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lamazone: Ask the staff for tips: they *know* their coffee.

ILoveStyle.be: Great collection of contemporary art. try to find Panamarenko's famous airplane !

Amaury Van Kenhove: Lovely in both summer and winter! Go for a run or a walk.

Funky R: Summer activities... beach, cinema, performances, the smallest pub ever...

Yannovich T: STAM provides the perfect introduction to Ghent. The new museum on the Bijloke is the gateway to the city.

Amaury Van Kenhove: Great place for concerts and theater. Enjoy a nice meal or drink afterwards in the café. The whole building has free wifi.

Niels Dhaeze: Great cappucino ans good looking girls working here. Cake ans cookie-heaven.

Amaury Van Kenhove: Usually crowded in summer, but try to find yourself a nice place on the grass or sand. Swim, walk, play, rest, you can do it all over here!

Amaury Van Kenhove: Great statue of one of the prominent historic figures of this city. Enjoy the beautiful plaza 'Vrijdagsmarkt' and discover the nice bars and restaurants on it.

Amaury Van Kenhove: Don't look at the interior, this is one of the best italian places in ghent! Try the dishes for 2: finger licking good!

Tomas Vanderplaetse: Best record shop in Ghent. Take your time to look for exclusive material. Be cool, you are surrounded by the Ghent DJ scene.

Carry It Like Harry: DON'T try the takeaway next door. Sit in and try their signature cappuccino with REAL cream, or ask for a coffee with sidedish of cream. Interior unchanged since the 1950s!

ben van alboom: best photo gallery in town (though the competition isn't bad either)

Andrew Vassallo: Order the Tasty! Delicious even when you aren't vegetarian like me.

Amaury Van Kenhove: Tour the city while you're on a boat!

LeMesjeu: Café with the most unique interior in Ghent, changes every couple of months.

Andrew Vassallo: Ghent's nicest train station, if you've got the chance you should plant your butt on one of the benches on the square in front of the station and enjoy the view ;)

Carry It Like Harry: A Gent institution! You haven't been to Gent if you haven't drunk a gin ("jenever") here. Try the chili one or bounty (chocolate + coconut)!

Amaury Van Kenhove: A Ghent based lingerie designer sells her truly magnificent pieces here.

Jan DC: You have to visit this when you are in gent. Very famous painting: "het lam gods"

Amaury Van Kenhove: 10 days of festivities in the city centre of Ghent. Make sure to dance a lot!

Gert: The place to go for a great Sauna experience in an amazing art-nouveau setting! Read more.

Amaury Van Kenhove: Biggest techno party in Europe, only once a year.

Judith Str: Great ice-cream and friendly personnel!

Ingmar 'Iggy' Baeyens 💥: A fantastic theater right in the middle of Ghent. They show you the indie stuff you can't see elsewhere. Every once and a while you should go and see a super movie in a super tiny, super cosy room.

Amaury Van Kenhove: The famous theater of Ghent. Beautiful building, but theater shows are only in Dutch.

Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Newly opened JEF typifies the changes going on in Flemish cooking. Chef Jason Blanckaert abandoned the Michelin-starred cuisine of the chic but classic C-Jean restaurant to open ...

Jurriaan Persyn: From The Guardian: Housed in a splendid baroque mansion on the Leie river, Temmerman is the town's favourite old-fashioned sweetshop. The shelves are lined with tempting jars of sticky toffees ...

Kent Rudd: Your gateway to one of the most popular cities in the world. By a stripe ticket (for multiple trips), stamp 8 strips and board the S8 train into the city!