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Experience Ghent to the full

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Ghent is honouring its greatest Flemish Master

Discover everything here about the Van Eyck year

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Ghent is honouring its greatest Flemish Master

Discover everything here about the Van Eyck year

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Ghent is honouring its greatest Flemish Master

Discover everything here about the Van Eyck year

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Van Eyck year

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Van Eyck year
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Ghent, great fun for little dragons

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Music city

Inspiration

  • BB King - Gent Jazz
    Inspiration

    Creative City of Music

    UNESCO recognition as a music city
  • Piano player on the stage of the Jazz in the Park festival in Ghent.
    Inspiration

    Ghent European Capital of Culture 2030

    Because our city breathes art and culture
  • Jazz band performing live
    Inspiration

    Jazz Ghent

    Live performances and cosy jazz cafés in Ghent

Point of Interest

  • Arts Centre Vooruit
    Monuments and buildings

    Arts Centre Vooruit

    Nothing for everyone, something for everybody
  • Capitole Gent
    Concert halls and theatres

    Capitole

    Modern theatre with authentic charm
  • buitenkan van muziekcentrum de centrale
    Concert halls and theatres

    De Centrale

    Electricity plant turned intercultural centre
  • Handelsbeurs concertzaal
    Concert halls and theatres

    Handelsbeurs

    Concerts in an 18th-century setting
  • De Vooruit
    Restaurants

    Vooruit Café

    The café of Arts Centre Vooruit

Event

  • Boomtown
    Events

    Boomtown

    International bands and young talent share the stage
  • Vlaamse Opera Gent
    Festivals

    Flanders Festival Ghent

    Classical music for young and old
  • Gent Jazz 1.5 Festival
    Festivals

    Gent Jazz 1.5 Festival

    Festival for Jazz lovers
  • Events

    Ghost x Van Eyck

    Contemporary tribute to Jan Van Eyck
  • OdeGand - Closing spectacle
    Festivals

    OdeGand

    Dazzling music and light show on the water
  • Gentse Feesten
    Events

    Polé Polé Ghent

    Going wild on The Graslei

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