Ghent, City of Knowledge and for Now Your Home! Maybe the City Is New to You, but This Green Guide Will Change That for the Better

Home , Ghent

Welcome to Ghent, city of knowledge and for now your home! Maybe the city is new to you, but this Green Guide will change that for the better. And even if you've been living here for a while, you will ﬁnd all sorts of tips and tricks to discover the city in a sustainable way. So dive in and ﬁnd your way around the city, discover where to shop and dine and become

@ UGENT DUURZAAMHEID an expert in waste dust* management. Enjoy!

2019 2019 Sustinble student life Sustinble student life in Ghent in Ghent Ghent University Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Ghent, Belgium www.ugent.be/duurzaam [email protected]

1 This Green Guide is proudly presented to you by GREEN OFFICE Pay us a visit at GENT our new location: We are a team of students and staff, passionate about sustainability in every way. We express our passion by improving the sustainability policy at Ghent University through the different projects we initiate and follow up. Our goal is to beneﬁt the lives of students, employees and grn the entire society, with the help of those same HUB stakeholders.

With your help, we can make a change! Join one of the Ufo building, Green Teams, become a beloved member of our Green Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 33 Crew and join like-minded people in paving the way to a better future for all of us.

Sounds like your kind of mission? Give a yell at [email protected] and we'll send you all the information you need.

See you on the green side!

Top: The pop-up Green Office / Right: The Ufo building at Sint- Pietersnieuwstraat 33, where you can find the Green Hub: a shared collaborative space where Green Office Gent and the Stadsacademie will reside, among others.

1 D’URGENT CONTENT

D’URGENT is a student platform for Green Ofﬁce p. 1 sustainable bottom-up projects; a D’URGENT p. 2 place to share knowledge, undertake concrete action and activate students TRANSPORT p. 3 around the three pillars of Rent a bike p. 4 Getting your bike repaired sustainability: ecology, economy and Buses & trams p. 5 society. Trains p. 6 International travel D’URGENT works on two levels: policy and awareness. We make a change on the policy level through projects such as Transport map p. 7 the Sustainability Pact for our faculties and Fossil Free Ghent to push Ghent University to invest sustainably. We FOOD p. 8 raise awareness through different events such as Eat vegetarian p. 10-12 workshops on homemade cosmetics, seaweeds, insects and vegetarian cooking, debates, movie screenings and much Drink tap water p. 12 more. Reduce or reuse leftovers p. 13 Local organic & seasonal produce p. 13-15 Join us in these events or ﬁnd what you’re looking for with No or minimal packaging p. 15 StuJardin, the urban gardening project on campus, or Mizuna (see p. 27), providing students with delicious local Food map p. 16 and organic fruits and vegetables.

Any questions, ideas, proposals? Contact us at SHOPPING p. 17 [email protected] Giveaways, shares or swaps p. 18 Second hand stores p. 19-21 Other interesting shops p. 21-22 Shopping map p. 23

WASTE & RECYCLING p. 24 Such a waste p. 25-26 Waste reduction p. 26-27 Waste map p. 27

Colophon, p. 28 thanks & disclaimer

2 3 From the very first moment you arrive Blue-bike RENT A BIKE Rent a bike for a maximum of 4 days at almost any Belgian GETTING YOUR in Ghent you will notice this city is full train station* at any time of the day. Perfect for when you of bikes! De Fietsambassade Gent have short term visitors! All you need to do is buy a You can rent a bike from the city's bike rental service for 1 membership card online (€ 12,00 per year) which allows BIKE REPAIRED to 14 months at prices starting as low as € 10,00 plus € you to rent up to two bikes simultaneously at an automatic It's definitely the easiest and fastest way to get around 60,00 deposit. The bikes are not only cheap, but also key distributor, available 24/7. The rental fee is normally Bike repairs at Ghent University and it is the transportation of choice for almost every €3,15 per 24h, although some cities charge only € 1,15. always in good condition. No wonder you see them Students and university staff can make use of the bike student. There are some small challenges that will require However, if you hold on to the bike after that, the charges everywhere in Ghent! repair points from Ghent University. Every spot has the skilful biking, such as slippery cobblestones or crossing go up to €10,00 per day, so watch out! You'll receive a tools you need to repair small issues with your bike. tram tracks, but no need to worry! You'll pick up city biking All you need to get your trusty two-wheeler is your student monthly overview of the rides you used and payment easy enough and in no time you'll be riding that bike as happens automatically through your bank account. card or certificate of enrolment (to be found on Oasis), FIXIT repair points on campus smoothly as any Ghentian. your passport or identity card, € 60,00 deposit and the 1) Campus Sterre, between Building S4 and S5 5 1) Koningin Mathildeplein (at the rear entrance of Gent rental fee. You can pay in cash or with a Belgian debit card. 2) Campus Coupure, bike shed across from building B 6 When you're not on your 'steel steed' or when the weather Sint-Pieters train station) 2 The staffed bike point is Be sure to bring it back clean and in good shape to retrieve 3) Tech Lane Ghent Science Park Campus A, beside the road is very poor, our well organized public transportation situated a bit further at Voskenslaan 27. 3 your deposit! TIP: you can use the bike wash station at near the roundabout system offers you a comfortable alternative. You'll find the rental shop for free. Open: Automatic key distributor 24/7 and staffed bike point some tips and tricks on how to use public transport in (Fietsambassade repair point Gent Sint-Pieters) Monday to Friday from 7:00 - 19:00 De Fietsambassade Gent Ghent on the next few pages. defietsambassade.gent.be/en Is your bike a real wreck or are you not really a 2) Gent Dampoort train station, next to the bike handy(wo)man? Again Fietsambassade is here to help you Kattenberg 2 1 parking out! You can get your bike quite cheaply repaired in their Open: Monday 9:00 - 12:00 & 13:00 - 16:00 / Tuesday 12:00 - Open: automatic key distributor 24/7 and staffed bike point shop and you can get a replacement bike for € 3,00 for the 16:00 / Wednesday: 08:00 - 12:00 / Thursday 10:00 - 12:00 & (Fietsambassade bicycle point Gent Dampoort) Monday to 13:00 - 18:45 entire repair period. (You'll notice you can't live without Friday from 7:00 - 19:00 your 'steel steed' anymore once you've grown used to it!) Voskenslaan 27 (close to Gent Sint-Pieters (*) You can find them in Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp, Brussels and station) Open: Monday 7:00 - 19:00 / Saturday 10:00 - 18:00 1) Voskenslaan 27 (near Gent Sint-Pieters train Leuven among many others. station) 3 This is the only location for self-repair. Emile Braunplein (below the city hall, next to Belfort Open: Monday to Friday from 7:00 - 19:00 / Saturday 10:00- Stadscafé) Open: Monday to Friday 8:00 - 18:00 / Saturday, www.blue-bike.be 18:00 Sunday and holidays 10:00-18:00 (only from April until October) 2) Oktrooiplein 10Z (near Gent Dampoort train station) Swapfiets: carefree biking Open: Monday to Friday from 7:00 - 19:00 If you're looking for a bit more service, try Swapfiets. For €15 per month - no deposit and the first month for free - 2) Kattenberg 2 1 you get a nearly new bike delivered to your front door. Open: Monday 9:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 16:00 / Tuesday 12:00 If it breaks down, they come fix it and get you back out – 16:00 / Wednesday 8:00 – 12:00 / Thursday 10:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 18:45 there in under 12 hours, without any extra costs! 3) Emile Braunplein (next to Belfort Stadscafé) 7 Vlaanderenstraat 54 12 Open: Monday to Friday 8:00 - 18:00 / Saturday to Sunday Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 19:00 10:00-18:00 (only from April until October) Remote service and bike swapping: 8:00 - 22:00 4) The bike repair bus is at your service on Campus www.swapfiets.be Merelbeke, KU Leuven – Luca School of Arts, Technology Campus Gent Odisee - KU Leuven. Just check www.fietsambassade.gent.be

4 4 Public bicycle pumps De Lijn tickets The regional transport company of Flanders is called ‘De De Fietsambassade, Kattenberg 2 1 ; Voskenslaan 27, at the entrance 3 ; Oktrooiplein 10, at Gent Dampoort train Lijn’. The tickets are valid within the entire region. station; Maaltebruggestraat 191 4 Gent Sint-Pieters, underground bicycle parking lot, next to the APCOA bicycle repair shop 11 Single journey: In the city centre, a ticket is valid for 1 hour Campus Aula, bicycle parking lot Universiteitsstraat 13 including any bus/tram changes without restriction. The Campus Tech Lane A, Technologiepark, at several spots throughout the campus beside the road price is € 3,00 and you validate the ticket in one of the Former library Zuid, Woodrow Wilsonplein, at the bicycle parking to the right of the main entrance 10 yellow machines on board at the beginning of your trip. Buying a ticket with your phone is cheaper: send a text with 'DL' to 4411 and pay € 2,15 (including € 0,15 for your provider) or buy an M-ticket using the Ticket Touch app for € 1,80.

