Points of interest

Leiecruises offers comfortable and relaxing cruises on the river Lys in the countryside and boat tours in Ghent.

The home of the Augustines was founded in 1296 when the Bishop of Tournai gave these preachers permission to build a monastery.

If you want to visit a museum with your children, go to the Museum of Fine Arts (MSK). You can follow a route through the museum that will take...

This walk starts at the bridge over the river Lys on the corner of Kongostraat and Minnemeers, and ends at Schipperskaai. It takes you through the...

The hop on hop off water tram gives you a different way to visit the city's attractions.

Rond Sint-Jacob is one of the most lively areas in the city. At night it is the habitat of students and party-goers; during the day it is the...

The Booktower, also called Ghent’s fourth tower, is a modernistic masterpiece by Belgian architect Henry van de Velde. It serves as the link...

The Ghent University Museum is located at the heart of the Ghent Botanical Garden, right around the corner from MSK Ghent and S.M.A.K. The GUM is...

Gallery cum workshop near Vrijdagmarkt where Ingrid Adriaenssens creates and sells her own contemporary jewellery collection."

Back to the old school benches?

Gault&Millau named Jannes Deduytschaever the best chocolatier in Flanders. From his shop in the graffiti street in Ghent, he is the first in...

On Sint-Veerleplein Square you can enjoy not only a lovely view of the castle, but also local dishes with matching beers. This is the ideal...

Just north of Dampoort you will find office space and a shopping centre built on a former industrial site. This site used to be occupied by the...

Rokko is a queer and intersectional feminist book and coffee shop in Ghent. The shop specialises in literature on decolonisation, feminism, gender...

This bike point of De Fietsambassade is located right behind Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station.