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Ekkergem, Gent — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ekkergem lies just west of Gent's old centre, an ancient parish gathered on its Sint-Martinuskerk.
About Ekkergem
Where to stay in Ekkergem
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Ekkergem sits on the edge of the sixteenth-century town. The Sint-Martinusparochie is one of the oldest in Gent and the wijk stayed a country hamlet for centuries behind it, so what stands here now is quieter than the Binnenstad a few minutes east and cheaper to sleep in. The Watersportbaan is the other way.
Gent's centre is a short walk east.
About Ekkergem
What are the main landmarks in Ekkergem?
Sint-Martinuskerk is the parish church of Ekkergem. The parish it serves is among the oldest in the city, which is the whole of what the record says about built things here, and the museums and arenas the landmark list offers belong to the Watersportbaan side of the wijk instead. Nothing else here is listed.
What is the history of Ekkergem?
Ekkergem was countryside for a long time. It formed one of Gent's oldest parishes around Sint-Martinus and remained a rural hamlet for centuries while the city filled in behind its sixteenth-century core, and only later did the streets reach it. The wijk now touches the Watersportbaan.
The city files the two together.
Where is Ekkergem?
Ekkergem lies west of Gent's centre, on the edge of the sixteenth-century town beside the Watersportbaan.
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Updated September 2026