Guidebook for Ghent

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Guidebook for Ghent

Food Scene

Dining in a typical Ghent living room, nice chat at the bar, having a drink, eat, chat, love, chare, read a newspapaper. Even party time and so much more... www.hetgoudenhoofd.be
6 locals recommend
Slachthuisstraat 96
96 Slachthuisstraat
6 locals recommend
Dining in a typical Ghent living room, nice chat at the bar, having a drink, eat, chat, love, chare, read a newspapaper. Even party time and so much more... www.hetgoudenhoofd.be
The coffee brewery from Ghent, so quiet a legend. www.mokabon.be
38 locals recommend
Mokabon
35 Donkersteeg
38 locals recommend
The coffee brewery from Ghent, so quiet a legend. www.mokabon.be
The most adorable pizzas in town for lunch or dinner. Special combinations in a nice atmosphere. www.eatlove.be
45 locals recommend
Eat Love Pizza
10 Ajuinlei
45 locals recommend
The most adorable pizzas in town for lunch or dinner. Special combinations in a nice atmosphere. www.eatlove.be
Chef Nicolas Decloedt surprise you with several small dishes to discover and share with your loved ones. He’s like a magician with vegetables, and they take centre stage on the menu. www.eatlove.be
Onderbergen 25
25 Onderbergen
Chef Nicolas Decloedt surprise you with several small dishes to discover and share with your loved ones. He’s like a magician with vegetables, and they take centre stage on the menu. www.eatlove.be
Lovely stop over for coffee break with pastry. Wall paintings from Panamarenko (Belgian artist > contemporary art) simon-says.be/what-can-we-get-you
79 locals recommend
Simon Says
8 Sluizeken
79 locals recommend
Lovely stop over for coffee break with pastry. Wall paintings from Panamarenko (Belgian artist > contemporary art) simon-says.be/what-can-we-get-you
My favourite breakfast place (bio). Modern stuff combined with vintage, the perfect match.
14 locals recommend
B & B Le Jardin Bohémien
19 Burgstraat
14 locals recommend
My favourite breakfast place (bio). Modern stuff combined with vintage, the perfect match.
Dining in 'your' living room. #veggie #bio #home made www.dezuidkant.be
South Side
156 Frederik Burvenichstraat
Dining in 'your' living room. #veggie #bio #home made www.dezuidkant.be
Tapas time? Great spot, great food, great atmosphere!
19 locals recommend
l'apéro d'oc
22 Ajuinlei
19 locals recommend
Tapas time? Great spot, great food, great atmosphere!
A high class restaurant in the red light district. You sit close together, bistro-style and the food is delicious. Starchefs are working here. www.de-vitrine.be
13 locals recommend
De Vitrine wordt La Chaparitta
134 Brabantdam
13 locals recommend
A high class restaurant in the red light district. You sit close together, bistro-style and the food is delicious. Starchefs are working here. www.de-vitrine.be
Best burgers in town. Also veggie option. Great cocktails. Lovely atmosphere. I like! http://goo.gl/uA8qIL
34 locals recommend
Uncle Babe's
2 Sluizekenstraat
34 locals recommend
Best burgers in town. Also veggie option. Great cocktails. Lovely atmosphere. I like! http://goo.gl/uA8qIL
Top chef Kobe Desramaults makes from this place the hotspot from Ghent! A big bread oven (wood fire) is part of the restaurant. A must try! Closed on Mon & Tue. www.indewulf.be/desuperette
Guldenspoorstraat 29
29 Guldenspoorstraat
Top chef Kobe Desramaults makes from this place the hotspot from Ghent! A big bread oven (wood fire) is part of the restaurant. A must try! Closed on Mon & Tue. www.indewulf.be/desuperette
Nice place to have breakfast or just a coffee while reading a (provided) magazine
55 locals recommend
Café Labath
1 Oude Houtlei
55 locals recommend
Nice place to have breakfast or just a coffee while reading a (provided) magazine
Here you can eat really nice freshly home made soup in the city centre, small place and worth to wait if it's crowdy inside (especially at noon)
10 locals recommend
Soup'r
9 Sint-Niklaasstraat
10 locals recommend
Here you can eat really nice freshly home made soup in the city centre, small place and worth to wait if it's crowdy inside (especially at noon)
Best french fries in town (baked in biological oil), bio-burgers and a lot of vegetarian snacks
frietcultuur
28 Kantienberg
Best french fries in town (baked in biological oil), bio-burgers and a lot of vegetarian snacks
Very nice french fries, baked in vegetal oil. A lot of veggie options and a lot of people queuing up.
33 locals recommend
De Frietketel
89 Papegaaistraat
33 locals recommend
Very nice french fries, baked in vegetal oil. A lot of veggie options and a lot of people queuing up.
Nice, fresh soups and sandwiches
8 locals recommend
Soep +
33 Lammerstraat
8 locals recommend
Nice, fresh soups and sandwiches
Meatballs stuffed with surprising liquid fillings. Pure craft with meat from their own culture in an urban and contemporary setting. Also veggie options.
51 locals recommend
Balls & Glory
35 Rue Henri Maus
51 locals recommend
Meatballs stuffed with surprising liquid fillings. Pure craft with meat from their own culture in an urban and contemporary setting. Also veggie options.
good vegan restaurant (very close to my place), buffet a volonté
23 locals recommend
Cucumber Time
14b Reep
23 locals recommend
good vegan restaurant (very close to my place), buffet a volonté

