St.-Pietersplein-site

Ghent is a student city and this is its beating heart. The Book Tower is the symbol of the knowledge accumulated in this university city. Overpoortstraat represents the temptation to which every student is exposed: to reach the ‘Overpoort’ student restaurant, one must first pass numerous student cafés. Good luck!

Alison, the secret of the fallen angels

[Sint-Pietersabdij route ]

Raphael was found dead in St Peter’s Abbey. An accident? Or murder?

The Book Tower

[Boekentoren route ]

Ghent's fourth tower is a modernist masterpiece by the Belgian architect Henry Van de Velde.

The world of Kina: the House

[Wereld van Kina - Huis route ]

A unique fossil of a pre-historic reptile, a splendid diorama room with native birds and a replica model of Ghent as it was 450 years ago...

Kinepolis

When it was built in 1980, this was once the largest cinema complex in the world...

St Peter’s Abbey

[Sint-Pietersabdij route ]

The refectory wing of St Peter's Abbey is authentically medieval. The splendid...

Leopold Barracks

[Leopoldskazerne route ]

With its thick walls, battlements, corner turrets and embrasures, the five-sided barracks still look above all like a fortified stronghold. However...