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Ghent

Description: Ghent (Gent in Dutch) is a city and a municipality located in Flanders, Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of ... more

Ghent ... the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and became in the Middle Ages one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. Today it is a busy city with a port and a university. The city is connected to the sea by the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, it lies at the intersection of the European highways E17 and E40 and it has the third busiest railway station in Belgium.

Newest Review: ... see Wiki's version at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent_ Altarpiece Opposite the cathedral is one of the only tourist shops in Ghent, but luckily it's a very nice one with a good range of cheap goods and friendly, English speaking staff. Down past there is the McDonalds (home to new-to-you McFlurrys and dodgy toilet attendants) and if you're walking round the city that's the point where ... more

... you should turn right and walk past the post office, parallel to the river bank. The river which runs alongside a large part of the City, and is home to one of the most picturesque streets in Ghent which is sayi...more

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Ghent: Pretty? Oh ,So Pretty! (1420 words)
by zoe_page_1 - written on 11.04.06 (Very useful, 434 readings)
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...pretty and witty and bright...charming, oh, so charming ... Ghent was our the other city we spent time in during our recent trip to Belgium, and I think I preferred it to Antwerp. Your initial feeling when entering a foreign city for a first time can often be an indication of how much you'll enjoy your stay - it's not about how good a city is on paper, or how other people perceive it, but what you think of it that really matters, and Ghent and I got on like a house on fire. Ghent has a rustic Italian feel to it, without being either rustic or Italian. I think what I mean is that it feels traditional, properly-European, complete with old cobbled ...

A Day out in Ned Flanders... (1414 words)
by tange - written on 14.07.04 (Very useful, 480 readings)
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During our recent jaunt to Ostende we decided to go off on the train for the day. In my previous review about the wonderful beer dark beer called Zatte Bie I mentioned that we drank it while in Ghent. This has prompted me to tell you all about our grand day out in this lovely city. We were only there for one day and did kind of just do a glorified bar crawl?.but we did get the chance to explore in the process! After getting over the shock of the train leaving on time we settled back for the 45 minute journey from Ostende ~ through some extremely pretty, but extremely FLAT scenery! ...

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