One day in Gent, Belgium

A day through Gent’s best-known sights that lie close together: Saint Peter's Abbey, St Bavo's Cathedral, Belfry of Ghent, Saint Nicholas' Church, Gravensteen and Prinsenhof. 6 stops, about 2.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Saint Peter's AbbeyMuseum · On the map
  2. St Bavo's CathedralCathedral · 1.2 km on from Saint Peter's Abbey · On the map
  3. Belfry of GhentMuseum · 0.2 km on from St Bavo's Cathedral · On the map
  4. Saint Nicholas' ChurchTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Belfry of Ghent · On the map
  5. GravensteenCastle · 0.4 km on from Saint Nicholas' Church · On the map
  6. PrinsenhofPalace · 0.4 km on from Gravensteen · On the map

6 stops, about 2.3 km between them in straight lines.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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