<aside> 💡 Ghent University has a **sharing platform** where you find used textbooks, study materials and other second-hand items. You can buy items and sell or give away your own stuff.
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<aside> 🦞 The Too good to go app helps you to save money and the planet. Dowload the app and pick up leftovers at restaurants and shops.
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In the Ghent University second hand shop you find office furniture at very democratic prices. Campus Sterre, S24 Galglaan 4 9000 Gent 📧 [email protected] 📞 [+32 9 264 43 91](Tel:+32 9 264 43 91) 🗺️ See on a map
"Kringloopwinkels" or "kringwinkels" are second-hand non-profit shops. You can buy second-hand goods at very reasonable prices at your local Kringloop-winkel. These "kringwinkels" sell original, cheap and solid second-hand stuff at very good prices: furniture, cooking utensils, decoration materials, clothing, bicycles, and many other things. Every day, kringwinkels collect new goods which guarantees a constantly changing offer.
Also worthwhile: Flea market St Jacobs
The Swap Shop, organised by the students of Home Convent, collects goods which are (to be) left behind by international students returning home and redistributes them to arriving international students.
The Green Guide by Green Office Gent lists the finest places to shop (second-hand or new) and eat sustainably. The Green Guide also shines a light on local non-profit organisations because sustainability is not limited to the environment; it is also about diversity and inclusion.
Volunteers pick up tons of food from restaurants (including the university restaurants) and shops and distribute it for free every day on the following locations and times: **https://letssavefood.be/voedsel-krijgen/**
Groceries, local delicacies, independent book stores, clothing, electronics and all other shops in Ghent are listed on the shopping platform of the city of Ghent.