Exploring the oldest Catholic church and its surroundings in Ghent, Belgium
St. Nicholas Church(Sint-Niklaaskerk)
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In today's blog I will take you with me to visit one of my favorite cities in Belgium, if you check my older blogs you will find information about the other cities I explored when I was in Belgium, I have one regret that I didn't have time to visit Bruges, but this city will be left for next time because I will definitely be back in Belgium again.
And if I had to make a top of the cities that we visited in Belgium this top would look like this, first place is Antwerp, second place is Ghent, third place is Dinant, and last place would be Brussels (this city did not manage to get to my heart, I saw here what I would not have wanted to see in a European city).
But let's enjoy Ghent together and the goals we'll tick off in today's blog.
A detail of our trip through Belgium was that here we traveled between the cities we visited by train, although this means of transportation seemed a bit expensive, for several days we used the train several times and we paid 100euro for two people, and it was a bit inconvenient because the ticket we bought was a card on which we had to write with a pen the place of departure and destination, I have never encountered this kind of tickets.
I drew a few conclusions after visiting Ghent, here I saw many students (I have a blog from the University here, it's sensational), I didn't see any cars or streets blocked by cars (I'm not sure, but probably the access of cars in the center was restricted) and what I liked the most, that's why this city gained my respect, is the fact that almost everyone is cycling.
The architecture of the city is amazing, the first attraction we saw was the St. Michael's bridge, even if it was raining outside, and yes, we were lucky with a pretty bad weather, it rained a lot.
After crossing the bridge we turned onto a street (Jan van Stopenberghestraat), and here walking down the street I could observe the same thing, a lot of people are moving by bike, more I saw a few terraces that had a few tables outside.
We were close to the main objective we wanted to visit when somewhere in the distance we saw a strange construction, something very big, I postponed for a while the visit of the church until I realized what that construction was.
That building was the Municipal Pavilion, now between you and me, I can't explain what this building is doing here in the historic center of the city, if any of you who visit my blog knows what this building is, what is its usefulness, please write me in the comments, thank you.
Very close to this strange construction we could see the Bell Tower (Het Belfort van Gent), which unfortunately we didn't get to climb, but if you are in Ghent and want to have a view of the city from the top I recommend the Bell Tower.
Finally after exploring the surroundings we arrive at the church of St. Nicholas, since the first steps inside I can say that impressed me, now I must admit that I like very much to visit these churches, if you check my posts you can see many cathedrals, churches that I have shared with you.
Access inside the church was free of charge.
After a few hours of exploring this part of Ghent, we reached the end of today's blog, it was a hard day especially because we walked a lot in the rain (we had no umbrella), this made us very tired.
THE END!
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P.S. The attached picture you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone(Samsung Galaxy S21), and the text is also designed by me.
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a good experienced to visit the peaceful atmosphere of prayer reflection.
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I am always here with great pleasure🥰
Beautiful photos ✨
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Thank you for taking me in your virtual tour. Unfortunately, we don't get on top of the Bell Tower to take a photo of the beautiful cityscape.
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This church looks so gothic 🤩🤩🤩 love it
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Amazing article!... Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much @jlinaresp and @visualshots.
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It seems like a peaceful surrounding so apt for a church, noise and smoke from car engines.
Indeed it is, being the historic center access for cars is restricted, people moving around a lot with bicycles, thank you for stopping by.
I realy like photography you took. I think the rain make it more specific 😁
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Wow!😯
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Thank you for the tour
The tranquil surroundings create an ideal setting for spiritual renewal and inner peace, allowing visitors to reconnect with themselves and find solace in quiet contemplation.
You're right, here in Ghent you will find an amazing historic city, very rich in spirituality and, yes, it's the perfect place to visit at any time of the year (when we were there it rained a lot, but even so it didn't spoil our good mood and our desire to visit the city).
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Your photos beautifully capture the charm and architecture of the city,and I especially enjoyed the detailed descriptions of your journey,including the unique train tickets and your observations about the cycling culture.The St.Nicholas Church is stunning,and your many photos showcase its beauty from various angles.I'm curious about the Municipal Pavilion,too–I'll have to do some research on that!Thanks for sharing your experience;it's inspired me to add Ghent to my travel list.
Thank you very kindly for your nice comment left here, and yes I highly recommend you to visit Gentul it is an amazing historic town, you have many sights to see.
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