The Port of Ghent is the third busiest seaport in Belgium, located in Ghent, East Flanders in the Flemish Region. It is a multimodal port, because it provide access to the hinterland via wide range of transport options, with a strong emphasis on inland shipping. The Port offers a space for development with over 1,000 hectares of commercial property still available. As a top […]
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The 91-metre-tall (298.5 ft) Belfry of Ghent is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, Belgium, the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas’ Church. Its height makes it the tallest belfry in Belgium. The belfry of Ghent, together with its attached buildings, belongs to the set of belfries of Belgium and France inscribed on UNESCO‘s World Heritage List. Construction […]
Korenmarkt English: Wheat Market) is a city square in the historic center of Ghent, Belgium. Located between the Leie river and St. Nicholas’ Church, it is one of the city’s most important and famous tourist locations. The square is surrounded with several historic buildings, which today house bars, restaurants and terraces. It is a pivotal location of the annual Gentse Feesten cultural festival. The Korenmarkt connects […]
The Parkbos is a 1200 ha forest and park area on the south side of Ghent in East Flanders . It is one of the four green poles under construction around the city of Ghent. The other three are Gentbrugse Meersen , Vinderhoutse Bossen and Oud Vliegveld . The area encloses 340 ha of woodland, 200 ha of park and nature reserve and 500 ha of agricultural area. This includes […]
Saint Bavo’s Abbey (Dutch: Sint-Baafsabdij) is a former abbey in the currently Belgian city of Ghent. It was founded in the 7th century by Saint Amand, who also founded Saint Peter’s Abbey, Ghent, near the confluence of the Leie and Scheldt rivers In the 9th century, the abbey was raided twice by Vikings, which made the monks flee to Laon. After an absence of nearly 50 years, they came back to Ghent […]
Graslei is a quay in the historic city center of Ghent, Belgium, located on the right bank of the Leie river. The quay opposite of the Graslei is called Korenlei. Both quays were part of the medieval port and are now a cultural and touristic hotspot of the city, with a high concentration of café patios. The site, with its unique […]
In addition to psychiatric (crisis) treatment and care in various domains (see ‘our offer’), residential care and activation are also part of our activities. In addition, we participate in various mobile teams and are partners of (inter) sectoral networks and care paths. Medical Psychiatric Therapeutic (non-verbal) Movement therapy, Relaxation, Occupational therapy, Creative therapy, Other The department […]
Saint Michael’s Church (Dutch: Sint-Michielskerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Ghent, Belgium built in a late Gothic style. It is known for its rich interior decoration. There are numerous silver and gold artifacts in the silver collection. An important item is the relic of St Dorothea, in silver. Very famous is the relic of the sacred “Doorn” brought to the church by Mary, Queen […]
The Koning Albertpark, also known as Zuidpark, is a city park in the Belgian city of Ghent. The park is located in the southeast of the city center, between Woodrow Wilson Square. It is a neo-baroque park, where the other parks in the city are mostly laid out in English landscape style. The King Albert Park was originally called […]
Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen is a nature reserve on the outskirts of the Belgian city of Ghent. It lies mainly in the district of Mariakerke and covers 230 hectares. It mostly consists of wet, often flooded, meadows interspersed with ditches and canals, and is an important wintering area for water birds. It acts as a buffer zone between the city and the R4 ring road‘s noise-reducing barriers […]
The Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (commonly abbreviated as S.M.A.K., translated as City Museum for Contemporary Art) is a relatively new museum located in Ghent, Belgium, and is renowned both for its permanent collection (Art & Language, Karel Appel, Francis Bacon, Panamarenko, Andy Warhol, etc.) and for its provocative exhibitions. The collection is considered to be the most important collection of contemporary art in Flanders, […]
The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or in Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) is an 89-meter-tall Catholic, Gothic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. It is the seat of the diocese of Ghent, is named for Saint Bavo of Ghent, and contains the well-known Ghent Altarpiece. Interior Ghent Altarpiece The cathedral is noted for the Ghent Altarpiece, originally in its Joost Vijd chapel. It is formally known as: The Adoration of […]
At this bike point of De Fietsambassade in the city centre, you can rent a bicycle. There are five wheelchairs available for people with reduced mobility and you can also rent a buggy.
De Wereld van Kina is a museum for children and young people, housed at two locations in the Belgian city of Ghent . From 1924 to 2003, the name of this museum was the Michel Thiery School Museum . The museum consists of two sections: The world of Kina: the House is housed in a side wing of St. Peter’s Abbey on St. Peter’s Square . Through fossils show how life on earth has evolved. In […]
De Artevelde University of Applied Sciences is a Catholic University of Applied Sciences in the city of Ghent, Belgium. The Artevelde University of Applied sciences offers a diverse range of bachelor-programs, bachelor-after-bachelor-programs, postgraduate-programs and schoolings. Are of study: Business and Management Communication, Media and Design Health and Care Education Apply People and Society Campuses The school has 11 campuses: Campus Brusselsepoortstraat Campus Goudstraat […]
The Sint-Pietersinstituut is a Catholic school for general secondary education in the city of Ghent . The school also has a primary school and a small-scale boarding school for girls. The humanities is part of the comprehensive school “De Bron” and was a girls’ school for a long time .
