The quiet area has received the Tender-Mark International Award for Urban Peace Park. Recognition for the place as it has been quiet and peaceful for 20 years. The mayors of Geraardsbergen, Ninove and Galmaarden received the award in celebration of 20 years of silence in Flanders.
The quiet area of Tender-Mark is 28 square kilometers and is located between the eastern Flemish cities of Ninove and Geraardsbergen. Twenty years ago, Tender-Mark was declared the first quiet area in Flanders and the third in Europe. Meanwhile, there are ten officially recognized quiet areas in Flanders. This is the first quiet part of Belgium Urban Quiet Park Award Puts on hold.
The Department of the Environment, which at that time stood in the cradle of the Tender-Mark Quiet Area in conjunction with a socio-cultural organization, now also works in the Louvre oases. Places where city dwellers can still enjoy the peace. They aim for “shelter, solitude and security,” the department said.
Other international parks that have already won the award are Hampstead Heath, near London, the Park del Montnegre IL Corridor near Barcelona and Yangmshan National Park in Taiwan. Prizes are planned for the next round for five parks in Stockholm, the Pere Lachois Cemetery in Paris and the Wellington Town Belt in New Zealand. Toronto, New York and Brisbane are also planned to have approved urban quiet parks.
The quiet area of Tender-Mark is 28 square kilometers and is located between the eastern Flemish cities of Ninove and Geraardsbergen. Twenty years ago, Tender-Mark was declared the first quiet area in Flanders and the third in Europe. Meanwhile, there are ten officially recognized quiet areas in Flanders. This is the first quiet area in Belgium to win the Urban Quiet Park Award. The Department of the Environment, which at that time stood in the cradle of the Tender-Mark Quiet Area in conjunction with a socio-cultural organization, now also works in the Louvre oases. Places where city dwellers can still enjoy the peace. They aim for “shelter, solitude and security,” the department said. Other international parks that have already won the award are Hampstead Heath, near London, the Park del Montnegre IL Corridor near Barcelona and Yangmshan National Park in Taiwan. Prizes are planned for the next round for five parks in Stockholm, the Pere Lachois Cemetery in Paris and the Wellington Town Belt in New Zealand. Toronto, New York and Brisbane are also planned to have approved urban quiet parks.
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