Kortrijk - Grote Markt

Standing in the middle of the Grote Markt is the belfry with five small towers, the only remains of the cloth halls built in 1307. Two copper figures "Manten"' and "Kalle" strike the hour. On the reverse of the tower is a memorial to those who died in the First World War.

The tower is a UNESCO site.

Not far to the east of the market is Sint-Maartenshoofdkerk dating from the second half of the 13th C.; it was destroyed by the French in 1382 and later rebuilt. The original tower in Brabant Gothic with a carillon with 49 bells was rebuilt following a fire in 1862. In the main nave of the triple-aisled interior the main features are a carved late Renaissance pulpit and in the choir a 6.5m/21ft-high hexagonal tabernacle by Henrik Mauris (1585) together with fine gold work and paintings (de Crayer, Karel van Mander, J. Ykens, F. Francken among others) of the 16-18th C.