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Gent, the capital of east Flanders in Belgium with the population about 230 thousand persons, is a city-port, the big railway junction and the large educational center: here is a university and 4 higher schools, therefore on city streets always it is a lot of youth. An official language of townspeople is Dutch (фландрийский), except that, the people speak on a special local dialect. The city name occurs from a word meaning "a merge place", after all Gent really is there where two surprising beauty of the river together merge: Foxes and Schelde. All Gent is penetrated by spirit of olden time, the Middle Ages, from its history it is possible to take the surprising facts: for example, in the Middle Ages Gent was one of the most influential cities in Europe (2 place after Paris). Having admired such miracles of architecture as church San Nicola in Gothic style or cathedral San Bavone, a masterpiece of Flemish painting of XV century, visit the Museum of Fine arts (Museum voor Schone Kunsten) in which before your eyes I.Bosch, Z.Fuke%27s works, sets of Flemish masters will appear. In July here passes one of the greatest festivals of Europe, an input on the majority of representations free so you can get acquainted not only with architecture, but with the life of Gent. The local cuisine can be safely named by excellent: in it the French refinement both the European validity are mixed, and this combination won%27t leave you indifferent.

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Transport

In Gent are located 2 railway stations to which it is easy to reach from Bruxelles (30 minutes of a way).