Art at the railway station
Did you know that the Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station was built on the occasion of the 1913 World’s Fair? The railway station was decorated with murals and ceiling paintings of 13 Belgian cities, so visitors could also discover the rest of Belgium. Ostend, Mechelen, Oudenaarde, Ypres, Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges and Courtrai, among other cities, are depicted.