Lijnkaart: If you plan on using city buses or trams more BUSES & TRAMS . than once, you are better off buying a 'Lijnkaart' (€ 16,00 in presale for 10 rides). You validate this ticket in the yellow machines on board at the beginning of your trip, as you In Ghent, buses and trams are would with a single ticket. Good to know: De Lijn tickets are valid anywhere in Flanders. If you buy the ticket omnipresent and can take you almost through the 4411 app, it's called an 'm-Card' and it costs anywhere in the city. Wherever you are, € 15,00. you're never too far away from a bus or Day Pass: This allows you to travel through Flanders on a tram stop. any tram or bus for the entire day. It will costs you € 8,00 if you buy it on the bus/tram and € 6,00 in advance. Three FYI: Public transportation in Belgium is managed on the day passes and ﬁve day passes are also available. De Lijn Shops regional level. Hence Flanders (De Lijn), Brussels (MIVB) To buy one of the tickets mentioned before or to buy a and Wallonia (TEC) have separate public transport Buzzy Pazz or Omnipas: If you plan on using our buses Buzzy Pazz or Omnipas: companies. and trams regularly and over a large period of time, it's probably a good idea to buy a Buzzy Pazz or an Omnipas, 1) Korenmarkt, Cataloniëstraat 4 9 valid on any De Lijn bus or tram. Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 12:15 and 12:30 - 17:00

1 month 3 months 12 months 2) Gent Sint-Pieters train station 11 Buzzy Pazz Open: Monday to Friday 7:00 - 19:00 / Saturday 10:00 - 12:15 € 32,00 € 79,00 € 214,00 (ages 12-25) and 12:30 - 17:00 Omnipas € 48,00 € 120,00 € 319,00 3) Woodrow Wilsonplein (Gent Zuid) 10 (ages 26-59) Open: Monday to Friday 7:00 - 19:00

Night buses: Night buses are available every weekday until 1:00. You can use them in the city centre the same Route planner De Lijn way you use them by da> y. If you need to get out of the city The planner is available in English at centre, check the De Lijn website on www.delijn.be/en. www.delijn.be/en/routeplanner. Enter the address of departure and arrival, the time and date and you'll get the easiest travel route by bus or tram and even train or metro if needed.

5 By airplane TRAINS INTERNATIONAL Belgium has two major international airports: Brussels Airport (Brussel Nationale Luchthaven) in Zaventem and The city of Ghent has two major train TRAVEL Charleroi Airport (Brussels South). stations: Gent Dampoort (best Brussels Airport: to get from Ghent to Brussels Airport or connection to Antwerp) and Gent Sint- Blablacar the other way around the train is a good option. You can use a Go Pass 10, a Go Pass 1 or a Rail Pass for the ride, but Share a ride to neighbouring countries at a lower price Pieters 11 (main station). Here you will you will also need an additional Diabolo ticket for € 5,34. than by bus or train! At www.blablacar.be you can check Be sure to keep both your train ticket and your Diabolo find connections to all major cities in who is travelling where, when, how many spots are left ticket with you after leaving the train, otherwise you won't in their car and how much it will cost you. You can even Belgium. be allowed to enter the airport. post a ride yourself! Book your seat online and travel from city A to city B, even at the last minute. NMBS tickets Charleroi Airport: taking the Flibco bus is your best The national railway company in Belgium is called 'NMBS' option. You can purchase tickets online and the buses will in Flanders and 'SNCB' in Wallonia. You can purchase a Taxistop pick you up in Ghent at the back of the Gent Sint-Pieters single ticket online (and print the ticket or show it on your This Belgian initiative offers a wide range of carpool and train station and leave you in front of the departure halls smartphone or tablet) or at the ticket dispensers and carsharing services, always looking for new ways to at the airport. Be sure to foresee enough time as buses can ticket counters in the station. benefit your wallet, the environment and society. Worth a get stuck in traffic. www.flibco.be/en look! www.taxistop.be/en Tip: the ticket dispensers only take bank cards or coins. Be sure to buy a ticket in advance because buying one on the Long distance buses train will cost you an additional charge of minimal € 7,00. Flixbus, Eurolines, Isilines, Megabus, Ouibus and some Let the ticket inspector know before you get on the train if other companies offer a broad range of destinations in It is quite surprising how much CO2 you didn't get a ticket, otherwise you will get fined. Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy emissions we produce in everyday and many other countries. Check out the promotions on life. These CO emissions can easily A 'Go Pass 10' or 'Rail Pass' is a multiple trip ticket and can their websites and if you're lucky, you can get away for 2 be purchased at the ticket dispensers or at the ticket less than € 10,00. Flixbus even offers the possibility to be calculated with a carbon counters in the railway station: compensate for your CO emissions with a 2 footprint calculator and then small extra fee! Go Pass 10: If you are younger than 26, and planning to compensated by investing in a travel frequently by train, the best option is to buy a Go International trains Pass 10 (10 single rides between any two Belgian stations climate project. > Top: The main train station of Ghent, Gent Sint-Pieters and the bus As Ghent is in the heart of Europe, it is a superb hub for a valid for one year). The entire card will cost you € 52,00, so terminals of De Lijn; Bottom: The bicycle storage beneath the bus train ride to many great cities. With www.trainline.eu you one single journey will only cost € 5,20. It's also possible to terminals at the Gent Sint-Pieters train station. use the Go Pass with several people at the same time. The have a great travel mate to help you pick your best On https://goo.gl/9L6uuD you will ticket is printed without your name, so if you don't use up option. find both a calculator and a way to all the rides you can resell them easily at the end of your Route planner NMBS Thalys: high-speed trains from Brussels to Paris, exchange. There is also a route planner for trains, available in English compensate. Amsterdam, Köln, Schiphol, Den Haag, Rotterdam, etc. at www.belgianrail.be/en. Enter the address of departure www.thalys.com Rail Pass: This ticket fits people of 26 or older. It works and arrival, the time and date and you'll get the easiest exactly like a Go Pass, but it's a bit more expensive: € 77,00 travel route by train and by bus, tram or metro if needed. for 10 rides or € 7,70 per single ride. Eurostar: these trains will take you to London, Lille and a couple of other destinations in no time. Good to know: there are many other ticket formula that www.eurostar.com may suit your needs like Go Pass 1, Shopping Ticket, Weekend Ticket... Check the website or ask at any station.

6 PEDESTRIAN PRIVILEGE 7 Mageleinstraat, Kalandestraat TRANSPORT MAP 6 9 until Koestraat, Langemunt 1 Fietsambassade repair shop (p. 8) and Donkersteeg. In these 2 Blue-bike / Fietsambassade (p. 9) 12 four streets of the city 3 Fietsambassade repair shop (p. 9) center, pedestrians are king Public bicycle pump (at the entrance) (p. 10) from 11:00 until 18:00. Get off 4 Public bicycle pump (Fietsambassade bike depot) (p. 10) 5 Bike repair point Campus Sterre (p. 9) 10 your bike and take it by the 6 Bike repair point Campus Coupure (p. 9) hand, or take a parallel 7 Fietsambassade repair shop (p. 9) street. Otherwise, you 8 Public bicycle pump Campus Ledeganck (underground parking lot) (p. 10) might need to pay€58! 9 Public bicycle pump Korenmarkt (Sint-Michiels bridge) (p. 10) De Lijn shop (Cataloniëstraat) (p. 11) 1 10 De Lijn shop (between platform 1 & 2) (p. 11) Public bicycle pump (at the right of the main entrance of the library) (p. 10) 11 Gent Sint-Pieters train station (p. 12) Public bicycle pump (underground bicycle parking lot, next to the APCOA bicycle repair shop) 12 Swapﬁets (p. 9) 13 Public bicycle pump Campus Aula (bicycle parking lot) (p. 10) 11 8

2 3

7 8 Ghent is a true paradise for foodies Food, health & and a real hotspot for healthy, organic and tasty restaurants. sustainability Making some changes to what you put inside your body is To top it off, Ghent is the ‘European capital’ of vegetarian a fun, easy and very effective way to contribute to a more food and is the birth place of Thursday Veggie Day, sustainable way of living your student life. Not only what promoting a weekly meatless day as part of a sustainable you eat, but also where it's from and what it's wrapped in lifestyle. As a result, Ghent is a true veggie paradise can make a difference! We've lined up ﬁve simple tips and waiting to be discovered. Take the time to explore the tricks to send you on your way. following student friendly addresses that are easy on the wallet, cozy and totally full of young Ghent vibes. Be All addresses mentioned in this chapter adventurous and have fun discovering these hidden gems either have a completely vegan or vegetarian in Ghent! menu, many vegan or vegetarian options in combination with locally grown/fairtrade products or are involved in a social project of some kind.

