Why choose Ghent for a weekend trip?

Vibrant Ghent is well worth a weekend trip. It’s ideal for a last-minute city trip as well. Quirky Ghent offers a fascinating cultural cocktail brimming with trendy, modern urban life. Ghent is a city where people enjoy life: a chilled-out place where anything goes and a city that feels human. Its friendly, welcoming people love the good life. Don’t miss the chance to admire the world-famous masterpiece—the Mystic Lamb by the Van Eyck brothers—during your weekend trip.

So much Ghent: discover it yourself

See & Do

Ghent, a cultural cocktail on a human scale

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Museums
Parks and green spaces
Sightseeing
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Eat & Drink

Eat out in gourmet Ghent

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Coffee and breakfast
Restaurants
Cafés

Overnight stay

Sleep in vibrant Ghent

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B&B
Hostels
Bicycle- friendly accommodation

Ghent: budget-friendly

Looking for accommodation without breaking the bank? Ghent offers many affordable hotels and hostels, a campsite and a youth hostel.

Sustainable tourism: pure Ghent

In Ghent, sustainability isn’t just a fashion: it’s a way of life. Ghent is committed to the environment. 

Ghent, great fun for little dragons

Child-friendly Ghent: have fun on your weekend trip with the whole family!

Not-to-be-missed in Ghent

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  • Myth busting: 3 persistent fallacies about the Ghent Altarpiece

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    Few works of art have such mythopoetic power as the Ghent Altarpiece. That is to say: soon numerous legends sprang up about it — and they continue to be shared by many people. Sometimes they are completely made up, sometimes they contain a kernel of truth. These are three of them.
    Professor Jan Dumolyn among the books in his office at Ghent University
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