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Strop swimming pool
Swimming paradise for all agesSport and recreationThree pool sections and a bubble bath for 8.
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Rokko
Literature from another point of viewShoppingCafésRokko is a queer and intersectional feminist book and coffee shop in Ghent. The shop specialises in literature on decolonisation, feminism, gender...
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Music Mania Gent
Record shop with its own music labelsShoppingMusic Mania Records is the largest independent record shop in Belgium and runs three music labels. These labels focus on unpublished Belgian music...
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De Expeditie
7 socio-cultural associations in 1 placeConcert halls and theatresDe Expeditie is home to seven socio-cultural organisations: Vrede vzw, aifoon, Circuscentrum, Miramiro, JES, Victoria Deluxe en Compagnie Cecilia...
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Graffiti area in Koopvaardijlaan
A canvas for graffiti artistsSport and recreationAlong Koopvaardijlaan, graffiti artists can do their thing in the new designated graffiti area. Maarten Leenknecht is the first street artist who...
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Blaarmeersen Sports and Recreation Park
Leisure, sport and nature outside Ghent centreParks and green spacesSport and recreationBlaarmeersen Sports and Recreation Park is a green jewel beside the Watersportbaan in Ghent. This is where Ghent residents come jogging, and...
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Ray Gent
Skincare products made in BelgiumShoppingRay skincare products are developed by pharmacist Hilde Nys in Ghent. All products are based on scientifically proven ingredients. No unnecessary...
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The Southern Cemetery
Gravestones with a storyParks and green spacesYou will find the Southern Cemetery in the shadow of Ghent University Hospital, not far from the train tracks, in the “Nieuw Gent” neighbourhood....
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Maaseikplein
A green oasis with references to the Ghent Altarpiece.Parks and green spacesHave a picnic, enjoy an ice cream or read a book among the fruit trees, play leapfrog or have fun on the mini-trampolines… Everything’s possible...
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Francis Maere Fine Arts Gallery
Art gallery at the Kouter square in GhentArt galleriesFrancis Maere Fine Arts Gallery is specialised in Belgian art from the period between 1880 and 1950. You will find works by some of the most...
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't Kuipke
Mecca for cycling fansMonuments and buildingsCycling enthusiasts are undoubtedly familiar with ’t Kuipke, which is located at Citadelpark, near the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art and...
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St Michael's Church
Church with 11th-century rootsChurchesThe steeple of St Michael’s Church should have stood out above all the others but history decided otherwise: the 134 metre high planned ‘monument...
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Cecilia Jaime Gallery
Art gallery at PatersholArt galleriesCecilia Jaime is a visual artist with many years’ experience in fine arts, in particular in contemporary art.
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De Wijnaert
Head office of HOGENTMonuments and buildingsThis monumental building in neoclassical style is the head office of HOGENT, Flanders’ largest university college.
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Old St Elizabeth Beguinage
Beguine city in Ghent: a tolerant ‘holy corner’Monuments and buildingsThe beguinages of Flanders and the Netherlands are always oases of calm and stillness, where you might still expect to see an old beguine mumbling...
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Het Cooremetershuys
Contemporary jewellery and fashion accessoriesShoppingA thirteenth-century building that houses a store selling original jewellery, scarves, handbags, hats and ceramics, which are mainly made in...