VEGETERIAN PLANT-BASED BIO/ORGANIC LOCALLY GROWN FAIRTRADE SOCIAL FREE TAP WATER

> over the city, open every weekday. The prices at these Le Bar Infernal (p. 22) EAT VEGAN OR restaurants are the lowest in town (under € 5,00 per meal). What's not to like about that? The menu changes every day and there is always a vegetarian option. On VEGETARIAN Veggie Thursdays, there are even three vegetarian options! The cafeterias serve cheap and tasty sandwiches ﬁlled with Try some restaurants or cafes with vegan or vegetarian or vegetables and your choice of spread. Try the ecological have a veggie evening at home with some friends. Ghent sandwich (‘ecologisch broodje’) with a weekly changing has a wide range of great, cozy places to offer, of which we vegetarian spread. If you want to go vegan, have a look at included some in this guide. this page to know when our spreads are plant-based: https://tinyurl.com/ybfzukpc

At the university The student restaurant 'De Brug' is by far the most Student restaurants and cafeterias frequented canteen. It is also the place to be if you prefer a The university has eight cafeterias where you can get later meal as it is also open from 17:30 until 21:00 on sandwiches and snacks and eleven restaurants spread all weekdays in addition to the regular lunch service. Student

9 9 restaurants ‘De Brug’ and Sint-Jansvest’ also have a salad In the city Vooruit Café bar. A popular spot for students with great historic importance! Greenway Here, you’ll ﬁnd a variety of organic and fairtrade drinks, Be sure to bring your student card. Otherwise, you'll pay Vegetarian and vegan ﬁnger foods and dishes. Try the soup, hearty vegetarian sandwiches and many other the standard price of the meal, which is almost three times perfect vegetarian version of all the classics: burgers, dishes. They also have a well-known colorful terrace to higher than the student price. You can order an extra pasta, rice, salads and wraps. All take away dishes come in hang out at during summertime. sandwich for someone else, but NOT a second warm meal. biodegradable packaging! A little tip for when the lines are too long at the cash desk... When you pay with e-purse (money pre-loaded on www.greenway.be - Nederkouter 42 4 your student card), the queues move quite a bit faster! Open: Monday to Saturday 11:00 - 22:00 https://epurse.ugent.be

The locations, opening hours, and menus of the student Parnassus Le Petit Botanique Enjoy a meal made with organic fruits and vegetables restaurants and cafeterias can be found on This restaurant serves only organic vegetables and herbs produced in Ghent. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian www.ugent.be/en/facilities/restaurants from the city farm of Ghent. Yes, you read that right, Ghent options are available. Parnassus is a social employment has joined the city farming trend! Go taste the results project situated in a beautiful former Franciscan church. De Brug – Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 45 1 yourself and enjoy all that the city has to offer. On top of High on the list of must-see special places in Ghent! On weekdays: 11:15 - 14:00 and 17:30 - 21:00 that, the restaurant only uses recycled materials for their interior and 1 liter of tap water only costs 50 cents. www.parnassus.be - Oude Houtlei 122 5 Kantienberg – Stalhof 45 2 www.vooruit.be - Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23 8 Open: Monday to Friday 12:00 - 14:00 / Sunday 17:00 - On weekdays: 11:15 - 14:00 Open: Monday to Wednesday 10:00 – 1:00 / Thursday to www.lepetitbotanique.be - Kammerstraat 19 22:00 Saturday 12:00 – 02:00 / Sunday 12:00 – 01:00 Open: Monday to Friday 11:00 - 18:00 Kantienberg is close to the homes of the exchange Kitchen: Tuesday to Saturday 12:00 - 21:30 / Sunday to students, has a nice garden and is not overcrowded. Komkommertijd Monday 12:00 - 20:30 Bar Italiano Gather some friends and get your stomachs fully filled at If you want to end your foodie experience with some the vegan all-you-can-eat buffet. There’s no better way to ‘Reversed restaurant’ Sint-Jansvest De Walrus sustainable and vegan ice cream, head to Bar Italiano and Unlike the other student restaurants, every day is veggie try out new vegan food and discover your new favorite Offers a daily vegetarian and/or vegan special as well as take a scoop of their deliciousness. You can also get a day at this retro restaurant! You'll find at least three dish! Also take away. many non-vegetarian options and organic beverages. They hearty snack there, including vegetarian or vegan dishes. vegetarian meals and only one meat/fish option. also have a big terrace with awesome murals to spend Need something to go? Bar Italiano uses biodegradable www.komkommertijd.be - Reep 14B 6 sunny afternoons and warm evenings while listening to takeaway packaging. Open: Tuesday to Friday and Sunday 11:45 - 14:30 and 18:00 - 22:30 / Saturday 18:00 - 22:30 some live music. - Zwijnaardsesteenweg 83 11 www.walrus-gent.be - Coupure Links 497 9 Open: Monday to Friday 11:00 - 21:45 / Saturday and Sunday Tasty World Open: Monday to Friday 11:00 - 2:00 / Saturday and Sunday 12:00 - 19:00 Veggie burgers in all shapes and flavors, freshly made 16:00 - 2:00 / Kitchen: 12:00 - 14:00 and 18:00 - 22:00 smoothies, vegan ice cream and all of this deliciousness is O'yo wrapped only using biodegradable packaging. What’s not Yoghurt is their specialty, but they also serve other stuff. to like? Also, you get 10% off with your student card. Lokaal A small and charming eatery serving locally produced Breakfast, lunch, coffee and cake, always healthy and with lots of vegetarian and vegan options. www.tastyworld.be vegetarian and vegan meals at very reasonable prices. Also Hoogpoort 1 a great place for tea and vegan ice cream lovers. www.oyobar.be – Brabantdam 82 12 Open: Monday to Saturday 11:00 - 22:00 Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 - 18:30 Sint-Jansvest - Sint-Jansvest 24 3 - Brabantdam 100 10 On weekdays: 11:15 - 14:00 Open: Tuesday to Saturday 11:30– 21:00

10 Trafiek Le Botaniste Otomat This small cafe has a terrace and is located between With 100% vegan and 99% organic dishes, Le Botaniste “In heavenly pizza we crust” is their device, which says it mosaic benches and a large grapevine in a lovely small wants food to be the medicine you need. all. Otomat serves two vegan pizzas, multiple vegan park outside the center of Ghent. It is the perfect place to salads and plenty of vegetarian options. enjoy a cup of fairtrade coffee/tea or a vegetarian snack www.lebotaniste.be - Hoornstraat 13 14 (like pasta, grilled sandwiches and pancakes) after a visit Open: Monday to Saturday 11:00 – 21:00 www.otomat.be – Kleine Vismarkt 3 to the second hand store next door. Open: Sunday to Thursday 12:00 - 22:00 / Friday to Lekker GEC Saturday 12:00 - 23:00 trafiek.blogspot.be - Haspelstraat 37 At this organic and vegetarian restaurant you literally only Open: Wednesday to Friday 11:00 - 20:00 / Sunday 11:00 - 17:00 pay for what you want – you fill up your plate with goods Mie Vie Kitchen: Wednesday to Friday 11:30 - 14:00 and 17:00 - 19:30 / from the self-service, your plate is weighed, and you pay This all vegan place has a lot to offer: brunch, lunch, sweet Sunday 11:30 - 16:30 by the gram! Or kilogram if you’re very, very hungry. stuff, sandwiches, drinks and much more. In need of professional advice concerning your vegan or vegetarian Le Bal Infernal www.lekkergec.com - Poel 7 15 lifestyle or looking for a diet? Make an appointment and A book lover’s paradise! You can kill two birds with one Open: Monday to Saturday 12:00 - 22:00 / Sunday 12:00 - 15:00 get your personal advice. stone at this place: Have a coffee and exchange your own book for a different one from the gigantic library of used Take Five Espressobar www.mievie.be – Serpentstraat 28 books. Take Five is a jazzy place where you can get organic and Open : Tuesday to Friday 9:30 - 15:00 / Saturday 10:00 - fair teas, vegan coffees, hot chocolates, cake, breakfast, 18:00 - Kammerstraat 6 brunch and lunch. If you're looking for a bar to grab a quick Open: Monday to Thursday 12:00 - 1:00 / Friday and Saturday coffee in the centre, Take Five is a good place to start. 12:00 - 3:00 / Sunday 12:00 - 00:00 www.take-five-espressobar.be – Volderstraat 10 16 Appelier Open: Monday to Friday 8:30 - 18:00 / Saturday 9:00 - 18:00 / THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT: Get your vegetarian meal of the day in this cosy restaurant, Sunday 10:00 - 18:00 or take it with you and bring your own container – you’ll HAPPYCOW get a discount! Full Circle Coffee Find a vegetarian/vegan restaurant This cosy coffee bar serves delicious drinks and cake. The best wherever you are and make some www.deappelier.be - Citadellaan 47 13 part? It's Belgium's first 100% plant-based coffee bar! You can Open: Monday to Friday 11:30 - 14:00 & 17:30 - 20:30 > Top: Trafiek / Bottom: Le Bar Infernal enjoy your drink outside on the terrace whenever the shy cows really happy. Available for Belgian sun comes out. DreamCATchers Android and iOS. You might have guessed it, it's a cat café! Make a V-box – Zuidstationstraat 5 17 reservation and come pet the kitties while enjoying a The V is for Vegan, but also for Very impressive menu. Vegan Open: Monday to Friday 7:30 - 18:00 / Saturday and Sunday vegan drink or treat. Every kitty is up for adoption, so if street food with funky names such as ‘Charming Casanova’ 10:00 - 18:00 you're planning on staying in Belgium for a long time and or ‘Finger Licking Explosion’. Take your friends and try them if you're looking for a furry friend, come take a look at all! Castor & Pollux VEGGIEPLAN GENT DreamCATchers. This new restaurant has multiple vegetarian options, a menu A map to guide you to most of the www.v-box.be - Inside square @ Dok Noord 7 following the seasons and partially local and biological, free www.wearedreamcatchers.be - Schepenhuisstraat 17 Tuesday to Friday 10:00 - 18:00 / Saturday 10:00 - 20:00 tap water and the possibility to take your leftovers home. Give veggie cafes and restaurants. Open: Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday 10:30 - 18:00 it a try! download it here: www.castorenpollux.be – Sleepstraat 210 https://goo.gl/UwwTLV Open: Monday to Saturday 18:00 – 22:00

