What to do in Ghent when it rains
A rainy Ghent afternoon is an invitation to slow down: galleries, museums, a covered market to browse, and somewhere warm for a brew.
Museums
Spend a few hours in the city's museums — many are free, and a rainy day is the perfect excuse to take your time.
- Museum voor Schone Kunsten Fernand Scribedreef 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- SMAK - Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art Jan Hoetplein 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- STAM - Ghent City Museum Godshuizenlaan 2, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Museum Dr. Guislain Jozef Guislainstraat 43B, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Museum of Industry Ghent Minnemeers 10, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Huis van Alijn Kraanlei 65, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Art galleries
Duck into the art galleries; they're quiet, warm and rarely busier than on a wet day.
- antiek-depot market15 Baudelostraat 15, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- 019 Dok-Noord 5L, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- TATJANA PIETERS Nieuwevaart 124, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- KIOSK - Ruimte voor actuele kunst / Venue for contemporary art Louis Pasteurlaan 2, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- BARBÉ Penitentenstraat 29, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Drongenhofkapel Drongenhof 15, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Historic sites
Explore the indoor historic sites and their covered galleries.
- Gent City Hall Botermarkt 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Wintercircus Lammerstraat 13, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Korenlei Korenlei, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Monasterium PoortAckere Oude Houtlei 56, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- St Peter's Abbey | Gent Sint-Pietersplein 9, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Gent City Hall Poeljemarkt, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Covered markets
Browse the covered market — street-food stalls, local makers and somewhere dry to graze for an hour.
- Carrefour market Gent Groene Vallei Broederlijke-Weversplein 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Carrefour Market Pilorijnstraat 22, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Carrefour Express Vrijdagmarkt 54, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Carrefour Market Hundelgemsesteenweg 36, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
- Rommelmarkt Gent Beverhoutplein, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Carrefour express GENT ST. JACOBS ST, Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat 119, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Cafés
Claim a window seat in a cosy café and watch the rain instead of walking in it.
- Charlatan Vlasmarkt 6, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Patrick Foley's Recollettenlei 10, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Mosquito Coast Hoogpoort 28, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Chocoladebar Mayana Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 208, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- De Centrale Kraankindersstraat 2, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Sphinx Cinema and Cafe Sint-Michielshelling 3, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Indoor shopping
Hit the covered shopping streets and centres — everything under one roof.
- Dok Noord Dok-Noord 7, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- De Post🛍 Korenmarkt 16, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Anti-Crisis Bevrijdingslaan 31, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Bourdon Arcade Emile Braunplein 18, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Jean Delaere Koestraat 15, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Winkelcentrum Dampoort Dendermondsesteenweg 112/140, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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