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The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai [ nl ]. Sint-Niklaas is the capital and major city of the Waasland region straddling the East Flanders and Antwerp provinces. The city is known for having the largest market square in Belgium.
Sep 19, 2024 · St. Nicholas (flourished 4th century, Myra, Lycia, Asia Minor [near modern Demre, Turkey]; Western feast day December 6; Eastern feast day December 19) was one of the most popular minor saints commemorated in the Eastern and Western churches and now traditionally associated with the festival of Christmas.
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- Saint Nicholas is one of the most popular saints commemorated in the Eastern and Western churches, and he is now traditionally associated with the...
- Saint Nicholas was known for his generosity and kindness, which gave rise to legends of miracles he performed for the poor and unhappy. As a result...
- According to tradition, Saint Nicholas was born in the ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara and, while still young, traveled to Palestine and Egyp...
- Dutch families took the tradition of celebrating the feast day of Saint Nicholas with them to New Amsterdam in the American colonies, beginning as...
- The relics of Saint Nicholas have been reported to emit a sweet-smelling substance ever since they were transferred from Turkey during the 11th cen...
The church was built in the fourth century, around the time of Nicholas's death, [61] and is typical of saints' shrines from that time period. Nicholas was the only major saint associated with that part of Turkey.
- Sint-Nicolaaskerk
- Grote Markt
- Mercatormuseum
- De Witte Molen
- Romain de Vidtspark
- Art Deco Architecture
- Stadhuis
- Salons voor Schone Kunsten
- Cycling
- Stem Zwijgershoek
The oldest church of the city is slightly withdrawn from the east side of the vast Grote Markt square. This five-aisled church with seven altars has been here since the first half of the 13th century, and has grown over the years with frequent building phases. The Sint-Nicolaaskerk has also come through some difficult times, like in 1690 when a fir...
Belgium’s largest city square covers 3.19 hectares and has been here since the land was donated by Margaret II, Countess of Flanders in 1248. She stipulated that this space would forever serve “the common good”. Emperor Maximilian I granted a weekly market here in 1513, while in 1624 Margaret II’s gift deed was violated when a piece of the square w...
The world-changing 16th-century cartographer and cosmographer Gerardus Mercator was born about ten kilometres south-east of Sint-Niklaas in Rupelmonde in 1512. Not only did Mercantor coin the term “atlas” in terms of cartography, the ingenious cylindrical projection for his world map of 1569 became the enduring standard system for navigation. The M...
To give you a sense of the age of this pre-industrial windmill, it was constructed on land belonging to the abbess of Roosenberg Abbey. Dating to 1696, this was initially a flour mill and then later put to use making rapeseed oil. The structure was damaged by a storm in 1983 and came through a renovation. These days De Witte Molen is a working flou...
In the southern part of the old centre is a freewheeling English park surrounding the moated 16th-century Walburg Castle. The castle today holds a bar-restaurant, with a terrace on the moat. On Tuesday nights in July and August this monument is the venue for a series of summer concerts known as the “Parkies”. The park is named after the post-war ma...
The textile trade peaked in Sint-Niklaas during the interwar years, and this is reflected in the sumptuous Art Deco architecture that was commissioned in the city at the time. Whole new neighbourhoods cropped up in the 20s and 30s, and some of the most creative designers of the day were given free rein. To help you see it all, the Sint-Niklaas Tour...
On Belgium’s largest market square it’s impossible to ignore the exuberant Gothic Revival city hall on the west side. The Stadhuis, inaugurated in 1878, is designed like a traditional Flemish town hall, with a belfry holding a 49-bell carillon. The Stadhuis remains a functioning civic building and was given two discreet wings in the 20th century. T...
There’s a dual appeal to this gallery holding the city’s art collection. First there’s the art itself, which is a comprehensive survey of art from the 16th to the 20th century. The highlight is Nero by Peter Paul Rubens, but there are important pieces by other Baroque masters like Willem Heda, Lambert Lombard, Sebastiaen Vrancx and Joos de Momper. ...
Flanders is cycling heaven, on a vast network of paved paths, linked by nodes or junctions to help you plot your course. In the Waasland alone there’s a whopping 720 kilometres of paths, on a flat, green landscape that could hardly be easier to traverse. Two routes thought up by tourism office in Sint-Niklaas are the Nobelroute (50km), heading off ...
Painting a picture of the cultural history of Sint-Niklaas and the Waasland, SteM Zwijgershoek is found in what used to be a weaving mill and dyeing house. Where the museum differs from most is that you’ll be able to access the entire inventory, not just what’s on show in the galleries, at a unique open depot. The permanent collection meanwhile is ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Saint Nicholas was a Christian bishop who helped the needy. After his death, the legend of his gift-giving grew. Saint Nicholas transformed into the legendary character called Santa Claus, who...
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Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, observed on 6 December (and/or its eve on 5 December) in Western Christian countries, and on 19 December in Eastern Christian countries using the old church Calendar, is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra; it falls within the season of Advent. [3]
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