Points of interest

vzw DOKano aims to clean Ghent’s rivers and canals and has found a fun way to do so: fishing for rubbish from a canoe! It’s an efficient...

Urban development means giving up green spaces. But once everything is built up, this often entails problems for nature and local residents. Then...

As evening falls, the daylight in Ghent does not simply make way for the streetlights. There is light art to enjoy as well. Streets, squares and...

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,...

Every day, Legends Tours organises free walking tours.

Ghent is a city for everyone, including visitors with impaired vision or hearing. Two walking guides have been developed for these visitors with...

Want to cycle along Ghent’s industrial heritage? That’s possible! Hop on your bike and discover the hippest industrial sites from Ghent’s glorious...

Do you feel like discovering the city centre by kayak? Then go find Kajaks Korenlei.

The Van Eyck brothers did not invent the content of The Ghent Altarpiece themselves. We know that the symbolism of the artwork was crystal-clear...

Would you like to take your kids for a bike ride? Try out the route from the Ghent city centre to Blaarmeersen. This 10 km route takes you along...

This bike point of De Fietsambassade is located at level 2 underneath the central library De Krook.

The idea behind the Coin Route (Muntenroute) is to visualise the Middle Ages' trade route between Bruges and Cologne, which went through...

The station district is a relatively recent district. The district can be seen on the painting ‘Meersstraat in Ghent’ by Xavier De Cock from 1862...