A lively flea market is held in Ghent on a cobbled square behind the Sint-Jacobskerk on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. The dealers set up stalls piled with ancient electrical appliances, crates of vinyl records, dusty vases and the occasional stuffed zebra.
The mood is lively, with people shouting in Ghent dialect, customers grabbing an early breakfast on a café terrace and the smell of fried potatoes wafting over from a wooden fries shack.
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