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Cycling race 'Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Ghent'Departure and arrival of the opening race of the international cycling season for over 60 years! |
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Jazz in the park - GhentEstablished names and new talent, often from our own part of the world, alternate with open-air screenings of unique concert films. A treat for every jazz fan and what’s more it’s all free! Exclamation mark! |
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International Film Festival GhentThe event developed into one of the most important festivals of Europe and the world. At least 200 films from every corner of the world struggle for your attention. It is here too that the prestigious World Soundtrack Awards are handed over every year. |
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Ghent Jazz FestivalEvery year in July jazz enthusiasts can have a great time during the Gent Jazz Festival. Renowned artists from Belgium and abroad make up the programme. |
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Flemish Heritage Day (Open Monumentendag)This is the 22nd time that the Belgian Heritage Day will be organized; this year’s theme is "De Vier Elementen" or "The four elements". |
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Gentse FeestenThis feast for the people, and for the senses, sets the city afl ame for 10 long days. It opens with a parade and closes with the ‘day of the empty wallets’. What you will fi nd between the two includes 10 Days Off, the International Street-theatre Festival and Puppet Buskers Festival, free musical performances on various stages in the centre, more than 700 theatre performances, exhibitions, guided tours and fi reworks. |
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Patersholfeesten - GentThe oldest quarter of Ghent organises its own mini festivities, displaying maximal atmosphere and ambiance. For amateurs of more intimate events. |
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The six-days bicycle raceEvery year, the very best track racing cyclists compete for the victory in the legendary 'Kuipke' cycling stadium. Every day you can watch the race for points, the team race, the elimination race, the time trial, the super sprint and the derny. Don’t miss this spectacle! |
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OdeGand - GentThe International Flanders Festival Ghent opens with the festive OdeGand. The streets alongside Ghent’s waterways overfl ow with music, animation, art and spectacle. And to top it off: a sparkling fi rework display. The perfect start! |
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International Flanders Festival GhentGhent becomes a music-lover’s Mecca for three whole weeks. Hundreds of performers provide a varied mixture of classical, jazz and world music. It opens with the festive OdeGand. The streets alongside Ghent’s waterways overfl ow with music, animation, art and spectacle. And to top it off: a sparkling fi rework display. The perfect start! |
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Floralies of GhentMore than 300,000 visitors will be keen not to miss the 34th Ghent Floralies. This unique five-yearly flower and plant exhibition has been going for 200 years and this year it will be more impressive than ever. Ornamental gardeners, international florists, creative designers and landscape gardeners will show off their skills and transform flowers and plants into the ultimate expression of emotion. The highlights: an enormous birdhouse, a park with animal figures, a garden with bamboo that grows at a rate of 60 cm per day, an Atomium filled with azaleas, crocodile ponds… and so much more! |
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Lichtfestival (2011) - GentLight and the city, an intriguing combination! Light gives rhythm, sets the mood and directs the gaze, day and night. Nothing shines like it, nothing is so fragile. |