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Contents
3
ESSENTIAL CITY GUIDES
Contents
Arrival & Transport
5
How to get to your hotel
The Basics
8
Getting to grips with Ghent
History
10
The city’s past on two pages
Culture & Events
12
Concerts, galleries and events
Where to stay
20
Beds for backpackers and business executives
Dining & Nightlife
24
From light drinking to heavy eating
Cafés
32
Classic cafés and bakeries
Sightseeing
A trip on the Leie is one of the highlights of a visit to Ghent
42
Museums, churches and other sights
List of small features
Noosebearers
10
Ghent Film Festival
15
Butcher’s tables
26
The raw truth/ steak tartare
28
Treats from Ghent
35
Westvleteren 12
37
Trappist beers
38
RoomeR
41
Sheep pen
43
Het Lam Gods
45
Shopping
49
For the ultimate gift & souvenirs
Lifestyle Directory
52
Pharmacies, banks and barbers
Maps & Index
Country map
53
Street index
54
City centre map
55
City map
56-57
Index
58
Get lost in Patershol
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July 2012 - January 2013
Foreword
4
In our humble opinion, Ghent is Belgium’s most
charming city. Anyone who disagrees has probably
never been to this vibrant student town. With no less
than a millennium of history, Ghent is proud of its
age-old traditions. Belgium’s third largest city, with
almost 250,000 inhabitants, is the kind of town you
can visit at any time of the year. If you’re a fan of old
heritage sites, bustling nightlife, fabulous restaurants
and a vibrant atmosphere; you’ve come to the right
place. Of course, visiting a city isn’t just about seeing
the sights, and with this guide in your hand you’ll
be able to get to know the
real
Ghent, which you
can thoroughly explore in a few days. The team at
Ghent In Your Pocket
have covered the entire city,
busy putting together reviews of restaurants, cafés,
clubs and shops for this brand new guide. Flawlessly
researched, you’ll find everything you need to know
about Ghent tucked inside the following 60 pages.
Whatever your plans, you’re bound to have a fantastic
time. The best of Ghent can also be found online, at
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, and we aim to add
more Belgian cities in the near future. We welcome
all suggestions and comments: send them to ghent@
inyourpocket.com. Now: go enjoy the city!
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Cover story
The cover of our first
Ghent In
Your Pocket
features one of
the loveliest sights in the city:
the Leie River, complete with
the historic backdrop of the Old
Town. It is the quintessential
image of Ghent in summer. We
hope it puts you in the mood for
your visit to this vibrant, energetic
city. Read all about the first jewel
in our Belgian crown over the
next 60 pages.
Editorial
Editors
Theo Leerintveld, Craig Turp
Contributors
Mart van Amerongen, Miriam
Mirvoud, Kristel Vereecken (History),
Julie De Jonghe, Jean Jacques Haus,
Joep van Aert, Frank van Bergen
Research
Theo Leerintveld & Mart
van Amerongen
Layout & Design
Vaida Gudynaite
Photos
© Theo Leerintveld, City of
Ghent Tourist Office and various concert
organizers, unless otherwise stated.
Cover
© City of Ghent Tourist Office
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arrival & transport
5
Ghent is easily explored on foot with most of the sights lo-
cated within the relatively small city centre. Riding a bicycle
around the city is not a bad idea either. The flat terrain and
the generally short distances make cycling a lovely way
to discover town. That being said, Ghent also has a well
organised public transport system, reaching nearly every
corner of the city.
The six
Park & Ride (P&R)
locations:
P&R
Gentbrugge
(250 spaces)
P&R
Oostakker
(200 spaces)
P&R
Flanders Expo
(106 spaces, 3400 during events)
P&R
Wondelgem Industrieweg
(48 spaces)
P&R
Mariakerke
(25 spaces)
P&R
Gentbrugge Moscou
(15 spaces)
If you’re still determined to drive into the Old Town then look
for a parking garage. There are no less than nine of these
in Ghent. Rates vary, but you pay roughly €1.50 per hour.
You can find them easily by following the electronic signs
on the billboards when you enter the city from whatever
direction, which will also tell you how many free spaces are
available. Parking garages in Old Town can be found here:
www.parkeerbedrijf.gent.be.
