Sneppemeersen

Sneppemeersen is a nature reserve in Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders. Sneppemeersen is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sint-Pieters-Aaigem, as well as near the locality Assels.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Fine Arts and Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station.

Museum of Fine Arts

Museum

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Museum of Fine Arts an art museum in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark. The museum's collection consists of some 9000 artworks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station

Railway station

Photo: Dequal, CC BY 3.0.

Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station is the main railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, and the fourth-busiest in Belgium and busiest in Flanders, with 17.65 million passengers a year. The station is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Castle of the Counts

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Martens-Latem and Drongen.

Sint-Martens-Latem

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Sint-Martens-Latem is a village just southwest of the regional capital Ghent in East Flanders, Belgium.

Drongen

Village

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Drongen is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.

Mariakerke

Village

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Mariakerke is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent.

Sneppemeersen

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Ghent, Arrondissement of Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.0387° or 51° 2′ 20″ north

Longitude

3.6859° or 3° 41′ 9″ east

Open location code

9F352MQP+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1345445200

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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