Apartamento com jardim em Ghent, Bélgica - na casa de Marijke and Jörg

Our cozy flat, full of plants, is on the 5th floor of a cohousing. (lift available). We love our views: From the living room, we have a view of the garden and park on one side, and another window shows the church tower of the Great Beguinage. From the bedroom we have a beautiful view on Ghent and it's towers. The area is car-free, like a quiet oasis in the city, surrounded by old walls showing various street art drawings by artist Roa. If you are interested in architecture: our project was nominated for the Architecture Prize 2024 and won the 3rd prize. Built in 2022, almost energy neutral, with every comfort. It is cozy and warm in winter (well isolated, geothermal floor heating) and cool in the summer (geothermal cooling). Our apartment has a very bright living room (with 3 large windows ) with open plan kitchen equipped with all comforts. We have a 12m² terrace with table and chairs and many flowering summer plants. There is 1 main sleeping room (double bed 160x210), + 1 room with desk if you want to work. We love to sit and lie down in our super comfortable electric recliners to watch the endless skies, and the little birds that love to visit the birdfeeder. We live in a cohousing, which means that all the neighbours know each other and like to have contact with each other. Among other things, we share the garden and laundry room. You are welcome to use them. At the same time, you have all the privacy you want, because our apartment has all the modern comforts. If you come with your own bicycles, there is a dry and safely locked bike shed. If you come by car, (we are outside the 'LEZ zone', so all cars welcome), you can park in the car park of the shopping center, right next to the entrance of the building.

We live just at the edge of Ghent city center (15 min walk to the city center, 5 minute by bike), very close to Ghent-Dampoort trainstation (250m) and the international busstation.(Flixbus). From here, you have train connections to Bruges and the coast, Antwerp and Brussels. Ghent is a beautiful old medieval city, crossed by two rivers, with a large castle, and 12 museums. The centre is car-free, so very quiet for walking and cycling. Also visit the Great Beguinage, just 900 metres from here. You can already see the church tower from the living room. We also have 2 bicycles at your disposal, and 5 minutes away you are on the river Scheldt, along which you quickly get to Gentbrugse Meersen nature reserve. Since we love cycling so much ourselves, we can recommend you some great bike rides through nature from here. If you like to go for a swim, you are welcome at the Blaarmeersen, Ghent's recreational lake.

We prefer you to come for a minimum of 3 days. If you want to come for 4 nights or more, we will be very flexible and you are definitely welcome. Accessibility for wheelchair users: the lift makes it easy to get into our flat with a wheelchair. The living room is also well wheelchair accessible. However, the bathroom and bedroom are too narrow for wheelchair users. You have to be able to stand up and walk a bit to get into the shower and bed.