Points of interest

Democrazy, the only music club in Belgium without its own auditorium, is an itinerant music club that has offered a high-quality selection of pop...

Located in the very centre of Ghent, this gallery offers work by emerging and established artists from around the world. Since opening its doors...

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

The Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (KANTL) was founded in 1886. Housed in the eighteenth-century Huis van Oombergen, the Academy...

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...

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

In the 19th century, there was a trend in cities to construct buildings destined for relaxation, including circuses. This was also the case for...

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

Cosy up on the bench along the Lys and enjoy the marvellous view of the Great Butchers’ Hall and the renovated Old Fish Market.

2007 saw the opening of the new, modern law courts designed by the architects Stéphane Beel and Lieven Achtergael.

People sometimes say you can recognise a vibrant city by its street art. Ghent is a hip and free-thinking cultural city where everyone is welcome...

Voorhavenpark is a park in the Muile-Meulestede neighbourhood. It has an area of 3,500 square metres.