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Westveld, Gent — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Westveld is a residential wijk in Sint-Amandsberg, east of the old village core and inside Gent.
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Where to stay in Westveld
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Westveld is housing and little else. It sits centrally in Sint-Amandsberg, which puts the Dampoort and the road into Gent's centre a short way west and leaves the wijk itself without anything that lets rooms. Sint-Amandsberg is the deelgemeente.
Book nearer the Dampoort.
Things to do in and around Gent
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Museums & Galleries
1- Gallic Farm Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
8- Oostakker Basilica Heritage
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Sneeuwkerk Heritage
- Sint-Machariuskerk Heritage
- Heilig Hartkerk Heritage
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk van de Oude Bareel Heritage
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- HH. Simon en Judas-Thaddeuskerk Heritage
- Begijnhofkerk Sint-Elisabeth Heritage
- Sint-Bernadettekerk Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Destelbergen (Samian Ware Discovery Site)
Landmarks & Notable Places
3- Architect's house of Clemens Buntinx Heritage
- Vierstraete House Heritage
- Boma
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About Westveld
What are the main landmarks in Westveld?
Westveld's sights are few but specific: Kasteel Carelshof, a castle altered several times in the 19th century, whose park was divided into villa plots from the 1930s; the protected villa Les Gnomes by Geo Henderick, built around 1930; the historic Schuurgoed farm; and the Heilig Kruiskerk, deconsecrated and sold in 2019 and now an auction house.
What is the history of Westveld?
Sint-Amandsberg was its own municipality. It is a deelgemeente of Gent now, and Westveld occupies the middle of its territory rather than the old core, which is why the wijk reads as newer than the streets a few minutes west of it. The city counts it separately.
Gent files both under one name.
Where is Westveld?
Westveld lies centrally in Sint-Amandsberg, a deelgemeente of Gent, east of the old village core.
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Updated October 2026