#Ad - A look at Ghent, in the Flemish half of Belgium in association with #VisitFlanders & #VisitGhent.
With around 36 hours to spend in Ghent, and armed with our City Card Gent, we head to the city's tourist heart on the banks of Graslei & Korenlei. Here we pick up a boat trip in less than ideal conditions, but it is a "must-do" when in Ghent and provides tons of information on the history of Ghent. The boat trip takes you to a set of restored city gates at Rabot, and this is our excuse to take a closer look at these, and another feature just out of the heart of the city, the Great St Elizbeth Beguinage of Ghent.
Returning to the centre of Ghent and we carry on our stroll around, locating the tourist office on the way. Our next destination is the "must-see", Gravensteen, or Castle of Counts, with its brilliant audio guide providing a humous history of the castle.
With the learning still on the agenda, we head to the City Museum before topping up on a little Flemish culture at the Museum of Fine Arts. One of the finest examples of Flemish art is the "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, so we head back into town to St Bavo's Cathedral to check out the Augmented Reality tour and the Van Eyke brother's masterpiece.
The amazing thing about Ghent is that street art is all around you, and there's even a 'Grafitti Street', but they're #SorryNotSorry.
Our tour of Ghent continues by taking in the historic streets & buildings that make up the heart of this incredible city; we wander off to discover the lanes of Patershol before enjoying the Ghent as dusk falls.
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⏱️Timestamps⏱️
00:00 - The Intro to Ghent in Belgium
00:10 - How to get to Ghent
00:48 - What are we going to see in Ghent
01:08 - Let's discover Ghent
01:40 - A boat trip in Ghent
02:30 - The old City Gates - Rabot
02:49 - The Great St Elizbeth Beguinage of Ghent
03:33 - A stroll around Ghent
04:58 - Gravensteen - The Castle of Counts
06:17 - A couple of Museums in Ghent
07:56 - St Bavo's Cathedral and the Ghent Altarpiece
08:43 - The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb
09:38 - Street Art in Ghent, Belgium
10:43 - The historic streets of Ghent
11:38 - The Patrshol district of Ghent
12:26 - Discovering more of Ghent
13:43 - Ghent at Dusk
📝 For more information, check out our post 'Our two-day visit to Ghent in Flanders' 📝
🔗 https://www.ourworldforyou.com/our-two-day-visit-to-ghent-in-flanders/
Links mentioned in the video;
🔗 Visit Ghent - https://visit.gent.be/en
🔗 Visit Flanders - https://www.visitflanders.com/en/?country=en_GB
📝 Gent: Official City Guide - https://visit.gent.be/sites/default/files/content/brochure/files/CITYGUIDE_ENG_LR.pdf
🔗 City Card Gent - https://visit.gent.be/en/good-know/practical-information/citycard-gent
🔗 St Bravo's Cathedral and the Ghent Altarpiece - https://www.sintbaafskathedraal.be/en/ghent-altarpiece-ar-tour/
🔗 Great St Elizbeth Beguinage of Ghent - https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/great-st-elizabeth-beguinage-ghent
🔗 Gravensteen - The Castle of Counts: - https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/castle-counts
🔗 STAM, Ghent City Museum - https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/stam-ghent-city-museum
🔗 MSK Museum of Fine Arts Ghent - https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/museum-fine-arts-ghent
🔗 #-SorryNotSorryGent https://cultuur.stad.gent/nl/activiteiten/sorry-not-sorry-street-art-map
🍴 Where we ate
🔗 Amadeus - http://amadeus-resto.be/
🔗 Pycke zot - https://www.pyckezot.be/
🔗 Pakhuis - https://www.pakhuis.be/en/
🛌 Where we stayed
🔗 Monasterium Poortackere - https://monasterium.be/en/p/home
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