How many stops are on the Nightlife walking tour in Ghent?

The Nightlife route in Ghent includes 5 curated stops.

How long does the Nightlife tour in Ghent take?

The Nightlife walking tour in Ghent takes approximately 2.5 hours at a leisurely pace.

Is the Nightlife walking tour in Ghent free?

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🇧🇪 Ghent, Belgium

Nightlife in Ghent

Evening districts, bars, and lively after-dark streets. Explore 5 curated stops in Ghent, including Museum of Fine Arts, Wheat Market (Korenmarkt), and Saint Michael's Church. Highlights include Wheat Market (Korenmarkt), rated 4.7/5 by 380 visitors.

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Museum of Fine Arts

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 for Saint Bavo of Ghent, and contains the well-known Ghent Altarpiece. Exterior of Romanesque, Gothic, and baroque architecture with an interior filled with priceless paintings and sculptures, including the 24-panel altarpiece 'The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb', completed by Jan van Eyck in 1432. Simply spellbinding, this work was commissioned by a wealthy city alderman in 1420. Original Alterpiece 'Adoration of Mystic Lamb' temporarily and partially closed. Since April 2010 a scientific study and conservation works are in progress. Visitors can follow the activities through a glass wall. Other art treasures in the cathedral include Rubens's restored 'The Conversion of St. Bavo' from 1623.

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Wheat Market (Korenmarkt)

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 locations. The square is surrounded with several historic buildings, which today house bars, restaurants and terraces. It is a pivotal location of the annual Gentse Feesten cultural festival. The square's name is derived from the cereal trade which dates back to the 10th/11th century when Ghent was the center of the cereal trade in the County of Flanders. Cereal that was brought into the city via the nearby Graslei and Korenlei by the Leie river, was sold on the market place

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Saint Michael's Church

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 entirely constructed with sandstone from Brussels and Ledian sandstone. The church has a rich Neo-Gothic interior, including an altar and a pulpit in that style. There are various 18th century statues, including a Saint Livinus by Laurent Delvaux, a wooden St. Sebastian by J. Franciscus Allaert, eight marble statues of saints and a copy of Michelangelo's Madonna of Bruges by Rombaut Pauwels. The church contains many Baroque paintings, including Christ Dying on the Cross by Anthony van Dyck, the Resurrection of Lazarus by Otto Venius and paintings by Gaspar de Crayer, Philippe de Champaigne, Karel van Mander, Jan Boeckhorst, Antoon van den Heuvel, Theodoor van Thulden and others. There are confessionals from various style periods including a Baroque confessional from the early 17th century by François Cruyt with statues sculpted by Michiel van der Voort. Organ: The organ dates back to an instrument that was built in 1817 by the organ builder De Volder. The style of the front is fully made in gothic revival. In 1951 the instrument was remodeled and expanded by the organ builder Anneessens. The organ has 47 stops on three manuals and a pedal. Church Treasure: There are numerous silver and gold artefacts in the silver collection. An important item is the relic of St Dorothea, in silver. Very famous is the relic of the sacred 'Doorn' brought to the church by Mary, Queen of Scots, and a relic of the true Cross a gift of the Archduke Albrecht and Isabella in 1619.

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Friday Market Square (Vrijdagmarkt)

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 Ghent, it played an important role in the city's history. With its dimensions of roughly 100 by 100 m, it is one of the largest public squares in Ghent. Every Friday morning the square is filled with market stalls; a tradition dating back to 1199. The centerpiece of the plaza is the statue of Jacob van Artevelde, Ghent's wise man who sided with England during the Hundred Years' War and was murdered on the site in 1345. The place is surrounded with guildhalls, which currently house bars, restaurants and terraces. In the northerly corner there are two monumental art nouveau buildings of the socialist movement, built at the turn of the 20th century, which currently house the socialist health insurance federation and the Socialist National Trade Union Federation.

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Dulle Griet (Mad Meg)

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 'Mons Meg', and the last one was in France but has since been lost. The wrought-iron bombard was constructed in the first half of the 15th century from 32 longitudinal bars enclosed by 61 rings. In 1452, the bombard was employed by the city of Ghent in the siege of Oudenaarde, but fell into the hands of the defenders on the retreat and was only returned to Ghent in 1578. Today, the bombard is set up close to the Friday Market square in the old town. Besides the Dulle Griet, a number of 15th-century European superguns are known to have been employed primarily in siege warfare, including the wrought-iron Pumhart von Steyr and Mons Meg as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette, Faule Grete and Grose Bochse.

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