These 10 places are the ones you genuinely should not miss in Ghent — from Friday Market Square (Vrijdagmarkt), Dulle Griet (Mad Meg), The House of Alijn and beyond. Each has been hand-picked as a highlight of the city.
Vrijdagmarkt (English: Friday Market) is a city square in the historic center of Ghent. It is named after the weekly tradition to stage a market every Friday morning. As one of the oldest squares in G …
Read more →The Dulle Griet ('Mad Meg', named after the Flemish folklore figure Dull Gret) is a medieval supergun founded in Mons (Bergen). Three cannons were founded: one resides now in Edinburgh and is called ' …
Read more →The Huis van Alijn (Dutch for: Alijn Hospital, literally House of Alijn) is a museum located on the Kraanlei in Ghent. The House of Alijn displays cultural artifacts of Flemish recent and not so recen …
Read more →14th century quarter called 'Patershol', near the Castle. This cosy, picturesque neighbourhood is hidden in the shadow of the glorious Castle of the Counts. The pattern of streets has been the same si …
Read more →The Gravensteen (Dutch; literally 'Castle of the Counts') is a medieval castle at Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. The current castle dates to 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders unti …
Read more →The 91-metre-tall belfry of Ghent is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church. Its height mak …
Read more →Saint Michael's Church (Dutch: Sint-Michielskerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Ghent, built in a late Gothic style. It has rich interior decoration. The exterior of the sober late Gothic church is en …
Read more →Korenmarkt (English: Wheat Market) is a city square in the historic center of Ghent. Located between the Leieriver and St. Nicholas' Church, it is one of the city's most important and famous tourist l …
Read more →St. Nicholas' Church is one of the oldest and most prominent landmarks in Ghent. Begun in the early 13th century as a replacement for an earlier Romanesque church, construction continued through the r …
Read more →The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or in Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) an 89-meter-tall Gothic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. It is the seat of the diocese of Ghent, is named fo …
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