Gent-Sint-Pieters Station
Neo-Gothic railway station built for a World's Fair, with a clock tower and sgraffito-lined entrance hall.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Gent-Sint-Pieters station in Ghent turns on one wet October morning in twenty nineteen, when a thunderstorm broke over the commuter rush and the tower above the entrance went quiet. It follows a winter of hurrying passengers, a railway rulebook, and a glowing dial over the square. Best heard standing in front of the main entrance, where you can see the tower.
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