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Hidden Charm of Grote Sikkel, Ghent, Belgium
Just a short walk from St Baafs Cathedral you will find the crossing of the Hoogpoort street, Nederpolder street, Zandberg square and Biezekapelstraat. A quiet spot but filled with more than a thousand years of history, stretching into the medieval origins of the city centre. This location was high and dry above the rivers and situated just outside the historic Portus. On the east side the Nederpolder descends towards the former commercial port on the banks of the Schelde river. On the corner of the Biezekapelstraat and Nederpolder the Kleine Sikkel building. Through the Biezekapelstraat a view on the St Baafs Cathedral. Then towards the west the Hoogpoort with an imposing row of buildings with medieval commercial origin, the Grote Sikkel, the Grote Moor, the Zwarte Moor and Sint Jorishof. Just keep on walking and you will pass the City Hall cross the river Leie and end up at the Gravensteen castle. These streets embody all the wealth and political power you would find in a medieval Flemish city.
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More About Belgium

Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. Founding member of the European Union, it covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres and has a population of about 10.7 million. From the end of the Middle Ages until the 17th century, it was a prosperous centre of commerce and culture. Upon its independence, Belgium eagerly participated in the Industrial Revolution and, at the end of the nineteenth century, possessed several colonies in Africa. Today, Belgium's strongly globalized economy and its transportation infrastructure are integrated with the rest of Europe. Its location at the heart of a highly industrialized region helps made it 2007 the world's 15th largest trading nation. Cultural life is nowadays concentrated within each language community and a variety of barriers have made a shared cultural sphere less pronounced. Anyway, the region corresponding to today's Belgium has seen the flourishing of major artistic movements that have had tremendous influence on European art and culture. Text extracted from wikipedia.


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