{"id":1303503,"date":"2026-09-30T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303503"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:10","slug":"ghent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/belgium\/ghent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghent"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302227,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","hw_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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Ghent","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Bruges with 70,000 students: the same medieval waterfront, a castle in the middle of town, a stolen-and-recovered Van Eyck altarpiece, and a city that is lived in rather than visited.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304081","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"70,000 | Students in a city of 265,000\r\n1432 | The Ghent Altarpiece completed\r\n\u20ac0 | Entry to the Graffiti Street","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"The one people mean to visit and often skip","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Ghent was the second largest city in northern Europe after Paris in the fourteenth century, grew rich on cloth, and has the guild houses along the Graslei waterfront to prove it.\r\n\r\nUnlike Bruges it never became a museum. Seventy thousand students in a city of 265,000 keep it noisy, cheap and open late, and the historic centre is full of people who live there.\r\n\r\nThe Ghent Altarpiece in Saint Bavo's Cathedral is the single most stolen artwork in history \u2014 taken thirteen times, with one panel missing since 1934 and never recovered \u2014 and it is extraordinary in person.\r\n\r\nGravensteen, a moated twelfth-century castle, sits in the middle of the city, and the audio guide is famously a comedy routine.\r\n\r\nTwo days, and it is the Flemish city most people wish they had given longer.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Train from Brussels 35 minutes, Bruges 25 minutes\r\nGetting around | Walkable centre, mostly car-free. Trams \u20ac2.50\r\nLanguages | Dutch, with excellent English everywhere\r\nStation | Sint-Pieters is 25 minutes from the centre, or tram 1\r\nVeggie Thursday | A citywide initiative since 2009. Ghent is unusually vegetarian-friendly\r\nTap water | Safe to drink","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre and a student belt around it.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Historic centre | First-timers | Around the Graslei, the cathedral and the castle: everything walkable, mostly car-free, and the best of the city. | 51.0540 | 3.7250 |  | \nPatershol | Food and evenings | A tangle of medieval lanes behind the castle, full of restaurants and small bars. The best area to eat. | 51.0570 | 3.7220 |  | \nOverpoort and the university | Student nightlife | South of the centre: the student bar street, cheapest food in the city and a fifteen-minute walk in. | 51.0400 | 3.7220 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Ghent","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The Ghent Altarpiece, in Saint Bavo's Cathedral, is the thing to see. Van Eyck finished it in 1432, and it has been stolen thirteen times \u2014 by Napoleon, by the Nazis, and in 1934 by a thief who took one panel that has never been found. A recent restoration removed centuries of overpaint and revealed a startlingly human-faced lamb. Entry with the augmented reality tour is about \u20ac16.\r\n\r\nGravensteen is a moated castle in the middle of the city, and its audio guide is a deliberate comedy written and performed by a Flemish comedian, which is why people who dislike audio guides recommend this one.\r\n\r\nThe Graslei and Korenlei waterfront is the postcard, best in the evening when the guild houses are lit.\r\n\r\nThe Werregarenstraat, known as Graffiti Street, is a legal alley repainted constantly.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Ghent Altarpiece | About \u20ac16. Stolen thirteen times, one panel still missing\r\nGravensteen | A moated castle with a genuinely funny audio guide\r\nGraslei at dusk | The lit waterfront, and free\r\nGraffiti Street | A legal alley, repainted constantly, costs nothing","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Ghent","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Ghent","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Graslei and Korenlei waterfront costs nothing and is the best thing in the city at dusk.\r\n\r\nGraffiti Street is a legal alley that changes weekly and is free to walk through.\r\n\r\nSaint Bavo's Cathedral is free to enter \u2014 only the altarpiece chapel charges \u2014 and the Belfry square, the castle exterior and the Patershol lanes are all free.\r\n\r\nCitadelpark and the Blaarmeersen lake on the city's edge are free, and the lake has a beach in summer.\r\n\r\nMuseums are free on the last Sunday morning of the month, including the fine arts museum and the city museum.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Graslei at dusk | The lit guild houses, and free\r\nGraffiti Street | Legal, changing weekly\r\nLast Sunday morning | Free entry at the city museums\r\nBlaarmeersen | A lake with a beach on the city edge","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Ghent","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Ghent","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Ghent is the vegetarian capital of Belgium and has been running Veggie Thursday as city policy since 2009, so meat-free options here are good rather than grudging.