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Citadel
The area around St Peter’s Station was built for the world exhibition in 1913, and the Citadel Park was its green oasis of tranquillity. This fine park is now the back garden of the MSK and the S.M.A.K.
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Blandijn
During the day, educational institutions, faculties, laboratories, auditoria, knowledge banks and libraries at the foot of the Book Tower and the Vooruit Arts Centre accommodate 65,000 students. At night the neighbourhood metamorphoses into a lively nightlife paradise.
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Centrum
For centuries trade and industry flourished beneath the world-famous series of towers in the historic heart of the city. Nowadays the city centre is a mixture of traditional and modern establishments.
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Macharius
The Macharius neighbourhood is where the river Leie enters the river Scheldt. This is where the city was born. Nowadays various religions live there in perfect harmony: the age-old St Bavo’s Abbey, the nearby mosque and the Church of St Macharius – an open house for inter-religious encounter.
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Tolhuis
The area around Fratersplein and Tolhuislaan is home to a great many healthcare institutions.
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Tondelier
A modern quarter for housing and businesses will give a new stimulus to the 19th-century industrial zone and will thoroughly transform this neighbourhood.