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Ghent
Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
0 km · about 5 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Gent is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Mariakerke, 1km from Gravensteen.
Gent is a city located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 265,086, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Gent sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Gent to your route.
The siege of Ghent (18–30 December 1708) was the last operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After successfully taking Lille shortly before, the Duke of Marlborough moved his forces onto the town of Ghent where after a 12-day siege the town's governor, Count Charles de LaRead more
Mothe-Houdancourt, surrendered.
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Gent is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.0500 latitude, 3.7167 longitude.
Gent has a population of approximately 265,086 people, making it a city in Belgium.
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
0 km · about 5 min drive
castle
A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
1 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
1 km · about 5 min drive
tunnel
At 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
38 km · about 45 min drive
cafe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
39 km · about 45 min drive
tunnel
Tolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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Futuristic building in Brussels shaped like an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, built for the 1958 World Expo.
47 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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