Hidden Belgium: Estelle

Hidden Belgium: Estelle

Located in a handsome Art Nouveau corner house on Ghent’s Kunstlaan, this tiny coffee bar is popular with students stopping off for a coffee or a healthy lunch.

The interior is decorated in a relaxed Nordic style with small round tables, benches and cushions.

The coffee bar is named after Estelle Van Hoecke-Dessel, the wife of the architect who designed this building in 1903, along with other houses in the street.

Derek Blyth’s hidden secret of the day: Derek Blyth is the author of the bestselling “The 500 Hidden Secrets of Belgium”. He picks out one of his favourite hidden secrets for The Brussels Times every day.


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