Points of interest

Kopergietery is a creative arts centre for children and youngsters focusing on theatre, dance and music.

Cecilia Jaime is a visual artist with many years’ experience in fine arts, in particular in contemporary art.

The beguinages of Flanders and the Netherlands are always oases of calm and stillness, where you might still expect to see an old beguine mumbling...

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...

Only the name of the smallest pub in Ghent is a reminder of the former role of this square as an execution yard: 't Galgenhuisje. There’s a...

Modern and contemporary Belgian art, CoBrA artists (Corneille, Alechinsky, Appel, etc…), graphic design, statues, paintings.

Blaarmeersen Sports and Recreation Park is a green jewel beside the Watersportbaan in Ghent. This is where Ghent residents come jogging, and...

Baudelohof is a popular park in the Ghent city centre and is the former site of an abbey garden and a botanical garden. It is one of the areas...

The Citadelpark is a park in Ghent on the brow of a hill between the rivers Scheldt and Lys. This city park was created in 1875 on the place where...

The steeple of St Michael’s Church should have stood out above all the others but history decided otherwise: the 134 metre high planned ‘monument...

KIOSK presents contemporary visual art. It produces three exhibitions per year. There are also smaller presentations, performances and a digital...

Ghent is an all-in city trip, with historic charm and modern-day vitality. Are you thrilled by mysticism? You’re bound to love these ruins. This...

A view of the water, beautiful sunsets, plenty of space. The Oude Dokken district has it all. Oude Dokken is the collective name for an urban...

This architectural work of art is a unique meeting place for residents, students and visitors. The imposing building is located on a spot formerly...

In the middle of the 16th century, the guild of harquebus shooters of Saint Anthony relocated to the quay known as the Antoniuskaai, which is...

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