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What to know before visiting Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in size only by Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city. The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding suburbs of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem and Zwijnaarde. With 262,219 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,205 km2 (465 sq mi) and had a total population of 560,522 as of 1 January 2018, which ranks it as the fourth most populous in Belgium. The ten-day-long Ghent Festival (Gentse Feesten) is held every year and attended by about 1–1.5 million visitors. -Wikipedia
General Info
Time Zone
GMT +02:00
Currency
Euro
1USD = 0.90 EUR
Best time to visit
June
July
Local Weather
JAN
1.0°
1.0°
FEB
1.0°
7.0°
MAR
3.0°
11.0°
APR
6.0°
16.0°
MAY
9.0°
18.0°
JUN
12.0°
21.0°
JUL
14.0°
24.0°
AUG
13.0°
23.0°
SEP
11.0°
20.0°
OCT
8.0°
15.0°
NOV
5.0°
11.0°
DEC
2.0
7.0°
Popular Activities
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Gravensteen
Saint Bavo's Cathedral
Het Belfort van Gent
Saint Michael's Bridge
Museum Dr. Guislain
Universiteit Gent - Botanical Garden
Ghent City Hall
STAM - Ghent City Museum
Graffiti Street
Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen
Citadelpark
Baudelopark
Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Saint Nicholas' Church
Museum of Industry Ghent
Rabot
Toreken
Patershol
Sint-Pietersabdij
Huis van Alijn
Appelbrugparkje
Museum Arnold Vander Haeghen
Design Museum Gent
The world of Kina: the House
Ghent Graffiti Alley
The World of Kina Garden
Playground Blaarmeersen
Gentbrugse Meersen
Achtersikkel
GUM - Gents Universiteitsmuseum
Calle Langemunt
Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein
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Ai Nati Oggi (For Those Born Today)
Binnenstad Gent
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