sunday market

am I right in thinking there is a big sunday market in Ghent ? and if so where is it ?

Thanks anyone

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There is a flea market on Sundays by St. Jacobskerk (the café Den Turk is nearby) and a flower and bird market at the Kouter, the square where the royal opera house is. Also a crafts market on Groentenmarkt.

But I think the biggest market is actually on Fridays, in the square called Vrijdag(s)markt.

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thanks very much for that info..sunday will have to do..am staying sat - wed !

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If you are coming from this Saturday, well, since today till Saturday evening (11 pm) we have a new market, an European market where you can taste and enjoy European region specialties. It%26#39;s at the Kouter.

Like qaminari said, there is a flea market at St.Jacobs, a hand-crafted products market at the Groentenmarkt and a flower market at the Kouter but the bird and fish market is at the Vrijdagsmarkt. And there are more than those markets, on Sunday we have 7 markets, there is also a second-hand book market at the Ajuinlei, a small farm animals market (chickens, ducks, rabbits, guinea pigs, pigeons, ...) at the Oude Beestenmarkt and a fresh foods market at the Sint-Michielsplein.

Alle markets, except the small hand-crafted products market, are ending at 1 pm.

This Sunday (till 4 pm), there is also a flea market at Patershol (nearby the Castle of the Counts) because of the Patershol festivities.

So enjoy the markets! ;-)

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thank for all that great information...we don%26#39;t arrive until sep 12th..so a little while to go...are all the markets quite close to each other ? within walking distance ? thanks again

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yes, they are all in the centre and within walking distance.

You arrive on Sep. 12th? It%26#39;s OdeGand that day and it is ending with a very beautiful bonfire at 11 pm at the Graslei/Korenlei. So a very nice day to arrive ;-)

You can read more about it at festivalgent.be/Programma/…Default.aspx

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oh fantastic...thanks so much for your help