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City guide Ghent

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• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €3,800 per m² (e.g., 60 m² ≈ €228,000) ⁠Same Immoweb asking median of €4,072 per m² on 14 October 2026. A 60 m² apartment at that…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,900 per m² (e.g., 60 m² ≈ €174,000) ⁠No size-specific price per m². The 2024 registered apartment median was €275,000 in…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €3,500 per m² (e.g., 80 m² ≈ €280,000) ⁠Same municipality-wide Immoweb asking median of €4,072 per m² on 14 October 2026. An 80 m²…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,600 per m² (e.g., 80 m² ≈ €208,000) ⁠No size split per m². The 2024 registered apartment median was €210,000 in Groene Vallei…
• Accommodation Mix of medieval townhouses and modern apartments. Average 1-bed: €900/month. ⁠The historic centre is walked. Gent-Sint-Pieters is about half an hour on foot, or about…
• Affordable Shopping Spots Colruyt or Lidl for groceries; Sunday Market at Sint-Michiels. ⁠Vrijdagmarkt runs Friday 07:30-13:00 and Saturday 11:00-18:00. The Sint-Jacobs flea market…
• Annual Events Gentse Feesten (July) - One of Europe's largest street festivals. ⁠Gentse Feesten, the ten-day street festival in July. The city site, opened on 21 October…
• Art Galleries Tatjana Pieters and Galerie William Wauters. ⁠S.M.A.K., Jan Hoetplein 1, shows the city contemporary collection next to Citadelpark…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads No specific nomad visa; self-employed 'Special Tax Status' for researchers/execs only. ⁠No nomad tax break: residents pay tax on worldwide income, up to 50% federal plus…
• Banking for Expats KBC Brussels/Ghent (expat-friendly), Revolut, Wise widely accepted. ⁠none
• Bar/Nightlife Area Vlasmarkt (late night) or Overpoortstraat (student nightlife). ⁠Vlasmarkt, by Sint-Jacobs, is the late bar street Wikivoyage names, including during the…
• Best Area to Stay for Digital Nomads Sint-Pieters (near train station) or Dampoort for better transport and lower rents. ⁠Dok Noord, for Dokwerkers on Sassevaartstraat, or the Sint-Pieters quarter by the station…
• Best Area to Stay for Tourists Patershol or Graslei (Historic center near Gravensteen Castle). ⁠The historic centre: Graslei, Patershol and Sint-Baafsplein, inside walking distance of…
• Best Beach Nearby Knokke-Heist or Ostend (1 hour by direct train from Gent-Sint-Pieters). ⁠Ostend is the nearest seaside resort, about 40 minutes by train from Ghent. Wikivoyage…

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City guide Brussels

• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C and E sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz. Sockets are Type E (CEE 7/5, with a protruding earth pin) and also take a…
• Property Tax Onroerende voorheffing / Précompte immobilier based on Cadastral Income. ⁠Annual précompte immobilier on indexed cadastral income. The regional rate is 1.25% of…
• Property Transaction Tax 12.5% in Brussels (Registration duties). ⁠12.5% registration duty on a purchase in the Brussels-Capital Region, on the agreed price…
• Public Transport Passes STIB/MIVB MOBIB card: €2.10 per ride, €7.50 for a 24-hour pass. ⁠STIB-MIVB fares from 1 February 2026: a contactless bank card is €2.40 a journey, capped…
• Regional Travel NMBS/SNCB Trains to Ghent, Antwerp, or Bruges (all under 1 hour). ⁠SNCB/NMBS trains from Brussels-Central: Ghent about 6 an hour (40 minutes to 1 hour 10)…
• Religious Sites Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula. ⁠The Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula, on Rue du Bois Sauvage. Open every day…
• SIM Card Proximus, Orange, and BASE. Prepaid 10GB data ≈ €20. ⁠Prepaid SIMs must be registered to a named person. Orange Tempo is a €10 starter (about…
• Scenic Viewpoints Place Poelaert for sunset views over the city skyline. ⁠The Atomium panorama, Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Laeken. The building is 102 m tall…
• Short Term Rentals Airbnb, Spotahome, and HousingAnywhere comprise most short-term stock. ⁠HousingAnywhere lists furnished apartments in Brussels by the month.
• Social Events for Expats Brussels Expats Facebook group and weekly 'Apéros Urbains' in summer. ⁠The free listings paper Agenda, distributed with the Dutch weekly Brussel Deze Week, is…
• Street Art The Comic Strip Trail (BD Walk) featuring Tintin and Smurfs murals. ⁠The Parcours BD is the official comic-strip mural trail: more than 70 murals across the…
• Street Food Stalls Frit Flagey (Place Flagey) - Arguably the best fries in the city. ⁠Maison Antoine, the fritkot on Place Jourdan in Etterbeek, is one of the stalls Wikivoyage…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €5,200 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €208,000) ⁠About €4,409 per m², the median asking price for apartments in the City of Brussels on…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,800 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €152,000) ⁠About €2,738 per m², the median asking price for apartments in Anderlecht on the same 14…
• Table Tennis Spots Set-Up (Table Tennis bar) on Rue de l'Enseignement. ⁠none
• Tap Water Safe and drinkable, though high in calcium (hard water) ⁠Safe to drink. VIVAQUA and the Brussels-Capital Region say tap water meets Belgian and…
• Tax System Resident-based worldwide income; high social security contributions. ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. Residence is domicile, or the centre of economic…
• Tech Repair Services iClinique (iPhone/Mac) and various shops on Chaussée d'Ixelles. ⁠none
• Theater Venues La Monnaie/De Munt (Opera) and Théâtre Royal du Parc. ⁠La Monnaie / De Munt, the opera house, 23 Rue Léopold, 1000. Alban Berg's Wozzeck is…
• Top International Airline Lufthansa, Emirates, and Qatar Airways serve BRU regularly. ⁠Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways serve Brussels Airport, alongside Brussels Airlines…
• Top Regional Airline Brussels Airlines (Hub at BRU Airport). ⁠Brussels Airlines, the Belgian flag carrier, flies a European network plus long-haul…
• VAT 21% (Standard); 6% or 12% for specific goods/services. ⁠21% standard VAT (BTW/TVA). Reduced rates are 12% and 6%. The 6% rate still covers basic…
• Vegan/Vegetarian Options Liu Lin (Rue Haute 20) for vegan Asian street food. ⁠none
• Wine Bars Etiquette (Avenue Emile De Mot 19) - Self-service wine tasting taps. ⁠none
• Yoga & Wellness Centers Yoga Room (multiple locations including Defacqz) - €20 single class. ⁠none

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