Points of interest

Campo Santo cemetery is beside St Amand’s Chapel in Sint-Amandsberg, a district in Ghent, named after the Campo Santo cemetery in Rome.

Galerie Mees - Van de Wiele exhibits contemporary art in a domestic setting. Every year they organise four to six exhibitions of works by artists...

Are you a lover of art treasures? Gallery St-John has countless gems to catch your eye. Antiques, paintings and sculptures, art objects, furniture...

Schoolhoeve De Campagne is an educational farm where you’ll learn everything you need to know about farm animals. You can discover the entire site...

This monumental building in neoclassical style is the head office of HOGENT, Flanders’ largest university college.

There’s a reason why Ghent is called the ‘Mediaeval Manhattan’. It pretty much sums up the city of Ghent. Get your visit to Ghent off to a great...

Beguines were single women who lived together as a Catholic community in a ‘beguinage’. The beguines took no religious vows but had to live by the...

This is Belgium’s oldest indoor swimming pool and it’s located on Veermanplein square, near Portus Ganda. The pools owes its name to the Van Eyck...

This modest park, laid out in the English landscape style, is the last remnant of the 19th-century Ghent zoo. The surrounding streets still bear...

In recent years, this former cinema has been transformed into a Mecca for lovers of musicals.

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 bustling art centre is housed in the impressive 100-year-old monument De Vooruit. VIERNULVIER offers a variety of cultural events: theatre,...

The multifunctional and open city pavilion is an architectural masterpiece designed by the architects Robbrecht & Daem / Marie-José Van Hee....

Ghent is a compact city. All attractions are within walking distance from one another. Two tourist quarters seamlessly blend together. The...

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

You can find almost everything in this neighbourhood once dominated by a railway station. Exclusive fashion, classic design or stylish interiors....