5 Best things to in Belgium's Medieval Manhattan (Ghent) on a budget

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Ghent is an underrated city in an underrated country in Europe. The well preserved historic center of Ghent is nicknamed Medieval Manhattan and with 3 tall towers (including the tallest belfry in Belgium) you can see why. In this video we'll share the top budget friendly activities to do while in Ghent on a day trip. You'll marvel at the historic city center, take a canal tour, enjoy street art , and eat lots of traditional candies and food. What could be better than that!? We'll share where to find a free bathroom and how to use public transportation as the most affordable way to get around.
Video Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:0049 Walking the historic city center
00:01:48 Canal tour
00:02:33 Traditional Ghent candy
00:03:48 Free restrooms
00:04:04 Grafitti Street
00:04:58 Traditional Belgian food
00:05:42 Ghent City Card and public transportation
00:06:25 Conclusion
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30 июл 2024

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@marstepa Месяц назад

Excelent video with great and practical tips. Thank you. About to visit Gent.

@AnyoneCanTravel Месяц назад

Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful trip 😊

@Vuchel 22 часа назад

Frites Atelier is a Dutch chain made for tourists, not even 30m from there is an authentic Ghent Friet shop, Frituur bij Filip which even has a better rating on Google Maps. I don't understand why RU-vid content makers do their homework so badly. The waffle you ate is a Liège waffle, you eat it without anything. The Brussels waffle on the other hand you can eat with strawberries and whipped cream.

@egfendler 22 часа назад

Hi there! Thanks for the video -- was curious if you had three nights to base in one city, would it be Ghent or Bruges? We are doing 3 nights in one of those cities (with the understanding of taking trains each day to other the other one we don't stay in + other parts of Belgium), and I know Bruges is the "fairytale city" but I heard it closes much earlier than most. We are going to both cities either way, but I kind of figured Ghent made a lot of sense, for its "central" location in Belgium, and because it was a University town. We are going over Thanksgiving, so I understand everything will be dark early, but we will be going to the Christmas markets, of course. What do you think?

@Vuchel 22 часа назад

From Ghent you can reach Bruges in half an hour by train, but also Brussels in half an hour. That is why I would choose Ghent. The Ghent Christmas market starts on December 5th.

@egfendler 22 часа назад

@@Vuchel Amazing, thanks for the info!

@AnyoneCanTravel 21 час назад

The Christmas market in Bruges starts earlier (we went at Thanksgiving last year as well) and it was fun but the market was smaller and underwhelming in my opinion but the entire town is so cute. I liked it more than Ghent (I know our local friend may have thoughts on that 😅), but I think Ghent needed more time to grow on me. If you want central and nightlight then I’d say Ghent but if you want romantic and slow then I’d say Bruges. It’s nice to be able to beat the day trippers in the morning in Bruges too and have some quiet before everyone arrives.

@egfendler 21 час назад

@@AnyoneCanTravel That makes sense! Thank you!

@w15h0na5tar 4 месяца назад

I love the architecture! Looks like a nice chill town! What was the primary language in that area?

@AnyoneCanTravel 4 месяца назад

They primarily speak Dutch but English is widely spoken too! It was a really nice chill city for sure.

@aureliusvictor4285 4 дня назад

@@AnyoneCanTravel Tu parles, avant les années 1960, on y parlait couramment le français et puis les flamingeants s'y sont mis pour chasser toute trace de culture en imposant leur patois flamand. Vous, anglo-saxons vous n'y comprenez rien, ni à la Belgique ni à la Flandre. Il y a aujourd'hui plus 450.000 flamands francophones qui n'ont plus le droit de s'exprimer et auxquels ont dénie tout droit constitutionnel et politique ! L'anglais parlé par les flamands n'est rien d'autre que l'expression compléxé de leur haine du français ! Gand, par exemple, avait son théâtre français, recevant les meilleurs acteurs français, aujourd'hui, il ne reste plus que leur "Gentse Fiesten" d'une vulgarité mi-british, mi-flamand sans nom ...

@AnyoneCanTravel 21 час назад

Thanks for sharing!

@Vuchel 22 часа назад

Frites Atelier is a Dutch chain made for tourists, not even 30m from there is an authentic Ghent chip shop, Frituur bij Filip which even has a better rating on Google Maps. I don't understand why RU-vid content makers do their homework so badly. The waffle you ate is a Liège waffle, you eat it without anything. The Brussels waffle on the other hand you can eat with strawberries and whipped cream.

@AnyoneCanTravel 21 час назад

Thanks for sharing! I just said it was popular 🤷🏼‍♀️ we didn’t eat there so I can’t comment much else on it. Appreciate the recommendations though. We went with some friends who had been before and they liked the place we went to so that’s where we went. Again I’m not claiming to be an expert just sharing what we did and how we liked it. I didn’t know I had to be an expert to share my experience…