Tourism
Ghent is also known as one of the nicest historic cities of Europe, a city of all times or the heart of Flanders. The city has an illustrious history and combines this with modern day living. All year round tourists visit the city of the "stroppendragers", or noose bearers, as people from Ghent are commonly referred to, and stay in the widely available residential accommodation. |
Horeca
Regional dishes or international cuisine. Snack or five-course dinners. Ghent offers a restaurant or tavern suited to every degree of hunger and taste: www.pocketresto.be |
Delicacy
Ghent has many culinary specialities, best known is probably 'Gentse Waterzooi' (classic watery fish or chicken stew with potatoes). People from Ghent also like their sweets: kroakemandels (fried peas), babbeluten (caramel candy), mastellen (soft biscuits with cinnamon), delicious Belgian pralines, wippers (hard caramel candy with vanilla sugar), neuzen (cone-shaped candy with raspberry taste), nonnenbillen (marshmellows in pink and white), muilentrekkers (hard sour bonbons with cherry taste), muilevol (big flat caramel candy), mokken (biscuits with anise taste), poepkes (red gums with cherry taste), katrienespekken (hard sugar paste),... |
Culture
Museums, theatre, concert, opera, music, dance or film,... plenty of choice for a cultural afternoon or an evening out. Don't forget to check the list of events! |
Business
An important SME network and multinational sites: business in and around Ghent is flourishing. It is the ideal city to organise your meetings, seminars or events. Ghent's considerable business facilities and infrastructure means visitors and organisers of big international trade fairs and conferences find their way to Ghent every year again. |
Antique
Gent is een historische en een eigentijdse stad tegelijk. Het moderne dagelijkse leven van de actieve stadsbewoner speelt er zich af in een prachtig historisch decor. Gent is een cultuurstad vol kunst en antiek. Daarvan getuigen de vele musea. Maar ook organiseert een groep Kunst- en Antiekhandelaren elk jaar, in het najaar, opendeurdagen in de Gentse binnenstad. |
Sport
Leisure, relax or work out? Ghent has it all.
If the weather's nice you can go to the beach at sports and recreation park Blaarmeersen which offers a huge variety of sports facilities (as well as a four star campsite). Ghent also has an elite sports centre. |
Transportation
Public transport in and around Ghent is well developed. Buses, trams and trolley buses take you to all corners of the city.
But you can just as easily explore Ghent on foot, by boat, bike or coach. |
Wellness
Pamper yourself for a special occasion or for no reason at all by treating yourself to a relaxing sauna or going to the solarium...
The many beauty and wellness addresses in Ghent allow you to completely switch off for a while! |
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