How hard is it to get a job from Gent when you only speak english AND your mother tongue which isn't much spoken in Belgium (or anywhere in the world except the country the language is from)? Considering the fact if the person speaking english would be interested and determined in learning the official language(s) in the country? Would they be able to get a job or should they try to learn the basics of the language(s) before moving? (Which will be 5times harder when not in an environment where people actually speak the language)

De laatste week van dit jaar ben ik met mijn vriendin en ons dochtertje van 5 een weekje in de buurt van Gent. Graag wil ik een restaurantje reserveren. Mijn dochtertje is prima in staat een uur of anderhalf aan een tafel te zitten en zich netjes te gedragen :) Ze lust alleen niet zo veel, een kindermenu op basis van wat frietjes is daarom fijn.
Wie heeft voor mij een tip voor leuke plek voor ons drieën?

Has anyone some recommendations for running clubs in Gent?

Hi,

Does anyone know where you could park your car near Gent Sint Pieters station (assuming you don't have a train pass)?

Thanks!

We moved into the rental house we live almost 4 years ago. On the electricity box is written in marker “only telenet please” (by our landlord, presumably). We had Telenet at our previous place, so it was fine for us to just move our Telenet contract over. But it’s quite expensive, and hey! are doing the promo of unlimited internet for €34 which is almost half of what we’re paying now, so we’d like to switch over now.

But I dont know if our landlord is going to kick up a fuss when we move out and we don’t have Telenet? Is that silly? Can she even tell? Will hey! do anything physical to change us over? I’m not stupid but I’m a bit ignorant on these things.

Ik weet niet of dit de juiste sub voor deze vraag is, maar wat is jullie aanbeveling voor snel internet?
Heb al enkele tijd Scarlet Loco (Onbeperkt surfen, Max. surfsnelheid van 100 Mbps, Uploadsnelheid 20 Mbps) maar ben het vele uitvallen en gigantisch trage internet beu (duurde 3 dagen om een game van 150 GB te downloaden, tussen 2,5-25 mbps). Wanneer ik echter kijk welke effectieve snelheid Scarlet kan halen in mijn straat adverteren ze 30 mbps download/2mbps upload en is mijn reële internet 27,6 mbps download en 1,8 mbps upload.

Ben ik gedoomed tot traag internet bij eender welke provider gezien mijn locatie (Dampoort) of hebben mensen in deze regio ervaring met degelijk internet? De buren klagen dat telenet ook super traag is...

Long shot but is there anyone who attended Gent University in South Korea campus here? Im a South Korean and I'm considering going there.

I have lots of questions such as:

1. Whats your general opinion on the school? I know gent university is one of the best in Europe but is going to the Korea campus worth it?

2. Is the quality of education really as good as the main campus in Belgium? (I heard professors from Belgium come and teach students here in Korea.)

3. What about student life? Apparently only 25 percent of students graduate and most of them drop out. Is the school that difficult and hard? Am I expected to study like morning to night with no free time at all?

Also Additional info about dorms/making friends there.

Please help if you or anyone you know is attending/attended the school! Would like to hopefully get some more info! Thanks!

Hey everyone, Last Thursday night I lost my black North Face backpack (with my HP laptop and my kot keys inside) in the city center, near de schapenstal. Today, when I came back to my kot, I found my kot keys lying outside my room. However, my backpack and laptop were not with them, and everything else inside my kot is untouched.

I've already gone to the police, but nothing has been turned in yet. It’s really strange to me that someone would return the keys but not the bag and laptop, and leave the kot undisturbed.

If anyone knows anything or if the person who found the keys sees this, please get in touch with me. I’d really appreciate it!

Thanks in advance for any help!

Elke maandag gekke sessies a bro

What do you consider to be the best seats in Capitole Ghent? For a musical, ballet or music concert.

For your reference, this is the official seating plan: https://www.capitole-gent.be/en/plan-your-visit/seating-plan

Would you rather sit in the first section (row 5 - row 12) or in rows 14-20? (Row 13 has more leg room but is almost never available.)

I've read the second balcony is to avoid. But what about the first balcony?

Hello everyone, i am looking for warm gloves that i can use in this cold weather while riding my bike, any recommendations?

