Buren van de Abdij
Buren van de Abdij vzw
Gent, Belgium
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Founded in 2007, Buren van de Abdij is a non-profit association based in Gent, Belgium working on heritage, community development, arts & culture +1 more.
Buren van de Abdij is a Ghent-based non-profit association (vzw) that looks after the Sint-Baafsabdij and runs Herberg Macharius in the Macharius-Heirnis neighbourhood. Founded in 2007, it is run largely by volunteers and aims to bring residents, Ghent citizens and visitors together around the cultural and historical heritage of the abbey site. Its work includes opening the abbey ruins to the public, guided tours, a social and cultural programme of concerts, quizzes, language cafés and exhibitions in the herberg, urban beekeeping, neighbourhood gardening and a tree-planting project. The organisation also publishes books on the history of the area and collaborates with local partners on community and solidarity initiatives.
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Sint-Baafsabdij
Heritage
Opens the ruins of the Sint-Baafsabdij in Ghent to visitors on weekends during the season, with volunteer reception desks, free guided tours and historical information about the abbey and the Macharius neighbourhood.
Herberg Macharius
Community development
A social and cultural hub in the Macharius-Heirnis neighbourhood that hosts quizzes, concerts, jam sessions, language café, exhibitions and events, and can be rented by non-commercial organisations.
Baafse Bijen
Environment & Climate
An urban beekeeping project in the abbey garden that promotes biodiversity and produces honey shared among volunteers and sold in the herberg.
Het Wijkbos
Environment & Climate
A neighbourhood project supporting the Faja Lobi reforestation project in Congo, aiming to plant a forest of 50 hectares or 50,000 trees.
Het Spaans Gewas
Community development
A neighbourhood gardening initiative started in 2018 to bring green spaces to the Macharius neighbourhood on the Spaanskasteelplein.
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Historische Huizen Gent, Buurtwerk Macharius-Heirnis, LDC De Horizon, Amnesty Vlaanderen, De Centrale, Hand-in-Hand, Wijk aan Zet, VOEM
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