How to cook up a Japanese film festival My Gent Seasonal by Guest author - 9 March, 202030 July, 2022 Last updated: 8th March, 2020 About 10 years ago, Tomoko Kaji found herself at the opening night of the budding Japan Square film festival in Ghent. Even though she had heard about the festival from her husband, renowned Japanologist and festival collaborator Luk Van Haute, she didn't know what to expect. She
My Gent: Synchronised swimming and a new life in a friendly Flemish city My Gent No Update by Guest author - 17 April, 201930 July, 2022 Originally from the UK, Liz and her husband are planning on moving to Ghent after they recently bought a house here. To get involved with the local community, Liz is bringing her years of synchronised swimming experience and putting on a show at the 2019 Gentse Feesten. We caught up
My Gent: Gardening in Ghent My Gent Seasonal by Guest author - 26 February, 201930 July, 2022 Meet Pia who came to Ghent to follow her Dutch partner and then brought a piece of Slovenian tradition to this northern country: a prolific vegetable garden! Like many Slovenians, Pia grew up surrounded by nature and people growing their own vegetables: her grandparents and her parents all tended their vegetable
My Gent: Lenka’s dance with the stars My Gent No Update by Guest author - 16 October, 201830 July, 2022 One of the most common questions among expats in Gent is where to find a dance school. So when I saw Lenka, or Badriyah on stage, at her belly dance performance, I knew I had to interview her. But there is more to this energetic Czech girl than her mesmerising
Gent Free Walking Tours with Maria and Corrado My Gent No Update by Guest author - 4 March, 201830 July, 2022 Free walking tours became a popular trend in every major city around the world during the last years. City enthusiasts would organize guided walking tours to share their view on the city, making a living based on tips received at the end of the tour. In Gent, Maria Mironova (from
Setting up a brewery in Belgium My Gent No Update by Guest author - 26 February, 201830 July, 2022 Jerôme Eggen is originally from the Netherlands, and is the man behind De Laatste Drinker brewery. TheSquare.Gent caught up with him in 2018 to ask him how he ended up in the brewing business and how he feels about living in Ghent. 2281
Gent4Humanity: “What can we do?” My Gent No Update by Guest author - 22 February, 201830 July, 2022 Michelle and Oliver Wright are proof that expats can fully integrate into Gent. They demonstrate that expats can go beyond surviving here, they can thrive and contribute to the community, making it a better place than it was without them. They did just that by co-founding Gent4Humanity, a registered non-profit
Working at the European Commission My Gent No Update by Guest author - 17 December, 201614 August, 2020 Are you living in Ghent and curious about working at the European Commission? We asked Alexandra Pötz from Germany to tell us how she got her job there as a conference interpreter, why she lives in Ghent (and not Brussels), and what she thinks about the city - and the
