The country’s largest market square (and a major heat island) to become a lot greener | VRT NWS: news

With the current heatwave in full swing the local authority in the East Flemish city of Sint-Niklaas couldn't have picked a better time to unveil their plans for the city’s market square. Currently the square that is the largest market square in Belgium is completely paved and as such forms a so-called “heat-island” when temperatures soar as they have in recent days. But this should change in the future.