\r\n\r\nWaterzooi is the local dish \u2014 a creamy stew of chicken or fish \u2014 at \u20ac18 to \u20ac24, and stoverij, beef in beer, is the other.\r\n\r\nPatershol is where to eat: a medieval quarter of narrow lanes packed with restaurants at every price.\r\n\r\nCuberdons, purple cone-shaped sweets known as Ghent noses, are sold from two competing carts on the Groentenmarkt whose rivalry is locally famous.\r\n\r\nBeer is Belgian and the student population keeps it cheap: \u20ac3 to \u20ac5, less on Overpoort.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Veggie Thursday | City policy since 2009. The best vegetarian food in Belgium\r\nWaterzooi | The local creamy stew, \u20ac18\u201324\r\nPatershol | The medieval restaurant quarter behind the castle\r\nCuberdons | Purple cone sweets, and a famous cart rivalry","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Ghent","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Ghent","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Seventy thousand students make this the best night out in Flanders. Overpoort is the student street \u2014 a row of bars and clubs that runs until six in the morning in term time and costs very little.\r\n\r\nThe centre has better bars: Dulle Griet, which takes a shoe as deposit for its Kwak glass; 't Dreupelkot for jenever; and the Vlasmarkt for a mixed crowd.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac5, and the strong Belgian rules apply.\r\n\r\nThe Gentse Feesten in July is one of the largest free street festivals in Europe \u2014 ten days when the whole centre becomes a stage and the city barely sleeps.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Overpoort | The student street, running to 06:00 in term time\r\nDulle Griet | Leaves your shoe as deposit for the glass\r\nGentse Feesten | Ten days in July, free, and enormous\r\nPrices | A beer \u20ac3\u20135","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Ghent","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Ghent","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is compact and largely car-free, and walking covers it.\r\n\r\nSint-Pieters station is 25 minutes south on foot or a few minutes on tram 1, which runs straight to the centre for \u20ac2.50.\r\n\r\nTrains reach Bruges in 25 minutes, Brussels in 35 and Antwerp in an hour, all for \u20ac7 to \u20ac12, with the Weekend Ticket halving fares on Saturdays and Sundays.\r\n\r\nBikes are everywhere and rental is \u20ac10 to \u20ac15 a day. Ghent has one of the most ambitious car-free centre plans in Europe, so driving in is deliberately difficult and parking is expensive.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk | The centre is compact and largely car-free\r\nTram 1 | From the station to the centre, \u20ac2.50\r\nBruges | 25 minutes by train\r\nDo not drive in | The centre is closed to cars by design","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Ghent","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Ghent costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheaper than Bruges and Brussels, held down by students. Dorms are \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, a beer \u20ac3 to \u20ac5, and a main \u20ac16 to \u20ac24.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac50 to \u20ac80.\r\n\r\nThe altarpiece at about \u20ac16 is the one significant entry fee. Museums are free on the last Sunday morning of the month, and the waterfront, the graffiti alley and the Patershol lanes cost nothing.\r\n\r\nEating around Overpoort rather than the centre cuts a meal in half.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac20\u201335\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac50\u201380\r\nLast Sunday morning | Free museum entry\r\nCheaper than Bruges | Noticeably, and a better night out","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Ghent","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Ghent","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Ghent is a safe, comfortable city, and the student population means the centre is busy and lit late.\r\n\r\nBike theft is the main crime \u2014 lock properly if you hire one, and use the frame as well as the wheel.\r\n\r\nThe canals have unrailed edges in places and the cobbles get slippery in rain.\r\n\r\nOverpoort on a term-time weekend is a lot of very drunk students, which is more chaotic than dangerous but worth knowing if that is not your scene.\r\n\r\nCyclists have priority and move fast through a centre that is designed around them. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Bike theft | The main crime here. Lock the frame, not just the wheel\r\nUnrailed canals | And slippery cobbles in rain\r\nOverpoort at weekends | Very drunk students, in volume\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Ghent","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Ghent","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Everything in Flanders is under an hour.