Once the most important center for wool and cloth in medieval Europe, Ghent wears its historical significance lightly.
At the Design Museum Ghent, I took in Belgian masterpieces such as an 18th-century wooden chandelier by J.
Elder care is practiced in somewhat similar fashion in at least two other anthroposophy-inspired communities: Camphill Ghent in Chatham, N.
The food bank Tania goes to is in the town of Ghent, in northern Belgium - the region of Flanders.
At the end of last week's European Union summit in Ghent, he did not turn up for the closing press conference.
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"If nothing else is possible, you have to vote in a democracy, " Professor Carl Devos at Ghent University told Reuters news agency.
The War of 1812 formally ended with the Treaty of Ghent, Dec. 24, 1814, but no one in America knew because of slow communications.
But the most impressive display is a 1915 commemorative print of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812.
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And yet in Ghent he had the brass neck to make a speech all about how good a European Britain had become under New Labour.
But the advantage for the Belgians, having created cities like Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp, is that they were all connected by this network of waterways.
Mr Berlusconi has also been excluded from a top-level meeting of French, German and British leaders on the situation in Afghanistan, ahead of the Ghent summit.
Half an hour down the train tracks from Brussels, Ghent is the kind of classic Belgian city whose affluent, picturesque cobbled streets attract tourists throughout the year.
He has made attempts to put his music onstage -- including a round of "Bourne" music he performed at Belgium's Flanders Film Festival in Ghent, site of the Soundtrack Awards.
Men in hard hats are the only eyewitnesses when Cai Guo-Qiang lights his massive gunpowder portrait of the founding director of Ghent's contemporary art museum where this event takes place.
The best solution, said Luc Lens, a Ghent University professor researching the gull's behavior, is to limit the food provided by humans, be it french fries or fish discarded from boats.
Kevin and Jonathan will compete in the 600m at the Flanders Indoor Meeting in Ghent on the 13th February and the brothers are confident of breaking the 600m indoor world record.
Half an hour away by train and less than half the size, Bruges felt more packed than Ghent and far more touristy, the streets leading off the Markt choked with lace and chocolate shops.
Prof Carl Devos of Ghent University said that the passage of the speech should have been dropped, while monarchy expert Prof Mark Van den Wijngaert said a comparison with the 30s was "a bridge too far".
Upstairs, Mr Cai has built a mini rollercoaster in a cavernous gallery, on whose ceiling is painted Mr Cai's history of Belgian art images from the city's famous Ghent altarpiece and iconic works by Magritte and Broodthaers.
Baita, 19, on loan at Belgian side Ghent last season from Paris Saint Germain, had to be replaced in the second half after a late tackle during a Group Four match in Luanda which the hosts won with a late goal.
"The Netherlands are now, next to the Scandinavian countries, the only country where the royal family does not have to compromise" on expenses, said Herman Matthijs, a professor at the University of Ghent who has studied the budget costs of Europe's royal families.
Here in a palatial nutshell was the palette and soft light, the practicality and brio, the deep tradition and smart modernity that I would see again and again over the next few days as I made my own accelerated loop through the trinity of cities Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges that anchor the northern region of Belgium known as Flanders.
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