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Café quarter

Bars and outdoor cafés bring life to a city.  Ghent boasts several neighbourhoods where you can raise your glass until the early hours. Stroll along Vlasmarkt square, Graslei, Korenlei or Vrijdagmarkt square and choose a café that appeals to you.

Point of Interest

  • A royal welcome to the Vrijdagmarkt

    The perfect start to your weekend
    standbeeld jacob van artevelde op de vrijdagmarkt
    Squares and districts
  • History on the Graslei and Korenlei

    Ghent’s beauty mirrored in the Lys
    History on the Graslei and Korenlei
    Squares and districts
  • Oude Beestenmarkt. For party animals

    A whole different beast
    Oude Beestenmarkt for party animals
    Squares and districts
  • Overpoort

    Party till the early hours
    Overpoort
    Squares and districts
  • Patershol, culinary heart of Ghent

    An old neighbourhood with a folksy soul
    Patershol, culinary heart of Ghent
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  • The Korenmarkt

    Watch the world go by in the old town
    Ghent coffee at the Korenmarkt
    Squares and districts
  • Vibrant ‘Zuid’ in Ghent

    Shopping, food and local colour. Feel the city.
    Vibrant ‘Zuid’ in Ghent
    Squares and districts
  • Vlasmarkt

    The place to be for night owls
    Charlatan Gent
    Squares and districts

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