11 At home What’s typically DRINK TAP WATER Preparing a vegetarian or vegan dish doesn’t only Belgian and when broaden your cooking skills and impress your fellow students, it also drastically lowers your carbon footprint do I eat it? All tap water is perfectly drinkable in Belgium, except for the rare cases when this pictogram is shown. The quality per meal and reduces animal suffering. You’ll find many check of our tap water is very thorough and some say this even makes the tap water healthier and safer than bottled creative and delicious ways online to replace the meat, Autumn water. We are currently making tapwater more available to you by installing water coolers in public places. Make good use fish and/or dairy on your plate with something plant Beet, black radish, mushrooms, pumpkin, endives, of them! based. cabbages, broccoli, spinach, sprouts, lamb’s lettuce, tomato, all kinds of pears and apples, clementines, kiwi berry In almost any supermarket in Ghent you’ll find different kinds of meat and dairy substitutes such as Quorn, seitan, Winter At the university tofu, soy/almond/rice milk and many others. Beet, black radish, turnips, purslane, endives, cabbages, Reusable water bottles Deliveroo sprouts, leek, black salsify, parsnip, lamb’s lettuce, all kinds Start your life at Ghent University by acquiring a reusable water of pears and apples bottle. It pays off very quickly as you won’t need to pay 10 cents Don’t feel like cooking nor going out, but still want a per plastic cup in the student restaurants and cafeterias. delicious meal? Deliveroo delivers great restaurant dishes to your door, and all of this by bike! Greenway, Tasty World, Spring Another option is to buy a Dopper water bottle at the (web)shop Le Botaniste are some of the vegetarian/vegan options Pak choi, chard, leek, spinach, kohlrabi, asparagus, green of the university. The stylish bottle is recyclable - send it back for among many others. www.deliveroo.be beans, leafy greens, carrots, rhubarb free to the company and they'll recycle it - it's BPA-free and the @ UGENT company invests in social water projects. Summer DUURZAAMHEID Leafy greens, tomato, aubergine, pepper, cauliflower, http://ugent.unigear.eu/gifts/dopper broccoli zucchini, spinach, corn, green beans, fennel, beet, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, juniper berries, black and red currant, prune, cherry In the city Tap water at cafes and restaurants TIP: you’ll find all of these lovely veggies and fruits in the It is not customary in Belgium to automatically get a free glass Mizuna packages (see p. 27). of tap water with your meal. However, in many restaurants, bars and cafes you can ask for one. Just give it a try! We added a symbol to the cafes or restaurants mentioned in this chapter serving free tap water. At home Drinking water from the tap at home also has many advantages! It will save you a lot of money since it’s about 100 times cheaper to drink tap water instead of bottled water. Also, no need to drag kilos of water up the stairs of your place.

12 REDUCE OR At home The student restaurants of Ghent LOCAL, ORGANIC You’ll find many tips and tricks online on how to avoid University serve more than food waste in your own home, take a look and save a 600.000 warm meals and REUSE whole lot of money and food! Here are 29 tips to start off AND SEASONAL with: www.greatist.com/health/how-to-ways-reduce- 400.000 sandwiches per year! LEFTOVERS food-waste This makes for quite a carbon PRODUCE footprint. That’s why we keep on You know that feeling when your plate isn’t empty yet but trying to make our restaurants The local and seasonal fruits and vegetables in Ghent are your stomach is way too full to eat another bite? And and your dishes as sustainable as so tasty, refreshing and healthy you’ll have a hard time you’re left with the choice between feeling sick or going back to the supermarket afterwards! Discover all the throwing away that lovely food? The city of Ghent got your WONKY, THE TASTY WAY TO possible. You’ll notice that you’ll products Ghent has to offer, support the local producers back! RESCUE FOOD! have to pay 10 cents for a and farms and truly feel like a local hero. Wonky literally rescues bits and disposable plastic cup. When you At the university pieces of vegetables that would bring your own water bottle, you’ll At the university Mizuna Do you like the meals of our student restaurants so much get thrown away: tomato ends, get a smile instead of a bill. Students taking care of students, we love it! Mizuna is a you want to take them home? Buy one of the black plastic funky looking vegetables... They group of students who compose and distribute weekly containers at the restaurant or bring your own box (the packages of fresh, locally grown, organic and seasonal latter is only an option for the hot meals). Use it for take collect them from companies, If you use a Keepcup® (and only a fruits and vegetables. They are tailor-made for student life, away or to bring home your leftovers, wash it and re-use transform them into delicious dips Keepcup®) for your soup, you so you won’t need to cook every day to finish all the it! This greatly reduces both food waste and packaging, and resell them in stores and vegetables before they go bad. A superb solution when you adding to your sustainable lifestyle. won’t have to pay 10 cents for a restaurants. Here's a list of places have to survive on a tight budget as it is only €6 per paper soup cup! These sustainable package (fruit, vegetables, potatoes or a mix). Definitely In the city where you can get/try them: cups, suitable for any hot drink, worth a try! http://mizuna.be/english https://goo.gl/vKjXXC can be purchased in the student Doggy bags Ghent has reintroduced the doggy bag - or as we call it restaurants and at the Ghent ‘restorestje’ - in restaurants to take your leftovers home. University (web)shop: You can find the more than 100 places who have joined the campaign on the following map: http://goo.gl/qZEG2f. Don’t http://ugent.unigear.eu TOO GOOD TOO GO Collection point Campus Coupure (Paviljoen) be afraid to ask for doggy bags anywhere in Ghent even if Coupure Links 653 18 they aren’t in the guide! This amazing initiative has one Pick up: Pick up Monday 15:30– 17:00 goal: end food waste. Download the app, look for For other collection points, check the website or facebook page restaurants or stores selling their leftovers and enjoy being a hero! facebook.com/mizunabio Available for iOS and Android. www.toogoodtogo.be

13 Beo Gent Farmers’ markets In the city Fruits and vegetables straight from the growers. Can you What’s better than products fresh from the field? Bioplanet taste the difference? Big barrels of pasta, rice, nuts and Find the organic version of everything you need to survive even liquids are also available to buy in bulk. Fill up your Centrumplein, Ledeberg in this large eco-friendly supermarket. In this shop you will own pots and bags with the exact amount you need, Fruits and vegetables, eggs, dairy products, bread, find free samples and coffee at all times, making grocery reducing food and packaging waste! meat and fresh herbs. shopping fun! Wednesday 13:00 - 17:00 www.beo-markt.be - Heilige Geeststraat 6 24 www.bioplanet.be - Drongensesteenweg 134 Open: Wednesday to Friday 10:00 – 18:30, Saturday and Kerkstraat, Gentbrugge Open: Monday to Thursday 9:00 - 19:30 / Friday 9:00 – 20:00 Sunday 10:00 – 16:00 Fruits and vegetables, cheese, fruit, ice cream, etc. Saturday 9:00 - 19:30 Wednesday 14:00 – 17:00 Tavontuur Origin’o Bio health food store stocking fresh bread and pastry, fresh Blaisantvest Fruits and vegetables, milk, eggs, etc. Organic grocery shop with fruits and vegetables, vegetables and fruit, vegetarian specialties and personal care Stujardin products. You can also buy some of the products in bulk, so Thursday 13:00 – 17:00 vegetarian products, sustainable household products and Get down and dirty at the fruit and vegetable gardens run you can reduce your packaging waste! make-up. by students. There’s always work to do, especially during Spijkstraat-Halve Maanstraat, Sint-Amandsberg Burgstraat 137 Fruits and vegetables, milk and eggs. springtime. The daily harvest is distributed among the 21 www.origino.be - Kortrijksesteenweg 148 Open: Monday to Saturday 9:30 – 18:00 Saturday 9:00 – 12:00 people who worked at the garden that day. You won’t find Open: Monday to Friday 8:30 – 18:30 / Saturday 8:30 – 18:00 any fresher food than this! Charles l’Epeeplein Ayuno facebook.com/stujardin/ Organic markets Fruits and vegetables, dairy, fairtrade products, etc. Organic grocery shop close to Kouter with a broad healthy Sunday 8:00 – 12:00 Markets are a great way to really get to know the food Vegetable garden @ Faculty of Bioscience Engineering and vegetarian offer including make-up and much more. Stop by for a freshly made snack, they’ll even warm it up traditions of a city. Not surprisingly Ghent has three Coupure Links 653 19 for you! organic markets. These are perfect for a morning stroll: Vegetable garden @ Faculty of Science 22 Groentenmarkt: Small market with a big vegetable stall, a PLACES TO BE Krijgslaan 281 20 www.ayuno.be – Korte meer 22B Open: Monday to Friday 9:30 - 18:30 / Saturday 9:30 – 18:00 bread stall and a long cheese stall. Typically Belgian Ghent has many markets, all with Open: Friday 7:30 – 13:00 Bioshop Pimpernel their specific character. Check out Maria Hendrikaplein (in front of Gent Sint-Pieters station): Organic grocery shop close to Overpoort, get your organic https://tinyurl.com/yct3nyzt Fruits and vegetables, goat dairy, edible flowers, wine etc. cravings or a lovely sandwich with soup. Need some Open: Sunday 8:00 – 13:00 25 to get overview of your best organic bread but everything’s closed already? Pimpernel owns a bread vending machine to meet your bready needs market options. Lousbergmarkt: what you get when four great initiatives 24/7! get together: de Vroente, Copain, Dochters van de Jaegher and het Hinkelspel. They sell their organic fruits and www.bioshop.be – Charles de Kerchovelaan 423 23 vegetables, sourdough bread, mostly veggie meals and Open: Monday to Friday 9:00 - 18:30 / Saturday 9:00 - 17:00 incredible cheeses all in one place.

