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Picnic in Ghent

A summer delight in a park or along the water
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Students enjoying a picnic in Ghent
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Summer is (finally) there. The perfect time to dust off your picnic baskets.
Ghent boasts numerous beautiful spots to enjoy a picnic in open air.

Several parks feature (pink) picnic tables. But you can also just lay your picnic blanket on the grass. Or go on a boat ride and enjoy a picnic on the banks of the river Lys.

A picnic in Ghent is even more special when you buy your food at one of the local food markets.

You can enjoy a picnic at the following locations:

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History on the Graslei and Korenlei

Ghent’s beauty mirrored in the Lys
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Garden St Peter’s Abbey

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Ghent University Botanical Garden

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Ferdinand Lousbergpark

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