Guide of Esat: The hidden secrets of GHENT
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This is a stylish brunch spot near the docklands. The friendly team work through the day serving brunch, lunch and cocktails. Locals come here to tap on their laptops or sit outside on the terrace with a newspaper. You might, if you are lucky, hit the place when they are organising a gin tasting session or hosting a local indie band.
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163 HamThis is a stylish brunch spot near the docklands. The friendly team work through the day serving brunch, lunch and cocktails. Locals come here to tap on their laptops or sit outside on the terrace with a newspaper. You might, if you are lucky, hit the place when they are organising a gin tasting session or hosting a local indie band.
Ghent interior designer Aagje and her Lebanese husband Elie have created a casuel new spot in the student quarter . They offer delicious Beirut street food ..
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12 LammerstraatGhent interior designer Aagje and her Lebanese husband Elie have created a casuel new spot in the student quarter . They offer delicious Beirut street food ..
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1 HoornstraatThe 5 most mysterious sculptures in Ghent
Only a few people notice the little bronze statue of a girl with knitting needles on the corner of a house in the Patershol. It was created in 1976 by a French artist called Jean-Pierre Clemençon who incorporated some odd symbols including a broken column, a car wheel and a jam jar.
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35 ZilverhofOnly a few people notice the little bronze statue of a girl with knitting needles on the corner of a house in the Patershol. It was created in 1976 by a French artist called Jean-Pierre Clemençon who incorporated some odd symbols including a broken column, a car wheel and a jam jar.
he flamboyant 17th-century baroque gate that once led into the old fish market is surmounted by a splendid figure of Neptune surrounded by seahorses and dolphins. The two naked figures below the sea god represent the rivers that meet in Ghent. The man on the left holding a sail symbolises the Leie, while the woman on the right with a catch of fish stands for the far more important Scheldt.
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St. Veerleplein
Sint-Veerlepleinhe flamboyant 17th-century baroque gate that once led into the old fish market is surmounted by a splendid figure of Neptune surrounded by seahorses and dolphins. The two naked figures below the sea god represent the rivers that meet in Ghent. The man on the left holding a sail symbolises the Leie, while the woman on the right with a catch of fish stands for the far more important Scheldt.
A bronze statue of a diving woman stands on a balcony overlooking the River Leie. Created by the British artist Ronald Cameron, it was acquired by a local collector. A bronze statue of a diving man stands on the roof of a building on the opposite side of the river.
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KetelpoortA bronze statue of a diving woman stands on a balcony overlooking the River Leie. Created by the British artist Ronald Cameron, it was acquired by a local collector. A bronze statue of a diving man stands on the roof of a building on the opposite side of the river.
Look out for the strange carved stone relief above the entrance to a small 18th-century building, formerly a prison, at the foot of the Belfry. Known as De Mammelokker (literally ‘the breast suckler’), the sculpture illustrates the old Roman legend in which a man called Cimon was being starved to death in prison when his daughter Pero visited him and fed him from her breast. You can now buy a local beer called Mammelokker.
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Look out for the strange carved stone relief above the entrance to a small 18th-century building, formerly a prison, at the foot of the Belfry. Known as De Mammelokker (literally ‘the breast suckler’), the sculpture illustrates the old Roman legend in which a man called Cimon was being starved to death in prison when his daughter Pero visited him and fed him from her breast. You can now buy a local beer called Mammelokker.
A strange Symbolist figure of a woman was carved by the sculptor George Minne in 1903 to commemorate Georges Rodenbach’s 1892 novel Bruges-la-Morte. It was originally intended to stand in front of the Begijnhof in Bruges, but the city didn’t agree and so Bruges-la-Morte ended up outside the old St.-Elisabeth Begijnhof in Ghent.
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BegijnhofdriesA strange Symbolist figure of a woman was carved by the sculptor George Minne in 1903 to commemorate Georges Rodenbach’s 1892 novel Bruges-la-Morte. It was originally intended to stand in front of the Begijnhof in Bruges, but the city didn’t agree and so Bruges-la-Morte ended up outside the old St.-Elisabeth Begijnhof in Ghent.
The 5 best independent art galleries in Ghent
This gallery has been located since 2010 in a former anatomy theatre inside the old Bijloke hospital. You may spend some time wandering through the warren of former hospital corridors before you find the place. Four shows a year are held in the striking neo-Gothic interior.
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2 Louis PasteurlaanThis gallery has been located since 2010 in a former anatomy theatre inside the old Bijloke hospital. You may spend some time wandering through the warren of former hospital corridors before you find the place. Four shows a year are held in the striking neo-Gothic interior.