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Delve into Gent
Gent in Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen (Flanders) with it's 231,493 habitants is located in Belgium about 31 mi (or 50 km) north-west of Brussels, the country's capital town.
Current time in Gent is now 09:24 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Brussels with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 12 airports close to Gent, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Belgium is Wevelgem Airport in a distance of 27 mi (or 44 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Belgium is Historic Centre of Brugge in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 km), North-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Eeklo, Oudenaarde, Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Dendermonde and Tielt. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 60 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Evening Temperature | 14°C / 56 °F |
Night Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 66% |
Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 7% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 1st of November 2024
15°C (60 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 2nd of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 3rd of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Maison d'hôtes Hôtel Verhaegen
Ghent Marriott Hotel
The House of Edward
Hotel Ghent River - Historic Hotels Ghent
NH Gent Sint Pieters
NH Gent Belfort
Harmony
Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof Gent
Guesthouse PPP
Hotel de Flandre - Historic Hotels Ghent
Videos from this area
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Visit Ghent - 5 Things You Will Love & Hate About Gent, Belgium
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Visit Ghent - What to See & Do in Gent, Belgium
http://www.woltersworld.com If you are heading to Flanders, then you need to visit to visit Ghent (Gent). It is one of the prettiest towns in Belgium and gives you tons of fantastic churches,...
Wherever You Are - Meet Up Ghent (cover)
This is a little something we did for 5SOS at our Meet up in Ghent (25.07.2014)
Portraits of Ghent
From the cobblestoned side-streets to the grand Graslei, the perfectly preserved medieval architecture to the solitude of the Beguinage of Our Lady at Hoyen, come experience one of Belgium's...
Engage 2015 Keynote from Ghent, Belgium (formerly BLUG)
Join the Engage 2015 keynote from Ghent, Belgium with information on IBM Verse, IBM Connections and more.
SWS 2015 Ghent - T8 - Kim Ji KOR v Kharlan UKR
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SWS 2015 Ghent - T16 - Gregorio ITA v Kim Ji KOR
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SWS 2015 Ghent - T2 - Zagunis USA v Velikaya RUS
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SWS 2015 Ghent - T8 - Zagunis USA v Boudiaf FRA
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hogeschool Gent
With eight faculties and 16,000 students, University College Ghent is the largest university college in Flanders. Its establishment in 1995 is the outcome of two successful mergers that involved sixteen Belgian institutions of higher education. Many had been influential leaders in higher education for several decades. The current eight faculties are spread over the city center of Ghent and Aalst.
Boekentoren
The Boekentoren, (Dutch for Book Tower) is a famous building located in Ghent, Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde. It is part of the Ghent University Library and currently houses 3 million books. The Boekentoren is directly adjacent to the Blandijn, the buildings of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
Belfry of Ghent
The 91-metre-high belfry of Ghent is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, Belgium, the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church. It's height makes it the tallest belfry in existence. Through the centuries, it has served not only as a bell tower to announce the time and various warnings, but also as a fortified watchtower and town treasury.
Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent
St. Nicholas' Church is one of the oldest and most prominent landmarks in Ghent, Belgium. Begun in the early 13th century as a replacement for an earlier Romanesque church, construction continued through the rest of the century in the local Scheldt Gothic style (named after the nearby river). Typical of this style is the use of blue-gray stone from the Tournai area, the single large tower above the crossing, and the slender turrets at the building's corners.
Holy Corner (Ghent Béguinage)
The Belgian city of Ghent has three béguinages: the "Old Saint Elisabeth", known in English as the Holy Corner, the new Saint Elisabeth béguinage in the Ghent suburb of Sint-Amandsberg and Our Lady Ter Hoyen in the Lange Violettenstraat. The Saint Elisabeth béguinage was named after Elisabeth of Hungary also known as Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia.
Ghent University Library
The Ghent University Library is located in the city of Ghent, Belgium. It serves the university community of students and scholarly researchers. The library has evolved in recent years, focusing on decentralization and networking rather than a central facility. Some collections of books are to be found in the faculty libraries; but some books are conventionally gathered together in the University library.
Trams in Ghent
The Ghent tramway network (Dutch: de Gentse tram) is part of the public transport system in the city of Ghent, Belgium, with a total of three lines (1, 21/22 and 4). Since 1991, it has been operated by De Lijn, the public transport entity responsible for buses and trams in Flanders. As of the end of 2008, there were 40 HermeLijn trams and 43 PCC trams, running on three routes.
Saint Michael's Church, Ghent
The Saint Michael's church in Ghent, Belgium, is a Roman Catholic church devoted to Archangel Michael. The construction of the current church, which was preceded, on the same site, first by a small chapel, destroyed by fire early in the twelfth century, followed by a larger church, probably began in 1440, and took place in two phases, separated by a long interruption.
Saint Bavo Cathedral
The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or the Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) is the seat of the diocese of Ghent. It is named for Saint Bavo of Ghent. The building is based upon the Chapel of St. John the Baptist, a primarily wooden construction; it was consecrated in 942 by Transmarus, Bishop of Tournai and Noyon. Traces of this original structure are evident in the cathedral's crypt. The chapel was subsequently expanded in the Romanesque style in 1038.
Prinsenhof (Ghent)
The Prinsenhof in Ghent was the normal residence of the Counts of Flanders in Ghent starting in the 15th century.
Sint-Barbaracollege
The Sint-Barbaracollege in Gent, Belgium is a private Jesuit school, founded in 1832. The school is built on the location of a cloister, the "Sint Barbaraklooster in Jerusalem". The cloister was founded in 1420 for Augustinian nuns, closed in 1783 by order of Joseph II, briefly reopened but closed again during the French war.
Blandijn
The Blandijn, short for Blandijnberg, is a building complex of Ghent University in the Belgian city Ghent and directly adjacent to Boekentoren, the tower of the Ghent University Library. The Blandijn, named after the Blandijnberg hill it stands on, houses the Faculty of Arts & Philosophy. The first part of the Blandijn buildings was officially opened in 1960. The Blandijn complex is located centrally in Ghent's student neighborhood.