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City guide Leuven

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,500 per m² (e.g., 65 m² = €292,500) ⁠Same Immoweb asking median of €4,679 per m² on 14 October 2026. A 65 m² apartment at that…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,600 per m² (e.g., 65 m² = €234,000) ⁠No size-specific price per m². A 65 m² flat at the citywide asking rate of €4,679 per m²…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,200 per m² (e.g., 90 m² = €378,000) ⁠Same municipality-wide Immoweb asking median of €4,679 per m² on 14 October 2026. A 90 m²…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,400 per m² (e.g., 90 m² = €306,000) ⁠No size split per m². A 90 m² flat at the citywide asking rate of €4,679 per m² would be…
• Accommodation Mix of student housing, modern apartments, and historic townhouses; prices range… ⁠The five deelgemeenten mix student rooms, apartments and townhouses, and the centre fills…
• Affordable Shopping Spots Vrijdagmarkt (Friday Market) at Mgr. Ladeuzeplein for fresh produce ⁠The Friday market on Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein and Herbert Hooverplein, 07:00-13:00, sells…
• Annual Events Hapje-Tapje (August food festival), Groot Verlof (summer concerts) ⁠Beleuvenissen, Friday-night concerts through July, and Hapje-Tapje on the first Sunday of…

Studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom purchase prices, centre and outside, replaced invented per-m² rates with the 14 October 2026 Immoweb apartment asking median of €4,679 per m² and 2024 sector sale medians; Corporate Tax kept 25% and added the SME 20% band; Dividend Withholding Tax kept 30%; Tax System kept worldwide income and stated the residence test; Highest Income Tax Bracket about €48,320 -> €51,070 for income year 2026, municipal surcharge 6.7% for assessment year 2024; VAT kept 21% and 6% and added hotels at 12% from 1 March 2026; CFC kept and stated the entity approach from tax year 2024; Property Tax municipal slice 38.7% of cadastral income for 2026; Property Transaction Tax 3% first home -> 2% sole home since 1 January 2025, general rate 12%; Best Area to Stay for Tourists kept the historic centre; Best Area to Stay for Digital Nomads Heverlee or Vaartkom -> station side and Heverlee; Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads kept the lack of a nomad regime and added the professional card Source

City guide Ghent

• Must-See Landmarks Gravensteen (Castle of the Counts) and the Belfry of Ghent. ⁠Gravensteen, Sint-Veerleplein 11, the castle Count Philip of Alsace built in 1180, and the…
• National Parks Nearby Hoge Kempen (1.5 hours away); Scheldevallei (River park paths). ⁠No national park sits in Ghent. Hoge Kempen National Park is in Limburg, more than 12,000…
• Nearby Nature Escapes Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen - 220 hectares of wetlands and bird trails. ⁠Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen, a city nature reserve of about 220 hectares on the west side. The…
• Networking Events Pitch Please (Tech events) and Ghent Web Valley meetups for developers. ⁠none
• Parcel Delivery Service Bpost (main offices) and PostNL points in local shops. ⁠none
• Popular International Cuisine Amadeus (Plotersgracht 8) - All-you-can-eat ribs in a library setting. ⁠Sleepstraat, north of the centre, is the Turkish restaurant street Wikivoyage names…
• Population 265,000 residents ⁠274,042 inhabitants on 1 January 2026 (Statbel, via StatbelViz).
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/E sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and Type E sockets (CEE 7/5, with a protruding earth pin).
• Property Tax Onroerende voorheffing (annual based on indexed cadastral income). ⁠Annual onroerende voorheffing on indexed cadastral income, with regional, provincial and…
• Property Transaction Tax 12% standard registration duty in Flanders (3% for first home). ⁠In Flanders the general registration duty is 12% when the purchase is not your only home…
• Public Transport Passes De Lijn: 10-ride pass €17; Monthly BuzzyPass €56/month. ⁠De Lijn trams and buses. A contactless ride is €3 and covers transfers for one hour. A day…
• Regional Travel NMBS Trains: Bruges (25 min, €8), Antwerp (50 min, €11). ⁠From Ghent, Wikivoyage puts Bruges at about 20 minutes, Kortrijk at about 30 minutes…
• Religious Sites Saint Peter's Abbey and the Great Beguinage Sint-Elisabeth. ⁠Saint Bavo Cathedral on Sint-Baafsplein. The Groot Begijnhof of Sint-Amandsberg is the…
• SIM Card Proximus (best coverage), Orange, Lycamobile. Pre-paid 10GB for ~€20. ⁠Identify a prepaid SIM before first use. Proximus Pay&Go+ is a €5 card with €10 credit and…
• Scenic Viewpoints St. Michael’s Bridge (Sint-Michielsbrug) for the 3-tower skyline. ⁠Sint-Michielsbrug, for the three towers (Saint Nicholas, the Belfry and Saint Bavo). The…
• Short Term Rentals Airbnb, Spotahome, and HousingAnywhere. Prices €1,200 - €1,800/month. ⁠none
• Social Events for Expats Ghent Expats (Facebook Group) and InterNations Ghent monthly mixers. ⁠none
• Street Art Werregarenstraatje (The Graffiti Alley) - Legal street art zone. ⁠Werregarenstraat, the graffiti alley between Hoogpoort and Onderstraat, is the legal wall…
• Street Food Stalls Frituur De Frietketel (Papegaaistraat 89) - Famous Belgian fries. ⁠Fries from a frituur, and cuberdons from the vendors on Korte Munt by the Groentenmarkt…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,200 per m² (e.g., 40 m² ≈ €168,000) ⁠On 14 October 2026 the median Immoweb asking price for apartments in Gent was €4,072 per…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,100 per m² (e.g., 40 m² ≈ €124,000) ⁠No sold price per m² for the outer boroughs. The 2024 registered apartment median was…
• Table Tennis Spots TTC Rooigem (Rooigemlaan 232). ⁠none
• Tap Water Drinkable and safe (monitored by Farys) ⁠Farys, the local supplier, says tap water has to be drinkable and is of high quality…
• Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents. ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. Non-residents are taxed on Belgian-source income…
• Tech Repair Services Lab9 (Apple Premium Partner) and Smartfix Ghent. ⁠none
• Theater Venues NTGent (Sint-Baafsplein 17) and Minard Schouwburg. ⁠NTGent, the city theatre, stands on Sint-Baafsplein with the Belfry and Saint Bavo…
• Top International Airline KLM (via Antwerp/Schiphol link) and Lufthansa. ⁠Long-haul flights use Brussels Airport, then the direct train to Gent-Sint-Pieters…
• Top Regional Airline Brussels Airlines (Operating from Zaventem/BRU). ⁠The everyday airport is Brussels Airport (Zaventem). Visit Gent says there is a direct…
• VAT 21% (Standard), 6% or 12% for specific goods/services. ⁠21% standard VAT. From 1 March 2026 the reduced rate on hotels and camping is 12%, up from…
• Vegan/Vegetarian Options Greenway (Nederkouter 42) or Komkommertijd (Reep 14) - All-you-can-eat vegan. ⁠Greenway, Nederkouter 42, is still mapped and was marked updated on Wikivoyage in August…
• Wine Bars ONA Wine Bar (Nederkouter 71) - High-quality organic selections. ⁠none
• Yoga & Wellness Centers Yoga-on-Call (Dok-Noord 7) - Drop-in classes ~€15. ⁠none

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