Appels is a town in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium.

[2] Every year, in July, the largest county fair in Dendermonde is held in Appels.

During that weekend an Ommegang featuring the Peird van Appels, a large processional giant depicting the magical horse Bayard, is celebrated.

[3] In 1934 a dredge found an oak ship fragment that became known as the Appels dragonhead.

Closer investigation revealed it to be Late Roman Iron Age and most likely Saxon in origin.