Don’t come to Ghent in the first half of August! The whole town is asleep after the festival, and almost everything is closed (except for the museums and one or two bars).

The biggest film festival in Belgium. Ten days, five cinemas, hundreds of movies: new and old, normal and bizarre, commercial and arthouse. The glitter and glamour of our prizes doesn’t compare to the Palme d’Or in Cannes or the Golden Lion in Venice, so don’t come if you’re a starfucker.

To really get into the Christmas card mood, swing by the Kerstmarkt of Ghent. Over 130 shacks are spread out from the St. Baafsplein over the Botermarkt through Little Turkey to the end of the Korenmarkt. There is loads to see, eat and drink. After you can go ice skating, to lose all the weight you gained and if you really want to, have a fake snow snowball fight ;). MERRY CHRISTMAS!