Gent, Belgium
Platinum
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Ghent, Belgium
Dear home-exchange friends
Our comfortable and spacious appartment offers you on the:
- hall, a toilet, the kitchen and big dining area, the living room.
- 1 big bedroom with a double bed, a second room with smaller double beds, the bathroom with a bathtub, shower and a toilet
- a study-room
Our sunny terrace is a nice place to relax with several tables to enjoy your meal with view on the canal
Gent (Gand -Ghent) is well located and a great place to tour from
– but even a nice place to stay and relax.
Our home is close to several interesting cities:
Antwerp(en)
Brussel(s)
Bruges/Brugge
Lille (France)
Rotterdam and Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Culture
In summer there are free many happenings: music, theater, performances, …
Tell us what you are interested in so we can prepare you a wonderful staying here.
Sports
Are you fond of cycling ? No problem : use our bikes to discover Flanders (= the Northern and flat part of Belgium).
There are several swimming pools in the neighborhood: open and covered.
Don't doubt about Belgium as a holiday place,
we can promise you a very varied vacation:
whatever you are fond of you can find it nearby !
We wonder if you are interested in holidays in Belgium!
Kind regards,
Elie and Hadewijch
Kopenhagenstraat 4.003
9000 Gent
T +32 474 63 67 62
elie.dhondt@hotmail.com
h.vanhoeij@gmail.com
Our Family
- 2 Adults
- 0 Children
- 25 Exchanges made
Occupation
- retired advisor association medical devices
- industrial designer (retired professor)
Our Home
- House Type: Flat
- Environment: In the suburbs
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 1
- Sleeping Capacity: 4
- Living Area: 170 m2
- Total Area: 190 m2
References
In my house
- Pets - Not allowed
- Small children - Allowed
Exchange Types
- Home exchange
Indoor
- Free internet access
- Central heating
- Baby equipment
- Toys and games
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Clothes dryer
- Television
Outdoor
- Terrace or deck
- Park / playground
- Garage / private parking
- Bicycles: 2
Facilities
- No smoking
- Lift/Elevator
- Use/Exchange of car
Our Destination Wish List
- Open to any destination
- France
- Finland
Spoken Languages
- English
- Français
- Español
- Deutsch
- Dutch
Our Neighbourhood
We live in G(h)ent, a cosy historical city: just outside the centre.
at an hour drive by car or train you find Antwerp(en) (famous Zoo),
Brussel(s),
Mechelen (Planckendael Zoo and Technopolis; for children interested in technology and experiments)
Bruges/Brugge.
The large Belgian sand-coast and Northsea.
The Netherlands and France are also very close.
Occupation
- retired advisor association medical devices
- industrial designer (retired professor)
Children
- No children will be traveling with us.
Pets
- We do not have pets.
About Our Family
My husband, Elie, 71 is retired as a teacher in University of Antwerp in industrial design.
He loves singing, cycling, walking nature, working with clay, … home-exchange, his children, grand-children and…me:
Hadewijch, 66 years old, retired, I have been am working as advisor at beMedTech, professional association for manufacturers and dealers for medical devices and technologies; have been active in promoting industrial design 'without age', I love reading - also aloud for children.
We have three children: Maaike (42) our oldest daughter - married with Kristof, lives in Ghent,
Tuur (38) our son, married with Sigrid, has a daugter, Nel (11) and two sons Mo (9) and Bas (7) and lives near Kortrijk.
Our youngest daughter, Siska (34), interior architect, also lives in Ghent with (also named) Kristof, has a daughter Oona (almost 5 and a son Vince, since May 2022.
Elie and me would exchange home and eventually some of the children may come and visit us for some days, maximum 4 adults.
Lifestyle
We love lots of things, such as:
biking
walking
art
design
architecture
References
This member has completed 25 home exchanges. Those referenced below may contain feedback/impression from its exchange partners:
Egtved, Denmark
DK1010668
San Bartolomé de Corneja, Spain
ES1429
Madrid, Spain
ES2191
