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Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium
Photo: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer), CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Dendermonde is a city in East Flanders. The small-sized city has about 46,000 inhabitants (2018). It is sits between the bigger cities of Ghent (Gent), Mechelen and Brussels.
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Grote Markt
As the main square of the city this square functioned as the main meeting and social point of the city for several ages. The city hall and the city museum are on this square.
Belfort
One of the 56 belfries in Flanders recognized as s.
Sint-Alexiusbegijnhof
This beguinage is listed as a . It has 61 houses built around a trapezoidal courtyard. Most houses are built between 1604 and 1660. The beguinage has existed in this place since 1288. The original church of the beguinage got destroyed in 1914 and was replaced by the current one in 1928. The last beguine passed away in 1975. The entrance to the beguinage is from Brusselsestraat.
Located in house #11 of the beguinage, this museum shows visitors how the life inside the beguinage used to look like.
Benedictine monks still live and work in this abbey in the heart of Dendermonde.
Dating from the 14th and 15th centuries.
Built between 1923 and 1927.
Every ten years there is a big procession where Ros Beiaard, a huge wooden horse, is carried around the streets of Dendermonde. The last celebration was in 2022.
Well appreciated restaurant in the suburb of Sint-Gillis with a mainly French cuisine.
Tasty dishes with fresh ingredients and quick service.
Another restaurant worth noting.
Greek restaurant.
Upscale restaurant and the only restaurant with a Michelin star in the city.
One of the most central bed & breakfasts in Dendermonde. The rooms overlook the water.
A quiet loft on the second floor of an old mansion. Breakfast is possible. Also contains Sauna Casa Verde sauna and hammam. Reservations required for loft and sauna. Email for sauna: Info@casaverde.be.
By bus
The Flemish national bus company, De Lijn, has lines to Dendermonde from Ghent, Berlare, Aalst and other neighbouring towns.be.
By car
The main road is N47 (Lokeren-Asse). Next to the Kasteelstraat is a parking plot, just as the larger Parking De Bruynkaai at the banks of the Scheldt river.
Since the historical city centre is rather small it is very possible to cover all distances on foot.
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