Points of interest

This magnificent sight on Sint-Baafsplein in Ghent is a proud old lady: don’t just walk past her on your city trip. St Bavo’s Cathedral is the...

The STAM is the ideal place to start your cultural holiday in Ghent, an unmistakeably contemporary building against a historic backdrop. Ghent is...

The oldest mental asylum in Belgium, which dates back to 1857 is in Jozef Guislainstraat. Today it houses an absolutely fascinating museum.

One hundred years ago Ghent was still a lively industrial city, with smoking chimney stacks and densely populated working-class districts. The...

This Benedictine abbey was founded in the 7th century by St Amand, who christened the very city of Ghent itself. In the 14th and 15th centuries,...

A Sunday morning on the Kouter means a pleasant stroll around the flower market, stopping now and then for a little chat. Bask in the elegance of...

The Old Fish Market is located at the confluence of the Lieve canal and the river Lys. Fishmongers sold their goods here from the late Middle Ages...

Jacob van Artevelde: there he stands, with his arm outstretched towards England. The statue in the middle of the Vrijdagmarkt is a reminder of a...

This schizophrenic building is in two parts, as you can clearly see, making it a fascinating sight in political Ghent. The façade on the Hoogpoort...

This impressive cast-iron cannon weighs 12,500 kg and is known in popular parlance as the ‘dulle griet’ (evil woman).

In the visitors' centre of St Bavo's Cathedral, you can admire the restored panels of the Ghent Altarpiece as well as various other...