Rond Sint-Jacobs is an artistic Valhalla with interesting art galleries and interior shops. Ottogracht, Belfortstraat, Hoogpoort and Vlasmarkt are home to surprising shops with accessories, fashion, stationary and design. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can browse through the antiques and collectibles market. Did you know that this area is a Mecca for musicians? You can often enjoy live concerts in the local bars. Rond Sint-Jacob is one of the most lively areas in the city.
Shopping in Ghent, so much fun
Shopping in Ghent, so much fun | Visit Gent
I fell in love with Ghent during my first visit more than 20 years ago. The idiosyncrasies of the Flemish city appealed to me. Where else would you see a couple of nuns riding a tandem and a shop-window display with string vests and Jan Van Eyck's The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb , a painting of such intensity that the first time you see it, you lean back from it as if from a blast of fire? Ghent back then was grey and a little dilapidated.
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We may earn a commission from affiliate links. The old city of Ghent in Flemish Gent; in French Gand is a picturesque muddle of alleyways rimmed by quaint steeple-roofed buildings running along pretty canals. Along with Bruges , Ghent is Belgium's star architectural attraction, but unlike Bruges, it comes without the tour bus hordes. A walk through town on a summer's evening, when most of the important buildings are illuminated, is an unforgettable experience, as is a canal boat ride down the many branches of the Scheldt and Leie Canals that intersect the city.






Although the harmful effects of smoking and alcohol use are now well-known , the appeal of the cigarette-smoking 'bad boy' has not waned. According to a study conducted by Eveline Vincke from Belgium's Ghent University, men who smoke cigarettes and drink are seen by women as more attractive short-term romantic partners. Vincke found that the attractiveness of these behaviours is linked to how risky they are - suggesting that current health campaigns , which often emphasise the dangers of drinking and smoking to young people, may actually be counter-productive. In her study, described in a Evolutionary Psychology journal paper titled 'The Young Male Cigarette and Alcohol Syndrome' , Vincke asked Belgian women aged 17 to 30 to read short profiles of typical young men, which differed in describing how much they smoked and drunk alcohol. The participants were then asked to answer a few questions about the men in the profiles, saying whether they thought they would agree or disagree with statements like " sex without love is OK.

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