Ghent is a city with a population of a quarter of a million. Its size and position allow the inhabitants to enjoy a city with an interesting crossover between open cosmopolitanism and the quiet atmosphere of a provincial town. Ghent is thriving as many young people choose to live here instead of in the countryside or the crowded and disintegrating city centers of Brussels and Antwerp.
Ghent provides an excellent and affordable sample of Flemish cuisine, which in the eyes of the locals is one of Europe's finest as it combines French delicacy with northern European sturdiness. Try some local specialties like mussels, spare ribs or 'stoverij' (a kind of tender meat cooked for three hours in dark beer with a brown gravy) with Belgian fries.
Another dish from Ghent is the "Gentse waterzooi" (litt. "boiled water from Ghent"), which was the food for the poor originally, a stew of cheap fish (usually turbot) and vegetables. Now it is often made with chicken as well.
Gandawa (niderl. Gent, wym. ; fr. Gand, wym.) – miasto w północno-zachodniej części Belgii, w regionie Flandrii, stolica prowincji Flandria Wschodnia. Leży przy ujściu rzeki Leie (fr. Lys) do Skaldy, przez kanał Terneuzen ma dostęp do Morza Północnego. Tworzy aglomerację, w skład której, prócz Gandawy, wchodzi 6 miast, największe z nich: Sint-Amandsberg, Gentbrugge. W mieście działa polski konsulat honorowy. Gminy tworzące Gandawę to: Gandawa-Centrum, Mariakerke, Drongen, Wondelgem, Sint-Amandsberg, Oostakker, Desteldonk, Mendonk, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Ledeberg, Gentbrugge, Afsnee, Sint-Denijs-Westrem i Zwijnaarde.
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