Sports and Leisure

Ghent is also the place to empty your mind and let your body take over.

When the weather’s fine, the beach at the Blaarmeersen sports and recreation park is the place to be. Apart from a large lake for swimming, surfing, diving and waterskiing, there is also an athletics track, a roller-skating track, a skate park, mini-golf course, football pitches, squash and tennis courts and the only 5-star camping site in the Ghent area. Indoor swimming is also an option in one of the city’s three covered swimming pools.

In the borough of Drongen, you will find a genuine golf school. Not far to go for top-level sport either: Ghent has its own top sports arena (with an adjoining hotel)! There are another 8 municipal sports centres for a wide range of sports. Those who would rather scream their lungs out can spend an evening supporting the KAA Gent football team or the Optima Gent basketball team.

Sports Department
Zuiderlaan 13
9000 Gent
T. + 32 9 266 80 00
F. + 32 9 266 80 10
e-mail: sportlijn@gent.be
www.gent.be/sport (available in Dutch)
Open:
From Monday to Friday: 09:00 > 12:00 & 13:00 > 18:00

Blaarmeersen Sports and Recreation Park
Sportdienst – Beach Building Blaarmeersen
Zuiderlaan 5
9000 Gent
T. + 32 9 266 81 70
F. + 32 9 266 81 74
e-mail: reservaties.blaarmeersen@gent.be
www.blaarmeersen.be (available in Dutch)

Flanders Top gymnastics Hall and Top Sports Hall
Zuiderlaan 14
9000 Gent
e-mail: topsporthal@bloso.be
T. + 32 9 244 72 22
F. + 32 9 221 37 34
www.topsporthal.be/EN/start/

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