Ghent
(Gent)
City
Oost-Vlaanderen
"Welcome to the most beautiful city of Europe, if not the world !"(4 Tips)
"Best location & city in Belgium."(4 Tips)
"Hot take: Ghent is waaaay cooler than Bruges."(3 Tips)
"Best city in Belgium."(2 Tips)
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Gabi BulumacDecember 12, 2015Incredible charming city 😍 Lonley Planet calls it "the best kept secret of Europe🇪🇺" .Just enjoy it 😎 ....I forgot....you MUST taste the original candy of Gent-Cuberdons 😋Upvoted 4 weeks ago
Ivan ButinaAugust 8, 2013Take your time to stroll along the channels and explore little streets of beautiful downtown. Gent is one of the best kept secrets of Belgium!
European ParliamentMarch 25, 2014“The venture validates the use of EU funding for incontestably European benefits,” the jury said, awarding Gent and Norwich the 2014 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage for their joint project Shaping 24. Read moreUpvoted 1 week ago
Aziz K. A.November 17, 2017Loved the city, friendly people with beautiful buildings around the city center
Tommy RyoAugust 5, 2018Tram and bus are free on Every first Sunday of months!! It’s called shopping day! 🛍
Chris IoannouAugust 4, 2018I was expecting something more than what I saw. Maybe my expectations have been set beyond the reality at the first place. The people however are very kind and helpful!
Roger A.May 30, 2019The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie. In the Late Middle Ages it became one of the largest and richest cities in Northern Europe.
Very beautiful city. It worths staying in it for few days in the center. Everything within your reach!- Cenker KöseMay 12, 2015Best location & city in Belgium. Historic, scenic, and like a food republic :) By the way, you need a reservation for most of top rated restaurants.
It's just like New York, San Francisco, London, Tokyo and Sao Paolo. Only with hotter girls (and more people on bikes).
The most beautiful historic town in Belgium. Always open- Roger A.May 30, 2019Archaeological evidence shows human presence in the region of the confluence of Scheldt and Leie going back as far as the Stone Age and the Iron Age.
Move over Antwerp, Brussels and Bruges... Ghent is the number one city in Belgium!
- Dennis BFebruary 8, 2020Hot take: Ghent is waaaay cooler than Bruges. Just the right mix of history and urban grit.
Gabrielė GrigaliūnaitėAugust 17, 2013Such a wonderful city! A lot of marvelous castles, buildings and places:)
- Roger A.May 30, 2019It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the second largest municipality in Belgium, after Antwerp.
Sven RottiersNovember 2, 2014If you had to choose only one city in Belgium to visit. It should be Ghent.
- Welcome to the most beautiful city of Europe, if not the world !
- Roger A.May 30, 2019Most historians believe that the older name for Ghent, 'Ganda', is derived from the Celtic word ganda which means confluence.
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