Lent, Residential district in Nijmegen-Noord, Netherlands.
Lent is a village in the northern part of Nijmegen, sitting on the north bank of the Waal River directly across from the city center. It is made up of residential areas, green spaces, and its own railway station that connects it to central Nijmegen.
Lent was first recorded in 1196 as a settlement on the Waal. It remained an independent municipality for centuries until it merged with Elst in 1818, and was later absorbed into Nijmegen in 1998.
The Maria Geboortekerk and the white-faced Reformed Church are two buildings that stand out as you walk through the village. They are a reminder that Lent was once a self-contained community with its own religious life, long before it became part of Nijmegen.
Lent has its own railway station, which makes getting to central Nijmegen straightforward. The streets are flat and easy to cover on foot or by bike, as is common across the region.
The land around Lent is being transformed by the Waalsprong project, which is turning former farmland into a new residential area on a large scale. This makes Lent one of the most active urban growth areas in the Netherlands today.
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