På gång i Ghent, Belgium under året

Mest folk — Gentse Winterfeesten, Winter (Christmas) holidays i Belgium

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Gentse Winterfeesten (3 dec – 3 jan)

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

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  Omloop Het Nieuwsblad start

  22 feb – 2 mar · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Halfvastenfoor funfair

  7–29 marStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Omloop Het Nieuwsblad start, Halfvastenfoor funfair

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad start (22 feb – 2 mar (vanligtvis)), Halfvastenfoor funfair (7–29 mar)

Mycket folk — Paasvakantie (Easter) holidays i Belgium, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Halfvastenfoor funfair (7–29 mar)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Mest folk — Gent Jazz, Gentse Feesten

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  Gent Jazz

  2–18 julMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Gentse Feesten

  17–26 julStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Zomervakantie (summer) holidays i Belgium, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

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  OdeGand

  12 sepMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Film Fest Gent, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Film Fest Gent

  7–18 oktFilmfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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

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  Six Days of Ghent

  17–22 novSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Gentse Winterfeesten

  3 dec – 3 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Gentse Winterfeesten, Winter (Christmas) holidays i Belgium

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Gentse Winterfeesten (3 dec – 3 jan)