As a journalist you are always looking for interesting, but above all correct and up-to-date information about a certain destination. And then you are in the right place at tourism Ghent. Fresh air is needed when you are allowed to leave the house, and fortunately Ghent is full of green spaces with enough space for everyone. Walking or cycling in the city center is also the ideal way to get some fresh air.

light dragons warm the city

This winter too, Ghent shows itself from its most beautiful side, in the sparkle of the magical Christmas lights and atmospheric shop windows. When night falls, light dragons come to life in Ghent. They are one of the many eye-catchers of the new year-end lighting in the city. Put on your winter coat and enjoy a walk that is bathed in a magical winter atmosphere. Decorated Christmas trees and thousands of lights make Ghent and its boroughs completely irresistible this winter. The eye-catchers this year are a large luminous dragon that the Grass and Korenlei decorates and garland lights with dragons that create ceilings of light above the shopping streets.

Van Eyck year

The first task after the pandemic is to bring tourism back to a healthy level. Various campaigns, both online and on radio and television, will not only target visitors from their own country, but also neighboring countries.

The tourism sector has been hit hard, but has proved to be very resilient and enterprising. This recovery plan came about after many contacts and consultation. We will continue the dialogue, because together we make the tourism of the future. That is sustainable, enterprising and accessible to everyone. In Gents, so.

In order to provide Ghent with that extra bit of magic during the Christmas and winter period, the city of Ghent is all about atmosphere, warmth and cosiness this year. Come stroll in the beautiful illuminated city, stop along your route for one takeaways chocolate milk or Christmas coffee with a piece of cake or tasty waffle to warm you. 

Ghent parties

Also do not forget to timely hotel rooms can be booked for the upcoming Ghent parties that take place from 16 to 25 July 2021. Perhaps enabling the option cancel may not be an unwise choice. After all, you never know where we will be next summer with the corona crisis. Go back in time and enjoy a delicious medieval breakfast during the Gentse Feesten. You can choose from a poor breakfast, a rich breakfast or a breakfast at Lieven Bauwens. Children receive a customized breakfast and reservation is not necessary.

During the Ghent Festivities, Polé Polé will bring the best of pop, Latin and world in a frenzied setting on the historic Graslei. For ten days, Polé Polé colors Ghent's city center and provides a southern and sultry ambiance on and around a stage along the water. A program full of live bands and after parties. The five days prior to the Gentse Feesten there is Boomtown, a five-day alternative music festival during the Gentse Feesten. Here you will find a mix of big names and more alternative music.

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