Hva som skjer i Ghent, Belgium gjennom året

Toppsesong — Gentse Winterfeesten, Winter (Christmas) holidays i Belgium

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Gentse Winterfeesten (3. des – 3. jan)

Toppsesong — Omloop Het Nieuwsblad start, Krokusvakantie (Carnival) holidays i Belgium

• Festival

  Omloop Het Nieuwsblad start

  22. feb – 2. mar · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folk

  Belgium's road cycling season opens on the last weekend of February with the team presentation and start at 't Kuipke in Citadelpark. Fans pack the park in the morning, then drive out to the cobbled hills to watch. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Halfvastenfoor funfair

  7.–29. marStor festivalMye folk

  The mid-Lent funfair takes over Sint-Pietersplein for about three weeks with more than 80 rides and stalls selling smoutebollen. Evenings and weekends are busiest, and the square's usual car park is out of use while the fair stands. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Omloop Het Nieuwsblad start, Halfvastenfoor funfair

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad start (22. feb – 2. mar (vanligvis)), Halfvastenfoor funfair (7.–29. mar)

Travelt — Paasvakantie (Easter) holidays i Belgium, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Halfvastenfoor funfair (7.–29. mar)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Travelt — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Toppsesong — Gent Jazz, Gentse Feesten

• Festival

  Gent Jazz

  2.–18. julMusikkfestivalMye folk

  A week of headline sets on the old Bijloke abbey grounds, jazz read broadly enough to include most of what plays festivals in July. It runs just before the city's own ten days start. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Gentse Feesten

  17.–26. julStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Ten days when the whole medieval centre becomes free stages and the squares do not empty until dawn. It starts on the Friday before the third Sunday of July, and it is not the week to come for quiet canals. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Zomervakantie (summer) holidays i Belgium, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  OdeGand

  12. sepMusikkfestival

  One Saturday of classical and world music played in churches, courtyards and on boats along the water, with the audience moving between them by barge. Tickets are a single pass for the day. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Film Fest Gent, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Film Fest Gent

  7.–18. oktFilmfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Belgium's main film festival, built around film music and the World Soundtrack Awards. Twelve days of screenings across the city and the one time hotels here are hard in autumn. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Six Days of Ghent, Herfstvakantie (autumn) holidays i Belgium

• Festival

  Six Days of Ghent

  17.–22. novSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Six nights of track racing on the steep little Kuipke velodrome, with beer, music and a packed infield. Book ahead for the final evenings; it is the liveliest thing on in the city in November. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Gentse Winterfeesten

  3. des – 3. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  The Christmas market spreads from Sint-Baafsplein past the belfry to the Korenmarkt, with around 150 huts, a skating rink and a Ferris wheel. Weekend evenings are the most crowded; weekday afternoons are calmer. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Gentse Winterfeesten, Winter (Christmas) holidays i Belgium

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Gentse Winterfeesten (3. des – 3. jan)