Guidebook for Gent
Food Scene
Nearby the house. Just go through the railway station. Honest menu. Good food. Price up.
23 Einheimische empfehlen
Café Parti
65A Kon. Maria HendrikapleinNearby the house. Just go through the railway station. Honest menu. Good food. Price up.
Traiteur Toulouse
41 Kon. ElisabethlaanPick your lunch or go out for breakfast.
Bodo
2 BurgstraatGood food, stunning view
Gulhan Pizza
70 SleepstraatTurkish pizza. Fast, good and cheap. Ideal starting point for a night out afterwards.
Le Pain De Sébastien
Artisanal bakery. You can get a coffee too.
Café de Buffel
19 A GandastraatBasic day menu.
Würst
50 NederkouterDelicious burgers. TV-chef Jeroen Meeus is owner.
Café René
2-4 Gebroeders VandeveldestraatThe basics.
The belgian basics. The real stuff. In the most beautiful area of Ghent.
18 Einheimische empfehlen
de lieve
1 Sint-MargrietstraatThe belgian basics. The real stuff. In the most beautiful area of Ghent.
Hip place for brunch, lunch, late breakfest. Place to be for foodies.
60 Einheimische empfehlen
De Superette
29 GuldenspoorstraatHip place for brunch, lunch, late breakfest. Place to be for foodies.
Aperto Chiuso
82 SleepstraatNice italian food. Great interior.
Joost Arijs
24 VlaanderenstraatOh that choclat!
Soepbar Sordo
2 Lange SteenstraatSoupbar. Owner is deaf, you order by pointing the soup you want.
Ramen
RamenNoodles! Ideal quick lunch.
Drinks & Nightlife
Proof
34 Jan BreydelstraatBar Belien
9 VerlorenkostCoffee and cocktails. Nice and cosy.
always nice atmosphere around here. open till very late 'our early, as you wish)
24 Einheimische empfehlen
Vlasmarkt
Vlasmarktalways nice atmosphere around here. open till very late 'our early, as you wish)
Shopping
Small shop with a nice selection of artist stuff. Helen is an illustrator and sells own goods but also nice stuff from artist friends.
8 Einheimische empfehlen
helen b & vrienden
28 VrijdagmarktSmall shop with a nice selection of artist stuff. Helen is an illustrator and sells own goods but also nice stuff from artist friends.
A.Puur.A. bvba, winkel
56 OnderbergenPaard Van Troje
113 KouterGood selection. Good coffee too.
Entertainment & Activities
Vooruit
23 Sint-PietersnieuwstraatBlaarmeersen
all for your recreation and sports
Arts & Culture
Museum of city history. Has an exhibition of 'Draken/Dragons'.
143 Einheimische empfehlen
STAM Gent Stadtmuseum
2 GodshuizenlaanMuseum of city history. Has an exhibition of 'Draken/Dragons'.
Museum of modern art. Closeby the house, just walk trough the Citadelpark.
230 Einheimische empfehlen
Kommunales Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst
1 Jan HoetpleinMuseum of modern art. Closeby the house, just walk trough the Citadelpark.
Museum der Schönen Künste
1 Fernand ScribedreefCloseby. Just walk trough the Citaldelpark.
Essentials
Okay
228 Voskenslaanlocal shop, close to our house
Delhaize Gent Ster
906 KortrijksesteenwegGetting Around
a train to each destination in Belgium and beyond. 20 minutes to Bruges, 35 to Brussels, 50 to Antwerp.
also the trams (tram 1 is the easiest option) and buses bring you directly to the city centre. the easiest and fastest way. you can buy a 10 rides card at the tram stop, or get a SMS ticket by texting 'DL' to 4884. buying a ticket in the tram is possible, but more expensive.
62 Einheimische empfehlen
Gent-Sint-Pieters station
a train to each destination in Belgium and beyond. 20 minutes to Bruges, 35 to Brussels, 50 to Antwerp.
also the trams (tram 1 is the easiest option) and buses bring you directly to the city centre. the easiest and fastest way. you can buy a 10 rides card at the tram stop, or get a SMS ticket by texting 'DL' to 4884. buying a ticket in the tram is possible, but more expensive.