www.lousbergmarkt.be - F. Lousbergskaai 33 Open: de Vroente 8:30-18:00 / Copain 8:00-18:00 / Dochters van de Jaegher Monday to Thursday 8:00-16:00 & Friday to Saturday: 8:00-18:00 / Het Hinkelspel: 8:30-18:00

14 Typically Belgian BUY PRODUCTS DE FRIETKETEL You might have noticed, but Belgians are very fond and proud of our national dish: French fries. Exactly, French WITH NO OR MINIMAL fries are actually Belgian! De Frietketel is one of the most famous 'frituur' of Ghent. Half of their snacks are PACKAGING vegetarian and homemade. The fries are baked in vegetable oil and come in large portions. You can even get vegan ice cream from Heppie Cow as dessert! There are so many ways to reduce the waste you produce, and you can start by reducing the waste your food is wrapped in. Use reusable shopping bags, - Papegaaistraat 89 26 reusable fruit and vegetable bags, buy the products you need in larger Open: Monday to Friday 11:00 – 14:00 and 17:00 – 23:00 / amounts, with recyclable packaging… The list goes on. Ghent also offers two Sunday 17:00 – 22:00 packaging free stores where you can bring your own boxes and bags to take your food home! ROOMER A strong alcoholic all natural beverage with elderflower brewed inside the city. You can find it in a lot of cafes In the city (Vooruit Café, De Walrus, etc.) or buy it in a shop. The OHNE beautifully shaped bottle with small flowers inside makes Bring your own jars, bottles, bags or boxes and fill them up with products in it a very popular gift. For a map of where to get yours: the shop. Apart from fruits and vegetables, OHNE sells dairy products, meats, www.roomer.be/waar_zoeken.php cornflakes, pasta, household materials and much more! Always with a focus on Madam Bakster local and organic products. Don’t worry if you don’t have any jars or bottles at This guilt-free bakery was created by a passionate student home, you can buy them in the shop. at Ghent University. They make entirely vegan desserts like scones, cakes, pies, etc. without refined sugars, without ohne.be/gent - Steendam 59 & Koningin Elisabethlaan 22 27 preservatives and most of all, delicious and beautiful! Open: Monday to Thursday 10:00 -19:00 / Friday and Saturday 10:00– 18:00 Sounds like paradise? Order the desserts online or taste them with a delicious vegan coffee at their coffee house! Moor&Moor Although you won’t find all that many packaging free products here – mostly www.madambakster.be - Brabantdam 142 10 pasta, grains and coffee – everything is local, vegetarian/vegan and organic. Open: Wednesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00 You can also taste their delicious coffee and sandwiches at the shop.

www.moormoor.be - Jakobijnenstraat 7 24 Open: Saturday – Thursday: 9:00-18:00 / Friday: 9:00-19:00

Beo Gent Fruits and vegetables straight from the growers. Can you taste the difference? Big barrels of pasta, rice, nuts and even liquids are also available to buy in bulk. Fill up your own pots and bags with the exact amount you need, reducing food and packaging waste!

www.beo-markt.be - Heilige Geeststraat 6 26 Open: Wednesday to Friday 10:00 – 18:30, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 16:00

15 15 FOOD MAP 19 18 24 16 6 1 Student restaurant ‘De Brug’ (p. 19-20) 14 2 Student restaurant ‘Kantienberg (p. 19-20) 22 3 Student restaurant ‘Sint-Jansvest’ (p. 20) 26 9 3 4 Greenway (p. 20) 12 10 5 Parnassus (p. 20) 5 7 17 6 Komkommertijd (p. 20) 4 8 7 Tasty World (p. 20) 1 8 Vooruit (p. 21) 9 De Walrus (p. 21) 10 Lokaal (p.21) Madam Bakster (p.30) 11 Bar Italiano (p. 21) 12 O’yo (p. 21) 13 Appelier (p. 22) 2 14 Le Botaniste (p. 23) Moor&Moor (p. 31) 21 23 13 15 Lekker GEC (p. 23) 27 16 Take Five Espressobar (p. 23) 25 17 Full Circle Coffee (p. 23) 18 MIZUNA Collection point Campus Coupure (Paviljoen) (p. 27) 11 19 20 Vegetable garden Ghent University (p. 28) 21 Origin’o (p. 28) 22 Ayuno (p. 28) 23 Bioshop Pimpernel (p. 28) 24 Beo Gent (p. 29) 25 Organic market (p. 29) 26 De Frietketel (p. 30) 27 OHNE (p. 31)

16 17 The choices you make as a consumer Kringloop shops can make a difference, so make them GIVEAWAYS, You most likely won’t be able to take all your belongings back home after your stay. If you can’t sell it, and don’t have the time to give everything away, just drop it all off at one of the many Kringloop shops in Ghent (see p. 41-42). Bikes and count! In this chapter, you’ll find all electronics can be damaged or broken, Kringwinkel Ateljee will try to fix them so they can be sold again. Can’t carry it to the sorts of ways to contribute to an SHARES OR shop by yourself? Just give them a call at +32 9 224 07 15 or contact them at [email protected] and they’ll come pick environmentally conscious way of SWAPS it up for free! consuming, all the while contributing to your wallet and well-being. At home One man's trash is another man's treasure. Do you have stuff laying around you never use and you won’t be able to sell at At the university the end of your stay in Ghent? Don’t throw it away! Be kind and leave it at the gift shelves in student house 'De Therminal' Gift shelves or in the residencies. You can also put an announcement in the Facebook groups ‘GIFT | Gent’ or ‘De geef van Gent’. These At the student house ‘De Therminal’, as well as at the groups were created purely for giveaways or to find what you need for free. student residencies, you’ll find our gift shelves or as we call them, ‘weggeefkast’ (give-away-shelve). Do you have Disclaimer: Facebook groups can get deleted, but usually they’ll pop back up after a while, so don’t worry if you can’t find stuff you don’t need anymore but which could still be them at first! useful for others? Put it on the shelf! Your things will find their way to a new owner and you get extra points for your good karma. Do you see something on the gift shelf that you can use? Give it a new home! A pyramid to live by

Student House ‘De Therminal’ - Hoveniersberg 24 1 In the city Peerby.com A website that helps you borrow items from your neighbours. It has a wide range of shareable items, such as bike repair kits, kitchen supplies (blenders, baking molds, etc.), ladders, hammers, suitcases, tents, travel plugs, books, etc. Create a free account, ﬁll in your address in Ghent, go to “my request” and post the item you want to borrow. Peerby then shares the request with people in your neighbourhood. If someone can help you out, they will contact you through the website. No more need to buy unnecessary things that you’ll only use once or twice and can’t take back home with you. You’re not only saving money, you’re also helping others!

Closet sales at RAY, Vlömarkt... You’ll ﬁnd many closet sales organized throughout the year in our lovely city. Look for events on Facebook or Google search with the keywords: closet sales, ruilmarkt, rommelmarkt, braderie, vlomarkt and Gent/Ghent.