ANCA Medical Centre offers world class medical care services to patients. Various hip surgery specialties the clinic is known for include: Hip Prosthesis– THR prosthesis– Ceramic-on-ceramic– metal-on-metal Resurfacing technique– metal-on-metal Hip revision surgery
The Maria Middelares is a general , a Catholic hospital in the green belt around Ghent . The new building houses 631 beds and 22 high-tech operating theaters. It employs approximately 1,650 staff and 180 doctors. The services and disciplines, include cardiology and heart surgery, its Ophthalmology Centre, its integrated Cancer Centre, physiotherapy (with interactive programmes and a spinal unit) and its Foot Centre, which is […]
ArcelorMittal Ghent is a Belgian steelworks situated in Ghent near Zelzate, Flanders. It was founded in 1962 by ARBED as Sidmar; the first maritime steel producer in Belgium. The company produces ~5million tonnes pa of flat steel, with automotive manufacturers being a major source of custom. Flat steel is produced as hot or electrolytically galvanised, and plastic coated steel. The plant produces steel […]
A comprehensive range of facial and body beautification procedures are performed at this aesthetic clinic located in Ghent, Belgium. Treatments: ARMLIFT CHEST LIFTING BELLY WALL CORRECTION THIGH LIFT CORRECTION OF PROTRUDING EARS LIPLIFT OTHER INJECTABLES LIPOFILLING COUPEROSE TREATMENT CRYOLIPOLYSIS LIP ENLARGEMENT / LIP REJUVENATION GYNECOMASTICS LUMI8 MACS-LIFT MESOTHERAPY HAIR REMOVAL NOSE JOB EYELID CORRECTION PEARL […]
Vlerick has four campuses in Belgium: Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Brussels), Ghent and Leuven. The campuses are made up of an independent building or, in Brussels, classrooms located on a building floor. Programme Type MBA (Degree) Master (Degree) Executive (Certificate) Domain Accounting & Finance Entrepreneurship Digital Transformation General Management Human Resource Management Innovation Management Marketing & Sales Operations & Supply Chain Management People […]
The Museum of Industry, Work and Textiles (Dutch: Museum over industrie, arbeid en textiel, or MIAT) is a museum in Ghent in Belgium. Ghent was at the centre of the Flanders textile region. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. Collections The MIAT collection started in 1977 contains over 30,000 objects. Its finest works include a Mule Jenny and the twiner dating […]
Saint Peter’s Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ghent, Belgium, now a museum and exhibition centre. Saint Peter’s was founded in the late 7th century by Amandus, a missionary sent by the Frankish kings to Christianize the pagan inhabitants of the region, who founded two monasteries in the area, St. Bavo’s, and Saint Peter’s on the Blandijnberg. In the fifteenth century a large scale […]
Patershol is the former location of the leather tradesmen in Ghent. Today Patershol is the culinary heart of Ghent. Take a culinary trip around the world from Japanese and Indonesian food, past Turkish, Italian and Spanish restaurants to traditional Flemish cuisine
The Gravensteen (Dutch; literally “Castle of the Counts”) is a medieval castle at Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353. It was subsequently re-purposed as a court, prison, mint, and even as a cotton factory. It was restored over 1893–1903 and is now a museum and a major landmark in […]
The Sint-Lievenscollege is a Catholic group of schools in Ghent, Belgium, composed of a number of elementary and primary schools, a secondary general school (‘humaniora’) and a secondary vocational trade school.
Ghent University is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands. Ghent University is one of the biggest Flemish universities, consisting of 44,000 students and 9,000 staff members. The University also supports the University Library and the University Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals in Belgium. It is one of the greatest beneficiaries of funding […]
Sint-Barbaracollege in Ghent, Belgium, is a private Jesuit school, founded in 1833. It currently includes primary and secondary education. As of 2011, the Sint-Barbaracollege consists of K through 12: primary secondary education. Improvements since 2014 made way for a spacious new sports hall. In 2017 the school extended its Wi-Fi capability and increased the number of tablets available to students. There […]
The International School Ghent is an English-language international school that provides an international education to students aged 3 to 12. The campus is shared with a local partner school De Kleine Icarus and lies in the heart of Ghent within the Flanders region of Belgium. The school building is located inside the Leopoldskazerne, a military complex in the centre of Ghent. Classes are taught in English and […]
University College Ghent is the largest university college in Flanders, with three faculties, one School of Arts and 13,000 students. Its establishment in 1995 is the outcome of two successful mergers that involved sixteen Belgian institutions of higher education. Many had been influential leaders in higher education for several decades. The current faculties are spread over the city center of Ghent and Aalst. Faculties University College […]
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Ghent University Hospital (Dutch: Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent; UZ Gent) is one of the largest hospitals in Belgium. It is closely linked to Ghent University, the university’s rector also being the hospital’s president. Both the university and the hospital are autonomous entities of the Flemish Government.The location of the hospital is also called “Campus Heymans”, named after Nobel Prize winner Corneille Heymans. The hospital […]
Volvo Car Gent (until 2007 known as Volvo Cars Europe Industry N.V.) is an automobile manufacturer located in the port district of Ghent in western Belgium. In recent years, the Ghent plant has become the largest Volvo plant in terms of the number of cars produced. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swedish automaker, Volvo Personvagnar AB (Volvo Cars). Legally it is part of Volvo […]
Ablynx is a subsidiary of biopharmaceutical company Sanofi engaged in the discovery and development of nanobodies, based in Science Park Zwijnaarde, Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in size only by Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city. The ten-day-long Ghent Festival (Gentse Feesten in Dutch) is held every year and attended by about 1–1.5 million visitors. Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region […]