Arts & Culture

Lively art house (theatre, music, parties, literature). A lovely spot to read your newspaper, have a drink or a healthy lunch. Don't buy soup or spaghetti, they aren't that good.Enjoy t lovely terrace
178 locals recommend
Vooruit
23 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat
178 locals recommend
Lively art house (theatre, music, parties, literature). A lovely spot to read your newspaper, have a drink or a healthy lunch. Don't buy soup or spaghetti, they aren't that good.Enjoy t lovely terrace
Museum for Modern Art Closed on Monday www.smak.be
230 locals recommend
Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art
1 Jan Hoetplein
230 locals recommend
Museum for Modern Art Closed on Monday www.smak.be
When you want something different. A place where only locals come. Art, concerts, beach, flea market, drive in movies... a kind of pop-up event. From the 1st of May till the end of Sept. dokgent.be
13 locals recommend
DOK
13 Koopvaardijlaan
13 locals recommend
When you want something different. A place where only locals come. Art, concerts, beach, flea market, drive in movies... a kind of pop-up event. From the 1st of May till the end of Sept. dokgent.be
Museum for Fine Arts. A lot of beautiful temporary exhibitions.
125 locals recommend
Museum Voor Schone Kunsten
1 Fernand Scribedreef
125 locals recommend
Museum for Fine Arts. A lot of beautiful temporary exhibitions.
Design museum Gent is unique in Belgium. The accent in the collections and exhibitions lies on 20th century and actual design. Also a lot of beautiful temporary exhibitions.
118 locals recommend
Design Museum Gent
5 Jan Breydelstraat
118 locals recommend
Design museum Gent is unique in Belgium. The accent in the collections and exhibitions lies on 20th century and actual design. Also a lot of beautiful temporary exhibitions.

Essentials

One of the best supermarkets in Belgium. This one is the small, city edition.
25 locals recommend
Proxy Delhaize Kouter
158 Kouter
25 locals recommend
One of the best supermarkets in Belgium. This one is the small, city edition.
The closest small supermarket
Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat 119
119 Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat
The closest small supermarket
All herbs all over the world, you can find here in this old small shop with grumphy, old owner
Vits-staelens
14 Bij Sint-Jacobs
All herbs all over the world, you can find here in this old small shop with grumphy, old owner
Most lovely chocolate. Combine Japan and chocolate and you have Yuzu.
12 locals recommend
Yuzu
11/A Walpoortstraat
12 locals recommend
Most lovely chocolate. Combine Japan and chocolate and you have Yuzu.
Lovely chocolate, very decorative as well
Hilde Devolder Chocolatier
43 Burgstraat
Lovely chocolate, very decorative as well

Everything Else

The fleamarket in Ghent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning
24 locals recommend
Bij Sint-Jacobs
Bij Sint-Jacobs
24 locals recommend
The fleamarket in Ghent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning
Nice bookshop in town www.paardvantroje.be
41 locals recommend
Paard Van Troje
113 Kouter
41 locals recommend
Nice bookshop in town www.paardvantroje.be
If you want to buy lovely art books. www.copyrightbookshop.be
9 locals recommend
Copyright Bookshop
8 Jakobijnenstraat
9 locals recommend
If you want to buy lovely art books. www.copyrightbookshop.be
The place to get all details involving tours, boat trips, ... They give you also a free map of Ghent/Bruges/Antwerp/Brussels (ask for the use-it map).
15 locals recommend
Tourist Information Center
5 Sint-Veerleplein
15 locals recommend
The place to get all details involving tours, boat trips, ... They give you also a free map of Ghent/Bruges/Antwerp/Brussels (ask for the use-it map).

Shopping

Best pastry and pralines in town by Gault&Millau. www.joostarijs.be/en/
19 locals recommend
Joost Arijs
24 Vlaanderenstraat
19 locals recommend
Best pastry and pralines in town by Gault&Millau. www.joostarijs.be/en/
If you'd like to eat a sweet or savory pie, the best in town, take away!
9 locals recommend
Les Tartes de Françoise - Gent
35 François Laurentplein
9 locals recommend
If you'd like to eat a sweet or savory pie, the best in town, take away!

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice jazz bar in the city centre. Now and then, free concerts.
11 locals recommend
Damberd
19 Korenmarkt
11 locals recommend
Nice jazz bar in the city centre. Now and then, free concerts.
Nice jazz bar, good wine
40 locals recommend
Minor Swing
56 Ottogracht
40 locals recommend
Nice jazz bar, good wine
Nice pub, free concerts (at 9:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday), crowdy on Saturday evening, everybody is dancing, including you ;)
27 locals recommend
Café Video
7 Oude Beestenmarkt
27 locals recommend
Nice pub, free concerts (at 9:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday), crowdy on Saturday evening, everybody is dancing, including you ;)
For drinking delicious cocktails, you need to be at Jigger's!
66 locals recommend
Jigger's
16 Oudburg
66 locals recommend
For drinking delicious cocktails, you need to be at Jigger's!
Very cosy bar with a lot of beers ;) Every Wednesday evening at 10 pm there are jam sessions. A must go.
8 locals recommend
De Geus van Gent
9 Kantienberg
8 locals recommend
Very cosy bar with a lot of beers ;) Every Wednesday evening at 10 pm there are jam sessions. A must go.
Nice bar in the city center. Board games and pool table in da house.
41 locals recommend
Hotsy Totsy
1 Hoogstraat
41 locals recommend
Nice bar in the city center. Board games and pool table in da house.
Very nice pub, but also a great place to have lunch or diner. There's also a pool table.
38 locals recommend
De Walrus
497 Coupure Links
38 locals recommend
Very nice pub, but also a great place to have lunch or diner. There's also a pool table.