The museums and monuments of Ghent's CityCard

Map of 5 locations in Ghent, Belgium

Ghent's CityCard bundles its free entries into one list that mixes working museums with buildings you visit for the rooms alone, and the admission rules inside that list are not uniform: some sites want the ticket booked ahead through the visitor centre, while the castle and the belfry let cardholders walk up even when the day has sold out. Gathered here are the entries worth knowing the terms for, with what each building actually is, when it was put up, and how you get through the door.

Places in this collection

  • Hotel d'Hane Steenhuyse — An 18th-century hôtel de maître, carried on the card for its grand ballroom rather than for a collection, which is why it appears under mon…
  • Ghent Belfry — Listed as UNESCO world heritage and grouped with the castle under monuments and buildings on the CityCard's free-access page. Like the cast…
  • The Castle of the Counts — The one entry on the card where queueing is not a risk: CityCard holders need no advance booking and are admitted even when the day's ticke…
  • Museum of Industry — The city's own visitor listing files this one under Ghent's industrial past, and it sits in the museums half of the CityCard's free-access…
  • Design Museum Gent — Founded in 1903, the museum occupies three joined buildings: the 18th-century Hotel de Coninck, the Leten House with its 16th-century core,…

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