Museum of Folklore (Museum Voor Volkskunde), Ghent

Advantages: Wonderful buildings, great bars and lots to do.
Disadvantages: Not quite as pretty as Bruges.

...the City Hall either. Looking at the architecture and strolling along the river is the best free entertainment you can get! The streets are lovely, old and winding ~ a great place to explore and get lost (another reason why I suggest you get a good map). There is also a good spread of museums, but we had limited (drinking) time and limited ourselves to the free scenery! A quick scan of a few tourist websites can give you a guide to the best museums to visit ~ there is a Folk Museum, Fine Art Museum and Modern Art Museum, to name but a few. ~~~SHOPS. The obligatory chocolate shops line the streets of most Belgian cities and Ghent is no exception. You can buy selection boxes in different sizes (generally a 4 Euro, 8 Euro, 11 Euro box and so on). These are ready boxed up so you can’t choose which chocolates you want. It is a bit cheaper... Read review

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Advantages: Sweet Belgian city with some interesting unique things to see
Disadvantages: Not booming out of season

...on display in the quasi museum housed inside, but these are all in English, even if they are deadly boring / have a tendency to state the obvious: "this is a table"…."this is a bed"…. "these are some shackles" …. "this is a dining room. People would eat in here". Ignoring the dubious signs, though, you can still enjoy looking round, and after the internal tour you can clamber around outside including heading to the turrets for some good views over the city. No trip to Belgium would be complete without trying the yumminess that is waffles in their commonly-believed home nation, so having not managed to fit any in during our time in Antwerp, it became a must-do for Ghent. The perfect time came as we were walking through one of the small, cobbled squares and happened across a tiny waffle stand. It had a shop front but you couldn't go inside... Read review

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Advantages: beautiful architecture,friendly people,good ale
Disadvantages: smell,traffic

...Ghent to us, Gand in French and Gent for the Flemish: bear this in mind, as I nearly ended up in Genk....in the South when in the station in Brussels.This was my first short visit to Belgium and I have decided I love the place. Brussels itself just seemed scary as all we saw was the train station and airport, think london underground rush hour....eek, however Ghent itself is a compact and beautiful city, with most of the sights centre around the main square Baafsplein, which has a magnificent cathedral (st. BAVOS) at one end and the tourist information at the other, with many little taverns and restaurants,and not a long walk from the Stadhuis and St. Niklaskerk, both of which are worth seeing. The people are very friendly, most speaking perfect English, which was useful when I found out the hard way that it is a Flemish speaking area... Read review

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