Download the application and start exploring
Available free of charge in the Google Play Store (Android) or Apple App Store (iOS).
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For once it’s allowed: exploring the city with your smartphone in hand. Navigate the streets and discover the local history with this virtual city guide.
Explore Ghent of the past and present
Want to take a tour of the city with a guide in your pocket? With the app ‘Lens on Ghent’ on your smartphone or tablet, you can enjoy a guided visit at your own pace and in complete privacy. Follow the route on the digital map and listen to the background information on the audio guide. Along the way, you also discover what Ghent looked like in the past by means of augmented reality technology.
Prefer navigating the streets with a traditional map? You can also find the route on the VisitGent city map (available at the Visit Gent tourist office or online).
Tip: thanks to the various walking loops, you can make your walk shorter or longer at your discretion. This way, you can determine the length of your tour.
Explore Ghent through augmented reality
Focus on three historical sites
Prinsenhof
Lens on Ghent puts a spotlight on three sites in the city by means of augmented reality. If you stop at Prinsenhof, then go to the scale model on Prinsenhofplein square and bring it to life with your mobile device. You will be amazed by the grandeur of the site.
Graslei and Korenlei
The area of Graslei and Korenlei is another site you can see in a different light via Lens on Ghent. This used to be the city’s main port where grain was traded. You can see cargo ships mooring in virtual reality and imagine the hustle and bustle of the medieval city.
Bijloke site
Finally, there is Music Centre De Bijloke at the Bijloke site, where no fewer than 17 cultural organisations are currently housed. The concert hall used to be a hospital ward in the Middle Ages, and you can admire it thanks to the Lens on Ghent app. As a bonus, you also get to see what the current concert hall looks like.
Hulp nodig tijdens de wandeling? Bekijk hier veelgestelde vragen en antwoorden. Foutje ontdekt in de applicatie of gewoon dolenthousiast over de inhoud? Laat het ons weten!
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Entrance fee
Basic price
free
Tickets
The application is available in Dutch, French and English.
Download the application free of charge via the Google Play Store (Android) or the Apple App Store (iOS).
Tip: use earphones or headphones to listen to the audio guide and begin your walk with a fully charged device (or bring a power bank). Forgot your headphones or hearing impaired? You can also find the information from the audio guide as a written text in the application.
Starting point of the walk: you can choose any point on the route as the starting point of the walk. Thanks to the location functionality on your device, you can begin your walk anywhere on the route. Want to pick a starting point in advance? Here you can take a look at the entire route and additional walking loops.
Info for groups
Want to explore Ghent as a group? Then bring several devices (smartphones or tablets) for the best possible walking experience.
