: BE €2.002/l (FOD Economie, official Belgian maximum price petrol 95 RON E10, valid from 24.10.2026) to UK 174.57 p/l = €2.085/l (UK DESNZ weekly road fuel prices, unleaded (ULSP) average pump price, week commencing 19.10.2026; ECB euro reference rate 23.10.2026: €1 = £0.83728). Channel crossing: LeShuttle 35 min (leshuttle.com), ferry Dover–Calais ± 1 h 30 to 1 h 40 (P&O Ferries, DFDS); fares not included, check current fares. More: Guide: cost of a weekend in the Ardennes 2026

What does the fuel cost exactly?

We use the fastest route and 6.5 litres per 100 km, including the UK leg to the Channel. That way you see straight away what filling up in Belgium saves. The Channel crossing itself is not included.

Road vignette from 1 May 2027

If you travel after 1 May 2027, you will probably need a digital vignette (check current rules). The rates for a car with Euro 4 or newer:

Source: wallonie.be (updated 11 September 2026); Flanders gives the rates subject to final approval.

Good to know

🚗 Combine Malmedy with other Ardennes towns

Staying a few days? The closest is Spa, about 20 minutes from centre to centre.

OSRM Table service (OpenStreetMap), centre to centre, retrieved 22 October 2026, without breaks. All destinations compared: destinations overview.

Days out

🎯 Days out and attractions around Malmedy: 2026 prices

From a museum in a monastery to a kayak trip by the waterfalls of Coo: the 2026 prices.

🎯 Malmundarium

📍 Location: Malmedy🏷️ Type: museum

💶 Cost: adults € 6 · over-65s and students € 5 · children 6–12 € 3 · family € 15 (source)

Museum about leather, paper, carnival and the history of Malmedy, around a cloister.

Find out more

Tue–Sun 10 am–5 pm; closed 1 Jan, carnival Sunday, 24 and 31 Dec.

👉 See official website & info

🎯 Botrange: FANIA+LOUP exhibition

📍 Location: Botrange🏷️ Type: exhibition

💶 Cost: combination ticket FANIA + LOUP: adults € 8 · seniors € 7 · children € 4.50 (source)

Exhibition about the High Fens and the return of the wolf.

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About 1 hour; last entry 3.45 pm.

No dogs in the exhibition.

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🎯 Reinhardstein castle

📍 Location: Ovifat🏷️ Type: castle

💶 Cost: adults € 12 · children, students, over-65s € 10 · under 6 free (source)

Guided tour of the castle.

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Sat/Sun, Belgian and Dutch school holidays and public holidays; guided tours hourly 11 am–4 pm.

Dogs on a lead free. Christmas period: 28–29 Nov, 5–6 and 12–13 Dec, 19 Dec – 3 Jan daily 10 am–6 pm.

👉 See official website & info

🎯 Kayak at Coo (Coo Adventure)

📍 Location: Coo (Stavelot)🏷️ Type: kayak

💶 Cost: Coo → Cheneux € 23 · with bus back € 27 · Lake Bütgenbach € 20 per person (source)

Kayak trip on the Amblève from Coo to Cheneux (about 2 h 30 min).

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Departures 11 am–3.30 pm, no booking.

Cash only. Call on the day about the water level.

👉 See official website & info

Navigability today: Infokayak

🎯 Musée du Circuit (Stavelot)

📍 Location: Stavelot🏷️ Type: museum

💶 Cost: adults € 11 · ages 6–18 and over-65s € 9.50 · ages 0–5 free (source)

Museum about the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

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Tue–Sun 10 am–6 pm.

The historical museum of the Principauté de Stavelot-Malmedy is closed for works from 2 November to 19 December 2026.

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All prices compared

Prices from the attractions' official websites, retrieved 22 October 2026. Where no price could be found, it says “see official website”.

🛶 Kayak rules on the Amblève

The trip at Coo is not on the 1A stretch of the Amblève (Sougné–Comblain); Infokayak shows which times apply. The upstream gauging station is Stavelot. You can check every morning on Infokayak whether you can paddle today.

With too little or too much water the river is closed. The limits per gauging station:

Source: AGW 19 March 2009. More in our outdoor guide.

💶 Worked example: a day in Malmedy for two

Two of you driving there and doing the three days out below: this is what it costs, excluding accommodation and food (those are further down and in our cost guide).

Adult prices from the official websites (retrieved 22 October 2026) and the Belgian maximum price for petrol 95.

🌧️ When it rains

• The Malmundarium and the Musée du Circuit are indoors.
• FANIA+LOUP exhibition in Botrange (about 1 hour).

👨‍👩‍👧 With kids

• Malmundarium: family ticket € 15.
• Reinhardstein: under 6 free.

🐕 With a dog

• Reinhardstein: dogs on a lead free.
• Botrange: no dogs in the exhibition.

🧒 Travelling with kids? Also see the days out with kids around Malmedy, with prices from the official websites and a filter by type of outing.

💡 Eating out, supermarket and local tips

Malmedy has its own sweet: the baiser.

What does eating out cost?

For Malmedy we did not find a current menu with prices online. So below are the averages for Belgium as a whole and the price trend from Statbel.

Eating out and accommodation in Belgium became about 5% more expensive over the past year, while food stayed the same (Statbel):

Source: Statbel, consumer price index, retrieved 21 October 2026.

🛒 Shopping

What do the basics cost? There is no official price list per shop; these are the averages for the whole of Belgium as reported by visitors to Numbeo:

Source: Numbeo, Cost of Living Belgium, updated 21 October 2026. Averages from user reports, not official statistics.

Regional products and addresses

🦌 Game and hunting

In autumn, game is on many menus, and there is hunting in the forests. The hunting season in Wallonia runs until the end of January 2027. Check ChasseOnWeb beforehand.

Energy surcharge at gîtes

If you rent a holiday home, ask whether the extra costs are included, fixed per night or charged by meter; those are the three forms Gîtes de Wallonie mentions.

📅 Closing days and events

• Malmundarium: closed on carnival Sunday, 1 Jan, 24 and 31 Dec.
• Reinhardstein: closed on weekdays outside the holidays.
• High Fens: parts may be closed when there is a fire risk or in the hunting season. Check beforehand with the Botrange nature centre.