🇧🇪 Belgium
Ghent
Medieval looks, student energy.
Historical sites · Nightlife · Cities · mid-priced for a day's spending
Worth seeing
From the map, within 8 km: the places it marks as notable.
- ◆ Castle of the Counts · attraction · 0.8 km from the centre
- ◆ Dulle Griet · attraction · 0.9 km from the centre
- ◆ St Bavo’s Abbey · attraction · 1.2 km from the centre
- ◆ Arnold Vander Haeghen · museum · 0.2 km from the centre
- ◆ Hotel d'Hane-Steenhuyse · castle · 0.2 km from the centre
- ◆ Belfort · museum · 0.5 km from the centre
- ◆ De school van toen · museum · 0.6 km from the centre
- ◆ Geeraard de Duivelsteen · castle · 0.6 km from the centre
Where to sleep
41 campsites, camper sites and hostels within 25 km, from OpenStreetMap. The nearest:
- ⛺ Camping ’t Stropke · campsite · 2.7 km
- ⛺ Urban Gardens · campsite · 2.8 km
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · 5 km
- ⛺ Hopper Jeugdverblijf Moerkensheide · campsite · 8.7 km
- ⛺ De Oude Kale vallei hoeve · campsite · 9.2 km
- ⛺ Camping Groeneveld · campsite · 11.5 km
Driving in Belgium
- ⛽ Fuel this week: petrol €1.89 · diesel €2.21 per litre (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, 2026-08-30)
- 🛣 Motorways are free to drive; bridges, tunnels and ferries are priced on their own.
- 🛒 Sundays: Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
- 🚫 Ghent: LEZ (register/day-pass) — Older diesel/petrol; foreign plates must register.
Plan a trip to Ghent from your own door — the road, the stops, and what it really costs.
Facts computed 2026-09-13 from our own map data and the published tariffs we hold.