Arriving by plane
Ghent does not have its own airport, but getting to the city
from Belgium’s major airports is quite straightforward.
The
country’s largest flight hub,
Brussels Airport (Zaventem)
,
is about an hour away from Ghent.
Those taking budget carriers like
Ryanair
and
Wizz
to Belgium will land at
Brussels Charleroi Airport
50km
outside of Brussels proper.
Antwerp Airport
only handles a
few charter flights, but if you happen to arrive here, take bus
14 to Antwerp Central station and hop on a train. The trip to
Ghent will take about 1.5 hours. Flights to
Ostend-Bruges
Airport
are also limited to a few charters. From here, bus
5 and 6 run to Ostend railway station, from where trains to
Ghent are leaving three times an hour.
All trams and buses in Flanders are operated by the
transport company
De Lijn
. You can find a route planner,
schedules and network maps at the company’s website,
www.delijn.be, or at a
Lijnwinkel
or Ghent Tourist Office.
Tickets can be bought either directly from the driver inside
buses and trams, at a
Lijnwinkel
or in most supermar-
kets and newspaper shops.
Lijnwinkels
are located at
Sint-Pieters station, Gent-Zuid (Graaf van Vlaanderenplein)
and at Korenmarkt. A single ticket costs €2 if bought from
the driver or €1.20 if bought in advance. If you plan to use
city transport regularly, you could buy a
Lijnkaart
for €9,
which allows you to make 10 single journeys. You could
also choose to get a day pass for €5 (€7 if purchased
from the driver) or a 3-day pass for €10 (€12 from driver).
Tickets always need to be validated by using the yellow
machine inside trams and buses. Stick the ticket in the
machine and press the number of zones you are travelling
though. Unless you are travelling outside the city limits,
this will be just one zone.
Arriving by car
Driving to the centre of Ghent can be a difficult task
and be quite costly. The price of parking depends on
where you park.
Tourist information
There are four different parking zones in Ghent, split in two
different sections. You have the choice of
Kort Parkeren
(short stays of maximum three hours) and
Dagparkeren
(24 hours). Parking costs vary, from €2 an hour in the city
centre to €10 for a full day. But remember: it’s hard to find a
parki n g spot i n or n ear th e Ol d Town. D on’ t park wi th ou t pay-
ing unless you want to pay a huge fine. If you’re coming from
out of town, free parking at one of six
Park & Ride
locations
is your best option. Five more locations wil be added in the
near future. The only damage is €2 for a tram ticket to town
(or €1.20 if bought in advance).
Beautiful cities always have a tourist office and Ghent
is no exception. For information about the city, head to
Ghent Tourist Office
. If you want to know something
about the surrounding region, step inside the office of
Toerisme Oost-Vlaanderen
.
Ghent Tourist Office
B-2, Sint-Veerleplein 5, tel.
(+32) 926 65 660, fax (+32) 926 65 673, visit@
gent.be, www.visitgent.be.
Th e ci t y’s tou ris t i n forma -
tion office recently moved from Sint-Baafsplein to Sint-
Veerleplein. To find it, walk through the gate in the corner
of the square and you will spot the tourist information
office directly on the left. A large selection of brochures,
leaflets and city maps is available, including maps with
thematic walking routes and a brochure specifically for
vegetarian visitors. Try the futuristic touchscreen tablets,
which provide visitors with lots of information about the
city and ideas for places to visit. If you have questions,
the knowledgeable staff will enthusiastically answer
them. The tourist information office is also the departure
point for guided walks in the city.
Q
Open 09:30 - 18:30.
TJAUGW
Toerisme Oost-Vlaanderen
B-3, Sint-Nik-
laasstraat 2, tel. (+32) 926 92 600, fax (+32) 926
92 609, toerisme@oost-vlaanderen.be, www.tov.
be.
If you plan to explore the region around Ghent, the
provincial tourist information office is a good place to
start. This office is particularly well equipped with cycling
and hiking maps, which you can buy for a small fee. You
can also pick up brochures about various regions in East
Flanders and the helpful staff will gladly advise you about
journeys into the rural area around the city.
Q
Open 09:00
- 12:00, 13:15-16:45. Closed Sat, Sun.
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Take a well deserved break along the sunny Leie © Ghent
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