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Bruges | 25 minutes | Train, about \u20ac7 | The famous one. Go early or late, and you will likely prefer Ghent. |  | 1304167\nAntwerp | 1 hour | Train, about \u20ac11 | Fashion, Rubens, diamonds, and the finest railway station in Europe. |  | 1304169\nBrussels | 35 minutes | Train, about \u20ac10 | The capital, Art Nouveau and the best beer bars in the country. |  | 1304170\nYpres | 1 hour | Train, about \u20ac12 | The First World War Salient, the cemeteries, and the Last Post under the Menin Gate at eight every evening. |  | 1304171\nOstend | 1 hour | Train, about \u20ac10 | The North Sea coast, a long beach and the coastal tram running 68km. |  | 1304172","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Ghent","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May, June and September. July has the Gentse Feesten, which is its own reason and its own chaos.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Belgian rain is spread across the year rather than concentrated, so the student calendar matters more than the weather: July and August empty the place out apart from the Feesten.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 6 | 3 | Cold and grey, but the students are back and the bars are full\r\nFebruary | 7 | 3 | Same. Cheap beds and the Light Festival in some years\r\nMarch | 10 | 3 | Improving. Terraces start appearing\r\nApril | 14 | 4 | Good. Blossom and lengthening evenings\r\nMay | 18 | 5 | Excellent. Warm, busy and everything open\r\nJune | 21 | 5 | The best month. Long evenings on the Graslei\r\nJuly | 23 | 5 | Gentse Feesten fills the city for ten days. Book far ahead\r\nAugust | 23 | 4 | Quiet after the festival, and students away\r\nSeptember | 19 | 5 | Superb. Term restarts and the city comes back\r\nOctober | 15 | 4 | Good value, and the canals are atmospheric in mist\r\nNovember | 10 | 3 | Grey and wet. Museums weather\r\nDecember | 7 | 4 | Christmas market and the Winter Festival in the centre","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"One of the largest free street festivals in Europe takes over the city for ten days.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Ghent","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/belgium\/ghent\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Gentse Feesten | Mid-July, ten days | Citywide | One of the biggest free street festivals in Europe: music on every square, two million visitors, and a city that barely sleeps. Book accommodation months ahead. |  | \nLight Festival | Every three years, winter | City centre | Light installations through the medieval streets over several nights, free. |  | \nFilm Fest Gent | October | Citywide | A long-running international film festival with a focus on film scores. |  | \nChristmas market | December | Sint-Baafsplein and around | Stalls, an ice rink and the cathedral lit behind them. |  | \nTerm time | October to June | Overpoort and the centre | When 70,000 students are in town and the nightlife is at full strength. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"The altarpiece at about \u20ac16 is the main entry cost. Gentse Feesten week runs far above these figures for accommodation.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6\r\nMiddle of the road | 35 | 30 | 5 | 20\r\nComfortable | 62 | 55 | 10 | 38","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Ghent","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good scene at student prices, mostly in and around the historic centre. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Ghent","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/belgium\/ghent\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Ghent travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Ghent or Bruges? | Ghent has the same medieval waterfront with 70,000 students, better nightlife, lower prices and far fewer coaches. Bruges is prettier and much busier. They are 25 minutes apart \u2014 see both, and consider sleeping in Ghent.\r\nWhat is the Ghent Altarpiece? | Van Eyck's 1432 polyptych in Saint Bavo's Cathedral, the most frequently stolen artwork in history \u2014 taken thirteen times, with one panel gone since 1934 and never found. A recent restoration stripped centuries of overpaint. Entry is about \u20ac16 with the AR tour.\r\nHow long do you need? | Two days. One covers the altarpiece, the castle and the waterfront; the second is for Patershol, the museums and an evening that runs late.\r\nWhen is Gentse Feesten? | Ten days in mid-July, and it is one of the largest free street festivals in Europe with around two million visitors. Accommodation books months ahead and prices rise sharply \u2014 plan for it or around it.\r\nIs Ghent good for vegetarians? | The best city in Belgium for it. Veggie Thursday has been city policy since 2009 and meat-free menus here are properly thought through rather than an afterthought.\r\nIs it cheap? | Cheaper than Bruges and Brussels. Dorms \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, a beer \u20ac3 to \u20ac5, and a day around \u20ac50 to \u20ac80. Museums are free on the last Sunday morning of the month.\r\nIs the castle audio guide really funny? | Yes \u2014 it is written and performed by a Flemish comedian as a deliberate comedy, and it is the reason people who normally skip audio guides recommend this one.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Ghent hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Ghent | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/belgium\/ghent\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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