18 DE KAFT THINK TWICE SECOND HAND This book store inside Leen’s living room originally opened Large collections of vintage clothing, shoes and in 1974 and is still going strong. You’ll find many fiction accessories for both men and women, divided over two and non-fiction second hand books here, stop by or order shops. Don’t like anything you see in the store? Try again STORES yours online. next month. Every 5 weeks they stock the store with a completely new collection and the week before that, www.dekaft.be - Iepenstraat 80 6 prices sink as low as At the university Open: Tuesday to Saturday 14:00-18:00 € 1,00 in the entire shop! Also keep an eye on their Facebook page to check for their Happy Hours. Kringloopwinkel Magazijn SECOND HAND BOOK MARKET Ghent University has its own second hand store! Here, you Every Sunday you can stroll around and browse through - Think Twice T2 - Ajuinlei 15A 9 can find office supplies like paper, binders, and furniture as the books at Ajuinlei from 9:00 to 13:00. 5 Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00– 18:00 / Sunday 10:00– well as technical supplies such as ladders, paintbrushes, Books 14:00 cleaning supplies etc. The most interesting items can be OXFAM BOOKSHOP found on the online web shop. Bikes This is another great second hand bookstore to discover Be sure to check the Facebook groups mentioned - Nederkouter 118 10 during your time in Ghent. A beautiful shop with a large Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00– 18:00 www.ugent.be/student/nl/meer-dan- previously if you’re looking for a bike. Here are some collection of books in French, English and German as well places you’ll find a whole lot of them. studeren/milieu/kringloopwinkelstud.htm as a small supply of Italian, Spanish, Swedish and Russian VISITRICE Building S24 Campus Sterre, Galglaan 4 2 books. A Ghent based clothing store including a small selection Open: Monday to Friday 8:00– 12:00 and 13:00 – 16:00 TWEEDEHANDSFIETSENMARKT Twice a year, the city of Ghent organizes a huge second of magazines and books. All brands are sustainable, - Sint-Amandstraat 16 3 vegan and sweatshop free. Enter through the main entrance, before you arrive at hand bike sale, the ‘Tweedehandsfietsenmarkt’, at Oude Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 18:00 Beestenmarkt. This usually happens at the beginning and building S1, turn and walk left, continue straight and then - Kortrijksepoortstraat 7 11 to the right. In the courtyard you’ll see a sign marked at the end of the school year, so be sure to check online for DE SLEGTE Open: Wednesday to Saturday 11:00 - 19:00 / Sunday to ‘magazijnen’. The entrance to the shop is on the side door. the next date.. Every Sunday from 7:00 to 13:00, you can De Slegte offers a huge selection of second hand books as Monday 14:00-19:00 Important: You can only pay with a bank card here. find a smaller amount of second hand bikes at the same well as regular books, and over 5.000 English books are Oude Beestenmarkt. 7 CROSSOVER available in their shop in Ghent. You’ll also find books in This second hand store offers a large collection of brands French, Spanish, Italian and many other languages. You can KRINGLOOP SHOPS such as Jean-Paul Gaultier, Dries Van Noten, Essentiel, buy the books online and pick them up in the store or do it Some of the second hand Kringloop shops offer bikes: In the city D&G, Liu Jo, Caroline Biss, Tommy Hilfiger, Terre Bleu, the old-fashioned way and simply check out the huge offer Kringwinkel Brugsesteenweg - Brugsesteenweg 354 Decoration and furnishing Scapa, Strelli, Superdry, CKS, Steve Madden, Mc Gregor, in the store itself. Kringwinkel Tarbotstraat - Tarbotstraat 21 STUKOT.STUCLOUD.BE Ralph Lauren Polo, Hugo Boss, Riverwoods, G-star, Jack Kringloop Brugse Poort - Haspelstraat 49 Perfect for pimping your student room. Find second hand &Jones, Nike and many more. Clothing, shoes, www.deslegte.be/gent - Voldersstraat 7 4 items for yourself or share your leftover things. You get the Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 – 18:00 accessories, you'll find it all! Tip: every first Wednesday picture by now… all prices range from €1 - €10. Clothing STUBOOKS.BE ANNE B ESN GENT SECONDHAND MARKET A website with a large selection of second hand textbooks www.crossover-crossover.be – Charles Andrieslaan 7 12 Colorful and trendy second hand dresses and clothes, - ‘Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Gent’ has a to buy and sell. You can search for books using the title, Open : Wednesday 14:30 – 18:30 / Thursday 12:00 – 18:00 / especially for you girls! If you’re looking for brands, this is Facebook group for international students in Ghent to buy ISBN digits or by school and field of study. Find the Friday 14 :30 – 20:00 / Saturday 12:00 – 18:00 the place to be. or sell second hand items from/to other students. Here you textbooks you need at lower prices than brand new ones can find and sell bikes, kitchen utensils, mattresses, beds, or sell your own to retrieve some of the money you spent. couches, and much more. Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 84 8 Open: Monday to Friday 11:00– 13:30 / Saturday 10:30– This Facebook group is also another way to meet your 12:00 fellow international students in Ghent!

19 Kringloop thrift shops KRINGWINKEL ATELJEE A social project offering education and jobs to people who DID YOU KNOW? struggle to ﬁnd their place in the regular job market.

It is estimated that ± 2.700 liters Ateljee supports many projects such as social restaurants, > a biological farm, a bicycle repair shop and many second of water is needed to produce a hand stores. single t-shirt. Ateljee even has its own accessory line called GENTMADE! Their handbags, tablet and smartphone cases, toiletry bags If every exchange student in Ghent etc. are designed and produced by the staff, using only buys a second hand t-shirt second hand materials. Every piece is high quality, unique, FANN affordable and 100% Made in Ghent. instead of a new one, A small second hand store with women’s clothing that underwent a rigorous inspection and selection process. approximately 3.240.000 liters of Kringwinkel Prinses Clementinalaan 13 Prices are a bit higher since they focus on brands and the Prinsed Clementinalaan 189 - Clothes and textile only! water (or 5.400 hours of clothing is fairly new, so if you’re looking for fancy pieces, this is the place to be. Warning: you won’t ﬁnd any vintage showering, or the equivalent of Kringwinkel Kortrijksepoortstraat & GENTMADE 14 here! 26.400 baths) can be saved! Kortrijksepoortstraat 44 - Clothes, textile and GENTMADE products only! www.fann.be – Burgstraat 41 Open: Monday to Thursday 12:00 – 18:00 / Friday 13:30 - 18:00 Kringwinkel Vlaamsekaai, GENTMADE & Het Restaurant Saturday 11:00-18:00 Vlaamsekaai 10 - Clothes, textile and GENTMADE products > Kringwinkel (p. 41) only! You can also enjoy a lovely meal or snack and support Ateljee by doing so. / Het Restaurant is open from Monday to Friday, from 11:30 until 13:00 Home delivery of second hand Kringwinkel Pijnderstraat & GENTMADE furniture makes moving a lot Pijnderstraat 52 (Gent Dampoort) - Kitchen utensils, furniture, books, clothes, textile and GENTMADE products easier. Be sure to ask your second hand store for more Kringwinkel Tarbotstraat Tarbotstraat 21 - Kitchen utensils, furniture, music, bikes information. and a small supply of books

Kringwinkel Brugsesteenweg Brugsesteenweg 354 - Kitchen utensils, furniture, books, bikes, clothes, textile and electronics.