Last night at midnight around Tolhuis a load of fireworks was shot off, anyone know how or why?

I damn near shat myself, thought I lived in Antwerp for a second.

Weet er iemand wie deze gemaakt heeft en of er nog andere zijn te vinden in Gent?

Deze twee op een gevel in de Hoofdkerkstraat

https://preview.redd.it/n9alko4g2e4e1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d56d531c6a508bab1328a08eb0fd5ea4d459077

https://preview.redd.it/nddpavkh2e4e1.jpg?width=841&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c337af5233fa9730238f5b0e91f37efb6bb4738

https://preview.redd.it/kfhy5z4j2e4e1.jpg?width=902&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d337fe977992ace5a45ee12af3d41cefacac8a3

En deze op een gevel in de Schepenhuisstraat

https://preview.redd.it/b0esyicr2e4e1.jpg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bf02f2c8a9ddfb2b4443db8d709f2aa0926e4c7

https://preview.redd.it/1xsabr0x2e4e1.jpg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7286a18a0467f2966854e8a91778a28c05343a7a

Dag Gentenaars, zijn er in het stad clubs of locaties die regelmatig DnB draaien? Ik wil nog eens goed losgaan :). Bedankt

My girlfriend and I will be in Gent from January 1-4. We are looking to have a low key, romantic few days off to ring in the New Year. I was wondering if anybody here knows what will/won’t be open during that week. Also, any suggestions of some romantic activities to do in the city during that week are greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance, I’m looking forward to visiting your city!

hi guys! i’ve had a dream of trying my hand at working in a record store for a couple of years now, but i don’t really know what the requirements there might be lmao. i studied for a completely different thing soooo 😭 if anyone works in this branch in gent and can tell me more about it, i’d be hella grateful 🙏🏻

Sinds kort hebben we een tuin waar we na de kerstdagen een kerstboom in zouden kunnen planten (voor hergebruik het volgende jaar). We zouden daarom graag een echte kerstboom kopen, met de wortels er nog aan. Heeft iemand hier ervaring mee? Is er een leverancier waar jullie tevreden van zijn?

Does anyone know if there’s a singing choir in Ghent I can join for fun? I find a lot of peace and calm with singing and am looking for a group with which we can sing together :)

Hello,

I am starting my new life in Gent soon and ai'm looking for an amateur K-pop group to join.

I'm not interested in video filming/Tik tok as I don't dance good enough to do that, but I can help with filming if needed. I'm mostly looking for other K-pop fans who enjoy learning choreography together.

I don't really know where to go to find other fans. In my former city, we met organically at the few K-pop shops around but I haven't found many of them here. Anyone has any advices?

Cheers!

Goeiendaaag

Voor wie bekend is met Minecraft, ik heb uit nostalgisch sentiment nog eens een Minecraft server gelanceerd.

De afgelopen dagen zijn er al enkele fijne leden bijgekomen maar hoe meer zielen, hoe meer vreugd!

Ondertussen hebben we ook een Discord opgezet en is de wereldmap online te consulteren 😄

Discord: https://discord.gg/G9AX9Gh5Wb

Wereldmap: https://ghentianservermap.davevancauwenberghe.be

Voor zij die interesse hebben, stuur me gerust een berichtje om de server IP te bekomen 📖

Hello people of Gent,

I was visiting gent today for a quick drop off. I parked my car in one of the green zone street. While i was walking towards the meter to start the parking session, the stad gent parking controle vehicle passed by. After that, i started my parking session. Which seems like a bad luck.

Do you think i should expect a fine or not. The time difference between control vehicle passing by and me starting the parking session should be 1 minute. I have reciept which shows the start of the session.

If there is possibility of fine, that would be unfair and i would like to understand if i can proatively contact gent authorities about what happened?

I look forward to your replies.

Hi,

I'm moving out from Ghent in a couple of weeks. I already went to the courthouse to inform them, and just received the confirmation by mail, that I can have a truck parked in front of my building for the moving out, upon certain conditions.

There are no parking spot in front of my building, just a large sidewalk, where I can park the truck.

I don't understand which type of signs I'm suppose to place on the sidewalk, could you help me with that ?! Would that be the E9c ?

Thanks for your help !