Vrydagmarkt
Vrydagmarkt - Friday Market square.
"The adjoining Marché du Vendredi (Vrydagmarkt), an extensive square, now planted with trees, has been the scene of the most important events in the history of Ghent. ... On the N. side of the market is the Socialist Warehouse (1899), bearing the inscription 'Werklieden aller Landen, vereenigt U' ('workmen of all countries, unite'), and the Club House ('Ons Huis'; 1900) of the Maatschappy Vooruit, two buildings in an interesting modern style by Ferd. Dierkens ."--Baedeker 1910.
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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more 