www.uwkringwinkel.be Open: Monday to Friday 10:00-18:00 / Saturday 10:00-17:00

Or take a look at their web shop www.uwkringding.be

20 KRINGWINKEL BRUGSE POORT Kitchen utensils, furniture, books, bikes, clothes, textile and OTHER In the city electronics. Lush WHAT IS CRUELTY FREE? Lush offers handmade, fresh, cruelty free and www.kringloopwinkelgent.be – Haspelstraat 49 INTERESTING Don’t want your cosmetics to be Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 17:30 environmentally friendly cosmetics such as soap, hair products, make-up, skin masks, toothpaste tablets and tested on animals but don’t know SHOPS much more. They have a wide variety of products that will how to find out? There’s an app for provide a solution for any of your cosmetic needs. Other thrift shops that! Just search for the brand and OXFAM SHOP Mainly clothing, books, laptops and other IT products. At the university find out if it’s cruelty free. Ghent University Gift Shop www.oxfam-secondemain.be – Steendam 73 Leaving Ghent without treating yourself or your family and For all you Android users: Open: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00– 18:00 friends to a souvenir from our own gift shop would be a pity. Plus, having a souvenir will let you remember the Choose Cruelty Free TELEKLEDING good times you had in our city! You can find the shop For all you iOS users: Clothing for men and women at very low prices online or at two different sales points on campus. You’ll (€0,50 to €6) probably know by now that sustainability is very important Bunny Free to Ghent University, that’s why we revamped our collection www.telekleding.be - Elsstraat 31 into a more sustainable version. You should definitely get Open: Monday to Friday 14:00– 17:00 your hands on one of our organic and fair trade sweaters or t-shirts. But there’s more! Discover our Ghent University www.lush.com - Langemunt 1 ECOSHOP multi-lingual book about Ghent, power banks, sustainable Open: Monday to Thursday 10:00– 18:00 / Friday and Saturday Bring in your used stuff, they will sell it for you! Or simply pens, reusable Dopper bottles and much more! Order 10:00 – 18:30 get whatever you need in this huge store. online or go straight to one of the selling points. www.ecoshop.be - Afrikalaan 50 (near Gent Dampoort) NYX Professional Makeup Belgium www.shop.ugent.be Open: Monday to Friday 10:00 – 18:00 / Saturday 9:00– 18:00 / Looking for cruelty-free, professional makeup? You'll find Reception Desk at Congress Center Het Pand Sunday 10:00 – 12:00 and 14:00– 18:00 everything you need at NYX. Onderbergen 1 15 Open: Monday to Friday 8:30 – 22:00 TWEEDEHANDSSHOP www.nyxcosmetics.com – Langemunt 56-60 If you’re looking for anything vintage, exotic or crazy, this is Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 – 18:00 Reception Desk at Rectoraat the place to be! 1100 m2 of truly unique pieces await you. Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 25 16 Equivalenza Open: Monday to Friday 8:30– 17:30 SENSE www.2dehandsshop.be - Afrikalaan 40 (near Gent A perfume store that's good for your wallet and the Dampoort) environment. Based on who you are and what you like, A student organisation tackling Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00– 18:00 Equivalenza creates a personal perfume, bottles it, and refills issues involving animal suffering. it – with a discount! – whenever your bottle is empty. They only use plant-based alcohol, no animal testing is involved Interested in animal rights and Flea markets and the bottles are reused. Get your sustainable scent here! veganism? Join them at one of THE FLEA MARKET SINT-JACOBS AND BEVERHOUTPLEIN - Equivalenza Gent – Donkersteeg 24 17 their events! A lovely market on one of the nicest squares in Ghent. The Open: Monday to Friday 10:00 – 18:00 / Saturday 10:00 – 19:00 place is lined with many nice cafes to sit and enjoy a nice Sunday 11:00 – 18:00 cup of coffee or a beer after a visit to the market. http://student.ugent.be/sense Open: Friday and Saturday 8:00 - 13:00 / Sunday 8:00– 14:00

21 Maria-Hendrikaplein 5 20 Open: Monday 14:00– 17:00 / Tuesday to Friday 12:00– 18:00 Saturday 10:00– 18:00 GIRLS ONLY! Did you know? It's been said women use approximately over 11.000 tampons Supergoods – eco + fair fashion and pads in a lifetime. That's a lot of waste, but luckily there are some more “Good stuff for good people”, this sustainable, fair store is another place to be for all your fashion cravings. They also sustainable ways to get through your period. We've listed some reusable sell cosmetics, menstrual cups and even chocolate. Also alternatives for you to choose from, together with the stores where you can available online! get them. www.supergoods.be – Brabantdam 56 B 21 Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 – 18:00

Walk the line This shop only sells shoes produces in Europe, sweatshop MENSTRUAL CUP WASHABLE MENSTRUAL PADS free and sustainable. This reusable cup works like a tampon, just don't throw it They're mostly brightly coloured pads you can wash away after using it! If you take good care of it, you can use instead of throwing it away after one use. Be sure to read www.walktheline.shoes - Vlaanderenstraat 90 22 the same cup for years and years. Look up the speciﬁcs the instructions on how to wash them properly, to prevent Open: Monday 13:00-18:00 / Wednesday to Saturday 10:30- online, there are plenty of reviews and buying guides. the stains from staying. 18:00 Where to buy? OHNE (see p. 31), Tante Rosa Where to buy? OHNE (see p. 31), Tante Rosa Ethnique and Yak & Yeti (www.tanterosa.be), supergoods eco + fashion (see p. 44), (www.tanterosa.be), supergoods eco + fashion (see p. 44) Ayuno (see p.28), Bioplanet and many other stores and Fair wear & accesories for men, women and children. All webshops. Fair Eco Fashion their products come straight from their producers in Nepal. MENSTRUAL SPONGE This independent mother & son store provides you with a Works like the cup, except for the fact that it's a sea unique and guilt-free selection of stylish, sustainable and www.ethnique.be - Donkersteeg 18a 17 sponge. The menstrual sponge can also be used during fair trade clothing, underwear, shoes and accessories. Open: Monday and Wednesday to Saturday 11:00-18:00 intercourse.

www.yak-yeti.be - Mageleinstraat 13 19 Where to buy? Tante Rosa (www.tanterosa.be) www.fairecofashion.com – Mageleinstraat 11 18 Open: Monday to Thursday 11:00-18:00 / Friday to Saturday Open: Monday to Saturday 10:30 – 18:30 / Every first 11:00-18:30 Sunday 13:00 – 17:00 Mieke - non evil fashion (source: commons.wikimedia.org / OrangeD) Oxfam Wereldwinkel As the name of the shop suggests, you'll only find fairly PERIOD PANTIES Everything you’ll find in these shops is fair trade and and sustainable produced clothes and shoes in here. Underwear with incorporated pads so you don't need any bought straight from the producers. The company also pads or tampons at all. Depending on the brand and your takes social and environmental aspects into consideration mieke.business.site – Burgstraat 87 flow, you can wear one pair of panties per day and be safe during the process. The shops are filled with delicious Open: Monday and Tuesday 14:00-18:00 / Wednesday to from leaking. snacks, drinks, handmade gifts and accessories. Check it Saturday 11:00-18:00 out for the perfect guilt-free gift idea! Where to buy? Online, these are a couple of brands you can check out: PantyProp, Lunapanties, Thinx, Anigan, Vv www.oxfamwereldwinkels.be SkiVvys, Dear Kate, Modibodi, Period Panteez, Knix Wear Lammerstraat 16 19 Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00– 18:30

22 SHOPPING MAP 17 7 18 15 1 Gift shelves Student House ‘De Therminal (p. 36) 5 4 2 Kringloopwinkel Magazijn (p. 38) 9 3 Oxfam Bookshop (p. 38) 21 4 De Slegte (p. 38) 5 Second hand book market (p. 39) 12 6 8 6 De Kaft (p. 39) 10 19 7 Tweedehandsﬁetsenmarkt (p. 39) 16 8 Anne B (p. 39) 11 14 9 10 Think Twice (p. 39) 1 11 Visitrice (p. 40) 12 Crossover (p. 40) 13 Kringwinkel (p. 41) 3 14 Kringwinkel / GHENTMADE (p. 41)

GHENT UNIVERSITY GIFT SHOP 15 Het Pand reception desk (p. 42) 16 Rectoraat reception desk (p. 42) 20 17 Equivalenza (p. 43) Ethnique (p. 44) 13 18 Fair Eco Fashion (p. 44) Yak & Yeti (p. 44) 19 20 Oxfam Wereldwinkel (p. 44) 21 Super Goods - eco + fair fashion (p. 44) 22 Walk the line (p. 44)

23 24 Belgians are proud recycling champions. Living in Ghent? SUCH A WASTE

Join the club. In Ghent, the sturdy men and women of IVAGO take care of your garbage. There are ﬁve main categories of garbage they collect, each in a different way and at a different time Every country has its own ways of recycling and the in Ghent, depending on where you live. differences can be somewhat confusing. In this chapter we’ll tell you all the do’s and don’ts of waste and recycling To know on which day those handsome men and women in Ghent. You will be the king/queen of garbage! We have pick up the garbage in your street, ﬁll in your address on also added some fun and easy ideas to reuse and upcycle the following website and a personalized calendar will the stuff you already have. pop-up.

http://goo.gl/L3JeaK

To avoid any problems, place your garbage on the street after 19:00 on the day before they pick it up, but before 7:00. However, if you live in the students' neighbourhood, you should put your garbage out between 5:00 and 12:00 on the day of the pick-up to avoid drunk students creating > Graphical representation of the yellow IVAGO bags for normal waste confetti in the streets. The streets with this special garbage, the blue bags for PMD waste and a medium sized GFT regime are listed here on https://goo.gl/zWrRH9. container.

