Gent What to Pack

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: The city experiences unstable (and wet) weather, so it's better be prepared and take your weather gear. In summer, it can be both as hot as ±30°C or much cooler (±11°C). In winter temperatures vary between ±10°C and ±0°C.

Miscellaneous: On my first trip to Ghent, local VTer An (yes, this is her hand and the only photo she would allow!) escorted me on my pub crawl. She was a great sport despite having a bad cold staying out late and helping me find great snacks late at night too! Though we didn't get together on my most recent visit with Doreen I'll always remember fondly my first trip there.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Good walking shoes with cotton socks or the "dri-fit". Sandals are Ok but for sensitive skins, be sure to have enough sunblock lotion for the top of your feet otherwise sunburns...

Photo Equipment: Necessary film for beaming sun weather, bright light.

Miscellaneous: Sunglasses, sunlotion/ cream. Water, water, water under the sun... Leave cocktails for the evenings.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Don't forget an umbrella! (I hope you won't need it though.)



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Luggage and bags: Anything will do. Modern city travelers mostly carry flexible bags.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Comfortable clothing, rain-proof. Smoking if you want to go to the opera and stand out.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Alka-Seltzer and oxygen mask against hangovers from Belgian Beers.

Photo Equipment: Hasselblad 6x6 to photograph Gent beauty queens.

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: There is a good campsite at 'The Blaarmeersen', Zuiderlaan. There is even a bus from there to the city center (15')

Miscellaneous: Buy a 'stropke', which is a black-and-white rope to hang around your neck. Makes you look like a real Gentenaar. Dates back to Charles V (see picture), who was born in Gent in 1500 and had a love/hate relationship with its population. After an insurrection he put these ropes around the necks of his opponents, but did not hang them all.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: If you visit Gent in the summer it can be very hot,but very cold and wet in the winter,bring a good rain jacket and a umbrello.

Miscellaneous: Bring your camera and extra films because there is a lot of beautiful places in Gent for photography.

Luggage and bags: Bring always something against the rain.
As the weathert can change from day to day in Belgium we can never garantee a long dry period.
It is common to find a splendid day with 25 degrees and the next day a wet day with only 18 degrees.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Family Travel

Photo Equipment: A lot of filmrolls

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: Sorry we have no beach. We have something that is near to a beach (in front of a lake) the Blaarmeersen.
In this place you can find a camping, sport facilities and yes a mountain for skiing.

Miscellaneous: probably this pic would have been more suitable under restaurant as it's a pub or under cultural tips as I was said a festival goes on on this site but I'm using it to advice to 'bring' with you more time to visit this town... mine was just a touch and go, a lovely one, but there are lots of places I haven't had time for...