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Ghent
Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
3 km · about 5 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Mariakerke is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Gent, 3km from Gravensteen.
Mariakerke is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 17,062, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mariakerke sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Mariakerke to your route.
Mariakerke (Dutch pronunciation: [maːˈrijaːˌkɛrkə]) is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent.
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Mariakerke is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.0748 latitude, 3.6829 longitude.
Mariakerke has a population of approximately 17,062 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
3 km · about 5 min drive
castle
A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
3 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
35 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
35 km · about 40 min drive
tunnel
At 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
36 km · about 40 min drive
tunnel
Tolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
50 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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