At home PMD (plastic bottles/flasks, metal GFT (vegetable, fruit and green waste) To make the streets even more colourful, you can also use When you rent an apartment on the private market and packaging & drink cartons) Regular garbage designated green GFT containers. These are used for the complex you stay at has more than 10 residential units, It is required to separate plastic bottles and flasks, metal All non-dangerous waste (that does not belong in one of leftover vegetables and fruits, as well as waste from the you will have special collection containers for household packaging and drink cartons (TETRA) from the normal the below mentioned categories) must be placed in the garden and your dear dead houseplants that you forgot to waste, glass, paper and cardboard, PMD (recyclable plastics garbage. For this waste, you need to purchase the official official yellow IVAGO bag for regular waste. These bags can water (no, that plastic flower doesn’t count). These and metals) and possibly GFT (vegetable, fruit and green (and cheap) blue IVAGO waste bags. These can be be bought in supermarkets (ask the cashier), the city shop containers are emptied biweekly as well. waste). Your landlord will explain to you how it works! or some convenience stores and are offered in two sizes purchased at the same place where you buy its yellow (30 l or 60 l). The yellow bags will be picked up once every brother. These see- through blue bags will be picked up every two weeks. Watch out for plastics like drinking cups, The yellow regular garbage bags are costly. Separating week on a fixed day (the link to the calendar is mentioned your greens into the cheaper GFT container will be about above). yogurt cups and plastic bags which don't belong in this blue fellow. Only plastic containers for drinks and washing 50 % cheaper. It is a great investment that helps the products should be placed in PMD. environment and your wallet, so don’t hesitate to order Tip: in order to encourage recycling, the city of Ghent has one! With the GFT container you also get a free small made the yellow bags the most expensive ones. So, less basket and a roll of biodegradable plastic bags to collect regular waste and more recycling equals saving money. Do’s: plastic bottles and flasks. Metal cans, spraying cans which contained food (e.g. whipped cream) or cosmetics the leftovers in your kitchen and keep the container clean. (e.g. deodorant, haispray), aluminium dishes and trays, Do’s: general waste which can be burned, including Three golden tips: 1) put a newspaper at the bottom of yoghurt cups, butter containers, plastic bags and the metal lids and caps. Drinking cartons of all sizes and shapes. the container; 2) never throw meat leftovers in it; 3) clean plastic drink cups which you get at the university. your container from time to time. Don’ts: other plastics, plastic bags and foils, plastic toys, Don’ts: injection needles, paint, medication, lamps and You can order the above described green containers online: anything recyclable. foam, aluminium foil, packages which contained motor oil, poisonous or corrosive products. www.ivago.be/thuisafval/gftikdoemee.

25 + Batteries

ALKALINE These don't belong in any of the bags or containers above. In Ghent you will ﬁnd + numerous collection points of Bebat, a company who recycles them. You will ﬁnd a

collection point in almost any supermarket. Student house 'De Therminal' and most

student residencies also have one, easy peasy! +

Glass + Transparent, empty and mostly clean glass bottles, bowls and ﬂasks are collected in a plastic bucket or solid plastic box with closed bottom and lateral walls provided by

you. IVAGO picks up the glass once a month. Don't use cardboard boxes as a container

+ or you could be ﬁned. Don't forget, for most beer bottles you have paid a deposit,

which is often 10 cents/bottle or 4,5 euro for an entire tray. Bring those bottles back to + the supermarket to get the deposit back and get yourself an extra drink.

Do’s: transparent glass bottles, jars and ﬂasks. + Don’ts: lids, screwcaps, heat resistant glass, porcelain and pottery, stone bottles, windows, mirrors, lamps, medicine bottles, white glass.

Paper and cardboard Newspapers, magazines, books, cardboard boxes, egg cartons and other paper and cardboard will be picked up At the university monthly in a closed cardboard box. You are also allowed to University Residencies tie everything together with a string. Please, don't make Students staying here will have to take into account the speciﬁc waste management rules explained at the beginning of the box too heavy and shelter it from the rain as much as their stay. Also, a big poster above the waste bins and in the kitchens will inform you of the speciﬁc rules. Each university possible. These boxes can get pretty heavy, especially if residency also has an environmental responsible to whom you can ask all of your questions. they get wet. On https://goo.gl/5I9kdc you can

Do’s: newspapers, magazines, letters and envelopes, old fill in your name and address books, advertising leaflets (without non-paper in order to receive a free sticker WASTE REDUCTION packaging), printing paper, folded boxes, paper and that says you don't want to carton packaging, egg cartons, toilet rolls. receive advertising folders and Repair & upcycle A list of the dates of the next repair cafes: Don’ts: dirty of greasy paper, paper towels, tissues, paper regional press in your mailbox. REPAIR CAFES www.ivago.be/thuisafval/repair-caf-s tablecloth, kitchen paper, stickers or self adhesive paper, Don't immediately throw away your broken things! A lot of toilet paper, carbon paper, drinking cartons, wallpaper, How sustainable is that! broken items can easily be fixed, but sometimes you don't UPCYCLE plastic bags, styrofoam. have the right tools or you need some help and expertise. The urban dictionary describes it as ‘using ordinary objects No problem is too big for the inventive citizens of Ghent. to make something extraordinary’, and if you take a look Usually twice a month you are welcome at a repair cafe in at all the ideas on websites like Pinterest or Tumblr you your neighbourhood, a planned event in which people from will know they are right. There is some pretty awesome WWW.FOSTPLUS.BE/EN/SORTING-RECYCLING your neighbourhood meet to help each other repair broken stuff you can make. For inspiration, search ‘upcycle’ or ‘DIY’ items. Experienced people with magical hands and skills on Google and you will find countless ideas! With a little This website will answer all your waste questions. Enlightenment awaits. will help you to fix your problem in no time (bikes, bit of glue, tape and creativity, you can make hundreds of There’s also an app for that: RECYCLE! computers, toasters, clothes,...). You can get your stuff fixed items from recycled materials. for free, and meet new people in your area!

26 Printing Font size: Less is more when it comes to font size! Of course you still need to be able to read your copies, but a Even though printing is something we all need 9 to do from time to time, there are a couple of smaller font can reduce the amount of paper and ink a ways to reduce the negative impact on the whole lot. 2 environment: 5 Ecofont: A special font with teeny tiny and therefore 1) CLEVER LAY-OUT invisible holes in it. You’ll hardly notice it, but your ink cartridge will! You can download Ecofont Vera Sans for free 2) PAPER at www.ecofont.com

3) PRINT ON BOTH SIDES AND USE GREY Leading: The blank space between sentences. It’s normally 1 SCALE set at 1.5, try the 1.0, you won’t even notice the difference.

4) PUT MULTIPLE POWERPOINT SLIDES ON Margin: The blank space on the sides of your document. THE SAME PAGE Try the 1.5 cm settings and use your pages to the fullest! 4 5) TOPCOPY GREEN PRINTING SERVICE Blue Angel paper: entirely recycled paper FSC labeled paper: comes from sustainably managed Topcopy Green forests www.topcopy.be - Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 138 1 Uses only FSC or Blue Angel paper / Re-uses and 6) ZEROCOPY PRINTERS recycles / Provides you with scrap paper that’s only printed on one side. Just come pick up the amount of scrap paper De Slegte (see page 36) you need, you don’t even have to print something! www.deslegte.be - Voldersstraat 7 2 6 Open: Monday to Saturday 10:00 – 18:00 This student initiative allows you to print for free! How is that even possible you might ask? The guys from Bond Moyson Zerocopy convinced companies to invest a part of their Vrijdagsmarkt 10 advertisement budget that usually goes into the printing Open: Monday & Friday 9:00 - 12:30, Tuesday to of huge posters into free printing for students. Instead of Thursday 9:00 - 16:30 those huge posters, they put a small bar with advertisements adapted to your proﬁle on the bottom of Bizar Café the page, printed on eco-efﬁcient paper. But watch out: - Zwijnaardsesteenweg 454 3 only double-sided printing is available, since it’s more Open: Tuesday to Sunday 11:00 - 21:00 sustainable.

Copy Discount Gent How does it work? Go to www.zerocopy.be, create an Kortrijksepoortstraat 216 4 account and upload your documents (only PDF-ﬁles 3 Open: Monday to Friday 8:30 - 18:00 allowed, but there are many ways to convert Word into PDF) . You then head over to one of the printing points Luca school of art Gent listed below, look for the Zerocopy printer, log on, and Alexianenplein 1 5 print! Be careful when printing tickets with a barcode: Open: during school hours since the pages shrink a little in order to put the advertisement, some scanners won’t be able to scan the Mise en Place Gent 6 code. Koningin Elisabethlaan 49 Open: Monday to Friday 9:00 - 18:00

27 ROOTS

Colophon Disclaimer Editors Lotte Simons, Maïté Liekens, David Van der Ha This Green Guide does not provide a complete overview of all sustainable initiatives in Ghent. All data are without Graphic design Isberg Design Company (www.isberg.be) guarantee.

Photography Isberg Design Company, Hilde Christaens and Please contact [email protected] for suggestions, the respective photographers of the restaurants, cafes and comments and requests for further information. shops mentioned in this guide who kindly provided us with their photographs. 3rd edition, 2019.

Thanks to Lars Dijkstra, Aline Mortier, Daniel Preglau, Laurens Beke, Frederik De Decker, Riet Van de Velde, Pieter Van Vooren, Lieze Sohier, Nina Sarens, Jose Manuel Llopis Ortiz, Green Office Maastricht, Environment Office UGent and Green The GREEN GUIDE is printed with plant-based ink on 100% Office Gent for suggestions and/or proofreading. recycled FSC certified paper.

SUSTAINABILITY @ GHENT UNIVERSITY

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? SHOULD YOUR BUSINESS BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT EDITION? OR DO YOU WANT TO JOIN ONE OF THE GREEN TEAMS?

Let us know at [email protected]