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Hello from Belgium:)!

 
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Hi Marc from me too

If a visitor had only one spare day in Belgium would you recommend they visit Antwerp Zoo or Planckendael?

(This could be me in a few months, although I have already been to Antwerp which I thought was ok)
I'd try and see Parc Paradisio then, specially if the "Kingdom of Ganesh" has been opened by then (check before you go).

Welkom on the english forum Marc
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I'd try and see Parc Paradisio then, specially if the "Kingdom of Ganesh" has been opened by then (check before you go).

Welkom on the english forum Marc
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Thaks jwer

I'm actually going to Lille in July so I think I will hop across the border to Park Paradisio
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Ok great idea! Hope you have a car, with public transport it's quit difficult I think.
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I've been to Ghent on our school French Exchange, and should be going again in March.

I loved Antwerp zoo, and I plan to visit again.

Does Antwerp still have it's white lipped peccaries?

Oh, and welcome to this wonderful forum.
The white lipped peccaries have moved from Antwerp Zoo to the Planckendael Animal Park. You can reach the park very easy from Ghent by taking a 35 minutes train to Mechelen. At the railway station in Mechelen you can take the coach or the boat to the animal park.
Buy in Ghent a 'Day Combination Ticket : Train + Planckendael', it's much cheaper that way
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There are seven zoos in Europe keeping koalas; compare that to the numbers of European zoos keeping European species like European adders or European Hamsters. But no European calls them a special attraction-even though they sleep less than 20 hours a day! ...
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The white lipped peccaries have moved from Antwerp Zoo to the Planckendael Animal Park. You can reach the park very easy from Ghent by taking a 35 minutes train to Mechelen. At the railway station in Mechelen you can take the coach or the boat to the animal park.
Buy in Ghent a 'Day Combination Ticket : Train + Planckendael', it's much cheaper that way
When I went to Plankendael, I took the train to Muizen from Mechelen (the advised route). But at Muizen station, the doors wouldent open, so I was trapped in the train until it stopped at Hever . Thankfully, i foun dthe bus going to Plankendael. I was lucky too, it was arriving in 10 minutes, and it only went by once or twice an hour.
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When I went to Plankendael, I took the train to Muizen from Mechelen (the advised route). But at Muizen station, the doors wouldent open, so I was trapped in the train until it stopped at Hever . Thankfully, i foun dthe bus going to Plankendael. I was lucky too, it was arriving in 10 minutes, and it only went by once or twice an hour.
Muizen is a very small railway station so almost none of the passing trains are stopping there. You should leave the train at Mechelen and then 1. take the boat (5 min walking, 25 minutes on the boat) or 2. take the coach at the busstation in front of the railway station (5 min) of 3. just walk (45 min).
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The train stopped allright, but the doors where jammed or something.
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There are seven zoos in Europe keeping koalas; compare that to the numbers of European zoos keeping European species like European adders or European Hamsters. But no European calls them a special attraction-even though they sleep less than 20 hours a day! ...
Indeed!!
Although Wildwood in Kent, UK specialises in UK/European fauna and is a very nice collection (includes adders, badgers, red squirrels, etc).
Nothing beats seeing your native fauna in the wild though.....

Anyway, welcome Marc, enjoy this truly brilliant forum.

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