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  • Sport Centre Tolhuis

    Sports complex in the city
    Sport and recreation

    The Sportcentrum Tolhuis offers facilities for indoor sports such as volleyball, basketball, korfball, handball, indoor and five-a-side football...

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    Sport Centre Tolhuis
    Sport Centre Tolhuis
  • Strop swimming pool

    Swimming paradise for all ages
    Sport and recreation

    Three pool sections and a bubble bath for 8.  

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    Close-up of children playing with parents in Swimming Pool Strop.
    Strop swimming pool
  • Cycle route junctions

    Explore the Ghent region by bike
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    Cycling

    Those who want to explore the region around Ghent can use the cycling node network. The maps and the online route planner make it easy for you to...

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    fietsers in het groen aan de jachthaven
    Cycle route junctions
  • Minizine

    Discover life in a print shop
    Sport and recreation

    The exhibition “Three centuries of graphic industry” offers both children and adults the opportunity to make their very own mini zine. Do you...

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    Maak je eigen minizine
    Minizine
  • Where are Fosfor the Dragon’s glasses?

    Treasure hunt through the city
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    Walking

    Fancy exploring the city with the entire family? The Fosfor the Dragon app is the ideal guide for a treasure hunt walk through Ghent. Together,...

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    Vader wijst zoon de weg tijdens wandelzoektocht draakje Fosfor
    Where are Fosfor the Dragon’s glasses?
  • KAA Gent football stadium

    Home of Ghent’s Buffalos
    Monuments and buildings
    Sport and recreation

    Since July 2013 Ghent’s football club, KAA Gent, plays its home matches at the Planet Group Arena. This stadium was built by the junction of the...

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    Planet Group Arena Gent
    KAA Gent football stadium
  • Kinepolis

    Famous cinema chain in Belgium
    Sport and recreation

    When it was built in 1980, this was once the largest cinema complex in the world. These days, the 12 screens are only just enough to cater to the...

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    Studio Skoop cinema
    Kinepolis
  • Studio Skoop

    Beautiful cinema showing quality films
    Sport and recreation

    Ghent's oldest working cinema combines nostalgic cinematic pleasure with modern projection quality.

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    Exterior Studio Skoop Cinema Ghent
    Studio Skoop
  • Professor DOUBT and the reSEARCHtour

    The family games at the GUM
    Sport and recreation

    The museum and its botanical garden appeal to the imagination of young and old. Children discover a fascinating new world by exploring the indoor...

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    een gezin dat iets doet op een scherm in het gum
    Professor DOUBT and the reSEARCHtour
  • Chronos Racing

    Virtual racing
    Sport and recreation

    Chronos Racing is a virtual racing experience. No less than 15 high-end racing simulators are at your disposal and enable you to immerse yourself...

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    4 racestoelen voor een tv-scherm , een raceauto op de muur
    Chronos Racing
  • LGBTQ+ and the MSK collection

    Guided tour of the museum
    Sport and recreation

    This is the first LGBTQ+ guided tour of a museum’s permanent collection in Belgium. During the tour, the guide will tell you the queer stories...

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    Family visits the newly furnished MSK
    LGBTQ+ and the MSK collection
  • Welcome to the factory!

    A Museum Game for families at the Museum of Industry
    Sport and recreation

    During the opening hours of the Museum of Industry, you and your whole family can play this game as a fun way of learning about the various...

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    Exploring the museum through your binoculars
    Welcome to the factory!
  • Kuiperskano

    Glide through Ghent in a Canadian canoe
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    Sailing

    Kuiperskano gives you the unique opportunity to explore Ghent in a Canadian canoe. Via the back door of the building, you jump straight into the...

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    kanotocht met 4 personen
    Kuiperskano
  • Sauna Aqua Azul

    Bath house in a former trading house from 1911
    Sport and recreation

    This spa is located in a 1911 former trading house on the edge of Patershol. The building has been lovingly restored, retaining a lot of its...

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    Aqua Azul Gent
    Sauna Aqua Azul
  • Cinema Sphinx

    World cinema in a beautiful setting
    Sport and recreation

    At the foot of St Michael’s bridge is the Sphinx Cinema, one of Ghent’s art house cinemas, with five screens and a neighbouring bar with a terrace...

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    Sphinx Cinema Café Gent
    Cinema Sphinx
  • Puzzle Escape Games

    Teamwork makes the dream work
    Sport and recreation

    You will be challenged to escape from a room full of mysterious riddles and cryptic secrets. Hotel Falligan's historic Coach House provides...

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    Het Gesticht
    Puzzle Escape Games
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