Guidebook for Ghent
Food Scene
If you want to eat in a beautifull restaurant where they surve high quality food. It is an expensive restaurant and you need to make your reservation a long time ahead.
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Restaurant Volta
2B NieuwewandelingIf you want to eat in a beautifull restaurant where they surve high quality food. It is an expensive restaurant and you need to make your reservation a long time ahead.
Little restaurant with food from Chili. The owners are probably from Chili themselves. When you go there you'll feel in Chili. The food is good AND cheap. The atmosphere is nice. Book ahead!
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El Negocito
121 BrabantdamLittle restaurant with food from Chili. The owners are probably from Chili themselves. When you go there you'll feel in Chili. The food is good AND cheap. The atmosphere is nice. Book ahead!
International food, nice atmosphere. You need to be lucky to find a table, but you can wait for a table in the sofa's in their colonial lounge. While waiting try the white wine; "Ayama".
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Mosquito Coast
28 HoogpoortInternational food, nice atmosphere. You need to be lucky to find a table, but you can wait for a table in the sofa's in their colonial lounge. While waiting try the white wine; "Ayama".
A nice villa right next to the wather of the Leie. If you're coming by boat they even have a quay. The food is very nice. Quite expensive, but it's worth it. Not a bad idea to book ahead.
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Patyntje
91 GordunakaaiA nice villa right next to the wather of the Leie. If you're coming by boat they even have a quay. The food is very nice. Quite expensive, but it's worth it. Not a bad idea to book ahead.
Good, not cheap Brasserie. The building used to be a warehouse (="Pakhuis" in Dutch). This is still visible by the industrial look that is blended with warm touches.
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Pakhuis
4 SchuurkenstraatGood, not cheap Brasserie. The building used to be a warehouse (="Pakhuis" in Dutch). This is still visible by the industrial look that is blended with warm touches.
B&B Faja Lobi
31 TarbotstraatInternational dishes in a cosy atmosphere. Prices are okay.
Sightseeing
This fortress is one of the sights you should have seen in Ghent.
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Gravensteen
11 Sint-VeerlepleinThis fortress is one of the sights you should have seen in Ghent.
The very heart of Ghent. From here everything is close by.
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Korenmarkt, Ghent
KorenmarktThe very heart of Ghent. From here everything is close by.
Everything Else
The place to do some sightseeing while having a drink next to the wather. When the weather is good everybody will be here. Sit on the ground with your own drinks or dine while enjoying the view.
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Graslei and Korenlei
GrasleiThe place to do some sightseeing while having a drink next to the wather. When the weather is good everybody will be here. Sit on the ground with your own drinks or dine while enjoying the view.
Sports and recreational park. A big park with a lake in which you can swim in summer. The park is also convenient to go hiking, running or relaxing. It even has a small sand beach.
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Blaarmeersen
Sports and recreational park. A big park with a lake in which you can swim in summer. The park is also convenient to go hiking, running or relaxing. It even has a small sand beach.
In this kathedral you can see the famous "Lamgods" painting
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Saint Bavo's Cathedral
1 Sint-BaafspleinIn this kathedral you can see the famous "Lamgods" painting
The place to be for the runners/joggers in Ghent. The track is made out of chock absorbing material.
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Watersportbaan
The place to be for the runners/joggers in Ghent. The track is made out of chock absorbing material.
Shopping
This the biggest shopping street in Ghent. The big stores like Zara, H&M and Bershka are here.
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Veldstraat
VeldstraatThis the biggest shopping street in Ghent. The big stores like Zara, H&M and Bershka are here.
Big groceryshop. If you prefere to buy your groceries from big brands then this is the place to go as they offer the lowest prices for the brands.
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Colruyt Ghent
197 DrongensesteenwegBig groceryshop. If you prefere to buy your groceries from big brands then this is the place to go as they offer the lowest prices for the brands.
Aula is a luxury foodshop. They have everything you can wish for: freshly prepared meals, salads, smoothies and also the best products that you can find to prepare a meal yourself.
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Aula Academica
Aula is a luxury foodshop. They have everything you can wish for: freshly prepared meals, salads, smoothies and also the best products that you can find to prepare a meal yourself.
Entertainment & Activities
Yoga Studio Groene Vallei
30 NoordstraatThey offer yoga, Pilates, Nia, Tai chi,... for democratic prices.
JIMS Fitness Gent
2 RooigemlaanCheap fitness center
Stadium Coupure Fitness Gent
625B Coupure LinksFitnesscenter
The biggest and most modern cinema in town. This is also the most expensive one.
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Kinepolis Ghent
12 Ter PlatenThe biggest and most modern cinema in town. This is also the most expensive one.
Studio Skoop
63 Sint-AnnapleinAn other oldschool cinema.
Essentials
Lidl
126 Einde WereLow cost grocery store
Ghent Bio-Planet
134 DrongensesteenwegALDI
12 BrusselsesteenwegDrinks & Nightlife
Manteca
2 CataloniëstraatJazzy bar where they make some mean cocktails.
't Galgenhuis
5 GroentenmarktShould be one of the smallest bars in Ghent. Check it out ;)
Trollekelder
4 Walter De BuckpleinThis bar serves some very good beers.
WATT: Pop up concept: You go in to the complex that looks like a very old office building. It is a protected monument where you will find one of the best coffeebars and one of the best cocktailbars (a concept from the famous cocktailbar Jiggers called Pony's).
The coffee tastes like heaven. You can choose which kind of beans etc. When you enter the complexgate, the coffee bar is on your right side.
The cocktailbar is at the right side. They measure the cocktails completely to your liking and this for 10EU, in the real Jiggersbar it would cost you a bit more. Even their mocktails taste like a real cocktail. You ll get tipsy just by the taste of it.
Once you ll enter this heavenly place it will feel like a real discovery, like a place the other tourists couldn't find.
Openinghours:
Coffee: Thursday and Friday from 10AM till 6PM, Saturdays and sundays from 11AM till 18PM
Cocktails: Thursday and Friday from 6PM till 2AM, Saturdays and sundays from 3PM till 3AM
PONY’S
62 NieuwewandelingWATT: Pop up concept: You go in to the complex that looks like a very old office building. It is a protected monument where you will find one of the best coffeebars and one of the best cocktailbars (a concept from the famous cocktailbar Jiggers called Pony's).
The coffee tastes like heaven. You can choose which kind of beans etc. When you enter the complexgate, the coffee bar is on your right side.
The cocktailbar is at the right side. They measure the cocktails completely to your liking and this for 10EU, in the real Jiggersbar it would cost you a bit more. Even their mocktails taste like a real cocktail. You ll get tipsy just by the taste of it.
Once you ll enter this heavenly place it will feel like a real discovery, like a place the other tourists couldn't find.
Openinghours:
Coffee: Thursday and Friday from 10AM till 6PM, Saturdays and sundays from 11AM till 18PM
Cocktails: Thursday and Friday from 6PM till 2AM, Saturdays and sundays from 3PM till 3AM