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Ghent Winter Festival in Ghent
The Gentse Winterfeesten spreads more than 150 market chalets across four historic squares in Ghent, centered on an ice rink under the covered Stadshal and a Ferris wheel, with a themed winter experience added inside the medieval Gravensteen castle. Its multi-square layout sets it apart from single-square Christmas markets elsewhere in Belgium.
Ghent spreads its winter market across four separate squares, Korenmarkt, Emile Braunplein, Botermarkt and Sint-Baafsplein, rather than concentrating it in one location, so the Gentse Winterfeesten reads less like a single market and more like a chain of connected winter zones stitched through the medieval core.