Who says a well-deserved city break has to be expensive? You can spend a weekend in Ghent and go to lots of places without spending any money: you can admire street art, visit a grand townhouse, or stroll through a beguinage. A free walking map will guide you to your destination without any effort. And for Ghent’s most important yearly event, the famous Ghent Festivities, you don’t need to pay either.
Point of Interest
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Little Guide – Castle of the Counts
In search of the jester in the Castle of the Counts -
Magical Ghent in the evening
Explore Ghent with the light plan -
Old St Elizabeth Beguinage
Beguine city in Ghent: a tolerant ‘holy corner’ -
On the trail of industrial Ghent
A walk along industrial heritage in the city centre of Ghent -
Our Lady of St Peter's Church
Monumental church at Sint-Pietersplein -
Portus Ganda
Student quarter by day, idyllic by night -
Prinsenhof
Medieval gem in the city centre -
Professor DOUBT and the reSEARCHtour
The family games at the GUM -
Small Beguinage Our Lady ter Hoyen
The Ghent Beguines, quietly independent -
St James' Church
In the 11th century this was a wooden church -
St Michael's Church
Church with 11th-century roots -
St Michael’s Bridge, romantic Ghent
Fairy-tale view: take your Ghent selfie! -
The Ghent Altarpiece immortalized in graffiti
A masterpiece reinvented -
The Southern Cemetery
Gravestones with a story -
The western cemetery
A hidden, green oasis of tranquility -
UGent Armand Pien Public Observatory
Spot stars and planets -
Walk along the water
Explore Ghent’s waterways -
Where are Fosfor the Dragon’s glasses?
Treasure hunt through the city
Event
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Miserere Nobis
Art in cemetery chapel -
Museum night Ghent
Come and discover the museums of Ghent -
Open Monuments Day Ghent
Visit famous monuments in Ghent -
Polé Polé Ghent
Going wild on The Graslei -
Sorry, not sorry Festival
Street art festival -
The Ghent Festivities
Ghent Festivities: 10 days when the city goes wild -
The Patershol festivities
Neighbourhood street party in Patershol -
The square kilometre
Dampoort -
To preserve is to stay! Koru ve yaşat!
Overview of the Ghent-Turkish heritage collection