Portfolio Category: cycle route

HET WOORD

HET WOORD (IDEL IANCHELEVICI) We cannot ignore it! Our attention is unavoidably drawn to one of the most famous sights of Sint-Niklaas: the large sculpture ‘Het Woord’(‘The Word’), while in its background we see the towers of the City Hall belfry and the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk. Since 1988 the Market Square is dominated by the monumental statue…
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BUSTE ROMAIN DE VIDTS

BUSTE ROMAIN DE VIDTS (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) Romain De Vidts (1890-1962) Under the administration of this mayor, access to the center of Sint-Niklaas was made more accessible by the construction of the Park Avenue, and the park around the historic Walburg Castle, in 1987, was renamed “Romain De Vidts Park. In a lawn stands a rather…
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BALLERINA

BALLERINA (MARIETTE TEUGELS) Arriving at the Hofstraat you encounter the ‘Ballerina’. The sculptor, Mariette Teugels, is fascinated by the beauty of the young female dancer and wants to depict the figure as realistically as possible. The young dancer bends her lithe body deeply forward and graciously ties the silk ribbons of one of her pointes.…
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LOUIS PAUL BOON

LOUIS PAUL BOON (FRENCH HEIRBAUT) This statue, flanked by striking texts, was placed on this square in 2003 on the occasion of 25 years of C.C. Boontje. It is a realistic portrait of an exceptional personality. An innovator who "kicks people's conscience into gear. His literary talent and social commitment, his perspicacity and mildness, his…
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KLOMPENMONUMENT

KLOMPENMONUMENT (HERMAN VAN SNICK) On the occasion of 700 years of Nieuwkerken, in 1994, the monument was erected with 700 clogs. Each year one more wooden shoe would be added. This work of art is a tribute to an age-old craft in Nieuwkerken in which, a century ago, more than three thousand workers were employed…
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CONTEMPLATIE

CONTEMPLATIE (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) 'Contemplatie' (‘Contemplation’) is derived from the Latin 'contemplatio','to behold', 'to contemplate'.  The sculpture  depicts a monk, dressed in a wide cowl, in which he keeps his arms and hands crossed. The cowl is the robe worn by some contemplative orders at choir prayers at  set hours of the day. Turning slightly backward,…
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PAARD EN RUITER

PAARD EN RUITER (JAN CALMEYN) When you access the wooden promenade opposite the statue of ‘Sint-Nicolaas’ you come across an eye-catching bronze statue of a horse and rider, protectively holding a child. It is an image typical of the seventies of the past century (1977), the era of the cold war and the nuclear threat. Quite…
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BEELDENGROEP KINDEREN

BEELDENGROEP KINDEREN ( FRANS) HEIRBAUT The sculpture group of eight (grand)children is made of plaster. Their ages range from toddler to adolescent. They are depicted true to life, each of them looks ahead of him or her and is positioned symmetrically. It looks like a classical theater flanked by two columns. On closer inspection, the…
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DE LOPERS

DE LOPERS (MARIETTE TEUGELS) The bronze group ‘De Lopers’ is the first acquisition of Kunst in de Stad (1980) and remains one of the most popular works the association has ever bought. It is a dynamic work of art, which from the outset was highly valued by young and old alike.  Three young bodies in…
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REYNAERT DE VOS

REYNAERT DE VOS (ALBERT POELS) We cross the Parklaan via the zebra-crossing at the bus stop and continue to the right (away from the Market Square). A little further we see a lawn with a large rectangular pond. Here we face the famous red rascal: ‘Reynaert de Vos’. Reynaert is the main character of a…
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