Top Things to do in Flanders
10 Events in Flanders That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Flanders, Belgium including Ghent Festival, Graspop Metal Festival, Pukkelpop, Rock Werchter, Tomorrowland Belgium, Lang Leve De Muziek, Kerstmarkt, Carnival of Aalst, Gent Festival, Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.
Restaurants in Flanders
1. Ghent Festival
2. Graspop Metal Festival
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 72 reviews
If metal is your music genre of choice, then the Graspop Metal Festival should be on your radar. This celebration of all things metal has been luring festival-goers to Dessel, Belgium since 1996, with annual attendance counts of over 135,000 fans. In addition to the main line-up of metal artists from around the world, there is also plenty of rock, punk, and other alternative music to fit every taste. The intimate size of the concert grounds and numerous camping options make it a true musical retreat.
Reviewed By drrosalesmontero - Province of Heredia, Costa Rica
First of all it was a very secure place, there was a market of rock stores outside the concert side. everything was very coordinated they did not have problems with the schedule. a great variaty of food and drinks. I already have my ticket for the Graspop 2020
3. Pukkelpop
4. Rock Werchter
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 74 reviews
Often voted the best rock festival in the world, Rock Werchter is a four-day event that sees more than 150,000 people through the gates to listen to around 60 bands on three stages. If there’s one festival to attend over summer 2016, Rock Werchter is it.
5. Tomorrowland Belgium
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 308 reviews
Tickets sell out almost instantaneously for Tomorrowland, thanks to its reputation as one of the world’s biggest celebrations of electronic music, playing host to performances from techno to house, dance to trance. Now in its 11th year and notorious for its 15 wackily decorated stages and hypnotic lightshows, the festival is held in Boom, near Antwerp, and attracts a laid-back crowds of tens of thousands.
Reviewed By L-Rexx - Adelaide, Australia
This was my second time to Tomorrowland, and I loved it just as much as the first time! I last went in 2017 and stayed in Magnificent Greens camping which was brilliant! Meet heaps of new people, only thing is you gotta pay for warm showers etc but it's hot enough just use the cold ones outside. 2019 I went with my partner, met up with our friends from Brisbane Australia, Canada, and the UK, aswell as meeting again with other groups of friends we made the previous time from the USA and Dubai! 2019 we upgraded our accommodation and went with the Easy Tent area, with pre set up tents and mattresses etc and our own shower/toilet areas and a shorter walk to the gate. People did have trouble with tent break ins etc but fortunately we didn't have this issue, and we also had an on-site locker where we kept most of our stuff except the clothes and toiletries we were using. The food and drink options both in the festival gates and in the Marketplace are amazing with options from all different country cuisines. They also have the option of hair and makeup services for you to have done too. Then there is the festival... unlike any other experience, performers and a acrobats around every turn, amazing stage designs and detail, the world's best DJs and more stages than you know what to do with. Hot tip is on Day 1; go as soon as the gates open, walk around and see every stage and really take it in as there is so much to see. Then at least you see it before getting caught up in the magic as by the end of day 3 you realize you only saw 4 stages out of all of them. Everyone is super lovely, happy to help out and all there for the same reason, the music, the atmosphere, and to dance together. Incomparable to anything else I've experienced, made new friends every time, and look forward to the next one! Live Today, Love Tomorrow, Unite Forever
6. Lang Leve De Muziek
7. Kerstmarkt
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
30th Nov/1st Dec 19. Christmas Market in the exceptionally accessible building of the Grootseminarie (Great Seminary.Free entrance!Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.(On Saturday, the bistro is open until 8 p.m.)Windroos, a daycentre for adults with a mental handicap offers handicrafts.Market stalls:flowerarrangements, beers, books, decoration.Bistro with hot and cold dishes, pancakes, drinks.
8. Carnival of Aalst
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 23 reviews
The lead-up to Ash Wednesday is an internationally celebratory time, especially at Belgium’s Carnival of Aalst. Over the course of 3 days, the streets and businesses of Aalst become home to dancers, musicians, actors, festive parades, and an amazing collection of costumes. The most infamous event of the weekend is when various performance groups provide satirical takes on world events from the past year. Attendees are encouraged to join in the fun by dressing up, face painting, and donning wacky accessories!
Reviewed By Heuvinck - Aalst, Belgium
Don't be scared to what other hateful people are trying to shout out here. Aalst carnaval is still the best in the world, we aren't racists, antisemitic, that's what they want us to be and thanks to our national and worldwide press it gone out of hand. These haters don't understand nothing at all about our carnaval. They are just judging it by 2 or 3 photo's they saw. It's clearly that the most of them giving bad comments have never been to Aalst to watch our beautiful parade, they just follow the hurdle and really don't know better. For them it's an endless discussion because, like I've said, they never saw it with there own eyes and don't know any better, just what they've red in the news. We envite you with open arms, have a drink together, give you the best time you could ever imagine. It's one big brother and sisterhood these three days. So people just come over and watch our beautiful colourful parade that impresses young and old, you wouldn't regret it.
9. Gent Festival
10. Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience
Overall Ratings
2.0 based on 18 reviews
