The Grote Markt
The vast central square — one of the largest in Belgium — that hosts the markets, the drummers, the liberation parades and, every summer, the Sweet City Festival.
Part of Sweet City
4 moments in this segment.
- — The Grote Markt is taken over…. The vast square being set up — the festival’s home ground.
- — "The Rose" — trumpet on the Grote Markt. A quiet moment of music on the great square.
- — Liberation festivities on the Grote Markt (2024). WWII liberation vehicles arrive on the square — the Markt as the city’s stage.
- — 150 drummers on the Grote Markt. "Something you can’t experience twice" — 150 drummers fill the square.
