Why choose Ghent for a weekend trip?

Vibrant Ghent is well worth a weekend trip. It’s ideal for a last-minute city trip as well. Quirky Ghent offers a fascinating cultural cocktail brimming with trendy, modern urban life. Ghent is a city where people enjoy life: a chilled-out place where anything goes and a city that feels human. Its friendly, welcoming people love the good life. Don’t miss the chance to admire the world-famous masterpiece—the Mystic Lamb by the Van Eyck brothers—during your weekend trip.

So much Ghent: discover it yourself

See & Do

Ghent, a cultural cocktail on a human scale

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Museums
Parks and green spaces
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Eat & Drink

Eat out in gourmet Ghent

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Coffee and breakfast
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Overnight stay

Sleep in vibrant Ghent

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Bicycle- friendly accommodation

Ghent: budget-friendly

Looking for accommodation without breaking the bank? Ghent offers many affordable hotels and hostels, a campsite and a youth hostel.

Sustainable tourism: pure Ghent

In Ghent, sustainability isn’t just a fashion: it’s a way of life. Ghent is committed to the environment. 

Ghent, great fun for little dragons

Child-friendly Ghent: have fun on your weekend trip with the whole family!

Not-to-be-missed in Ghent

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Too much to tell

  • The naked truth about Adam and Eve

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    And then there you are, face to face with the naked Adam and Eve. They’re painted in exquisite detail, right down to Adam’s curly chest hair. Few characters on the Ghent Altarpiece capture the imagination quite like they do. But how did people in Van Eyck’s time view them? And in the following decades?
    Open book with an image of Eve on the right page as depicted on the Ghent Altarpiece in Ghent
    ©Stad Gent - Dienst Toerisme
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