Ghent Self Guided Walking Tour Rebels, Dragons and Secret

Trace the cathedral's evolution from a wooden chapel to the site of Emperor Charles the Fifth's baptism.

Stand before the most stolen artwork in history and hear the unsolved mystery of the missing panel.

Find the striking relief of a daughter nursing her imprisoned father, mounted right on the old city jail's doorstep.

Pause at Ghent's most photographed viewpoint for a panorama of three iconic towers lined up in a row.

Study Van Dyck's dramatic Golgotha painting and identify each symbolic figure in the crucifixion scene.

Walk between the grand guild houses where Ghent's merchants claimed first pick of every passing cargo.

Stand on a former execution ground where streetlamps now flicker to announce each newborn baby in Ghent.

Explore the Castle of the Counts, once seized by students protesting a one franc increase in beer prices.

Visit the Great Butchers' Hall with its hanging hams and hear the tale of Ghent's cuberdon candy war.

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Pay respects at the pilgrim church where a surgeon who shared lifesaving forceps with the world lies in an unmarked grave.

Meet the man whose statue still points toward England and learn the pub ritual that costs you a shoe.

End your walk beside a massive medieval bombard named after a woman fierce enough to storm Hell.