Location: Ghent
Top Things to do in Ghent
Top 10 Churches & Cathedrals in Ghent, Flanders
Belgium's fourth-largest - and most beautiful - city is home to a quarter of a million people and a flourishing flower export trade. An important port, Ghent's city center is a pedestrian area that is like a museum to early Flemish architecture and a testament to the city's medieval might. Impressive Gothic sites, such as dramatic St. Bavo's Cathedral and the Castle of the Counts, inspire awe. The works of Flemish masters are housed in the distinguished Museum voor Schone Kunst.
Restaurants in Ghent
1. Guide in Ghent
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Join me in a walk through the city center of Ghent and discover some interesting spots. We'll navigate our way through interesting buildings as Saint Bavo's cathedral that houses the Ghent Altarpiece, the belfry with its dragon, the old harbor that dates from the middle ages and many more... We'll pass through a gigantic tradition of the 'Burgundian way of life' as chocolate and beer.
2. Saint Nicholas Church
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4.0 based on 775 reviews
Reviewed By ejfraser - Solihull, United Kingdom
When you enter this beautiful church you cannot help being in awe of its height. They way it's been built makes it look like it's 4 storeys high. The massive ornately carved wooden pulpit is awesome. I preferred this church to St.Bavos Cathedral, I found it more majestic and less ornate yet the stainglass and organ were great. Part of the church that opens onto Korenmarkt was divided off and being used for a craft hall selling local artisan wares. Like all the main sites in Ghent right in the city centre.
3. Carmelite Church Fathers
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4.0 based on 19 reviews
4. St Michael s Church
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4.0 based on 247 reviews
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
Although building of the church started in 1440, it has suffered various setbacks, including partial destruction by the Calvinists in the 16th century, such that the tower on the west front appears somewhat dumpy, because it has never been finished. Inside is a fine brick interior, with fine stained glass and paintings, baroque sculpture and a fine organ. One of the jewels of the church is yet another of those wonderful sculptural pulpits that are found in many churches. The five central churches in Ghent are cared for by the Monumental Churches of Ghent (MKG) which aims to improve access to the heritage of these churches and ensure their enjoyment into the future.
5. St James' Church
6. Basiliek Onze Lieve Vrouw Onbevlekte Ontvangenis
7. Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Sint-Pieters Gent
8. O.L.V. St Peter's Church
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3.5 based on 3 reviews
9. Saint Anne's Church
10. Protestant Church Gent-Centrum
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