Graslei and Korenlei in Ghent, Flanders
Views over the Graslei in Ghent from the Korenlei. From close to Saint Michael's Bridge, one can also see the three towers of Ghent : Saint Bavo Cathedral, the Belfry, and Saint Nicholas' Church.
Graslei & Korenlei - Ghent
Korenlei (Wheat Quay) and Graslei (Grass Quay) on Leie River in Ghent, Belgium
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Our stay in Belgium is coming to an end. To conclude our journey, we take a boat tour of the city. The tourist boats for the round trips by the canals leave in the center. They start at Graslei and Korenlei, the quays at the right and left bank of the Leie. We start our boat tour at the Graslei. The friendly and competent boat guide quickly provides us with some umbrellas, as it is not sure if it will stay dry.
First, we head south to Jakobijnenstraat.
There we make a turn and drive back past the drop-off point, along the Lieve to Prinsenhof and Rabot, the lock at Begijnhoflaan. After that, it goes back to the Graslei again.
Our good-humored boat captain tells all kinds of special features about the architecture of the buildings, like at Graslei. Next to an old granary, we see a small house with a blue balcony, the former customs building.
Next to it is the building of the guild of free skippers. They were called free skippers because they were born in Ghent and therefore did not have to pay taxes. Above the entrance of the building is a portrait of Santa Maria, the ship of Christopher Columbus.
In the further course, the building complex of the old post office appears. On the occasion of the World Exhibition in 1913, one converted the building into the shopping gallery De Post and the luxury hotel 1898 ThePost. A copy of Big Ben in London towers the building complex.
On the bridge pillars of the Sint-Michelsbrug, we see on each site a sculptured relief, one of a woman and one of a man, symbolizing the rivers Leie and Lieve. The confluence of the rivers in the city and the two reliefs represent a love story.
The Sint-Michielskerk and the university are on the right after the bridge.
On the way back at Korenlei, our female boat driver draws our attention to a building with two golden swans on the facade. The swans were the sign that there was a brothel in the building.
Again, we pass Gravensteen Castle and the Prinsenhof. A day before, we already walked along this part of the boat tour. You find the description of this section in our article Walk to the Prinsenhof in Ghent.
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Unser Aufenthalt in Belgien neigt sich seinem Ende entgegen. Zum Abschluß machen wir noch eine Bootstour in der Stadt. Die Touristenboote für die Rundfahrten durch die Kanäle der Stadt, legen im Zentrum, an Gras- und Korenlei, den Kais am rechten und linken Ufer der Leie ab.
Wir starten unsere Bootstour an der Graslei. Die freundliche und kompetente Bootsführerin besorgt noch rasch einige Regenschirme, da es nicht sicher ist, ob es trocken bleibt.
Zuerst fahren wir in Richtung Süden bis zur Jakobijnenstraat.
Dort kehren wir um und fahren zurück, an der Anlegestelle vorbei, die Lieve entlang bis zum Prinzenhof und zum Rabot, der Schleuse am Begijnhoflaan. Danach geht es wieder zurück zur Graslei.
Gutgelaunt erzählt die Bootsführerin allerlei Besonderheiten über die Architektur der Gebäude, z.B. am Graslei. Neben einem ehemaligen Kornspeicher fügt sich ein kleines Haus in die Häuserzeile. Es ist das ehemalige Zollgebäude.
Daneben befindet sich das Gebäude der Zunft der freien Schiffer. Freie Schiffer wurden sie genannt, da sie in Gent geboren worden waren und deshalb keine Steuern entrichten mussten.
Über dem Eingang des Gebäudes befindet sich ein Bildnis der Santa Maria, dem Schiff von Christoph Columbus.
Im weiteren Verlauf erscheint der Gebäudekomplex der alten Post. Anlässlich der Weltausstellung 1913 wurde es zu einer Einkaufgalerie De Post und dem Luxushotel 1898 ThePost umgebaut. Überragt wird der Komplex von einer Kopie des Big Bens in London.
An den Brückenpfeilern der der Sint-Michelsbrug sehen wir die Reliefs einer Frau und eines Mannes. Sie symbolisieren die beiden Flüsse Leie und Lieve. Der Zusammenfluss in der Stadt und die beiden Reliefs stellen eine Liebesgeschichte dar.
Auf der rechten Seite schließen nach der Brücke die Sint-Michielskerk und die Universität an.
Bei der Rückfahrt macht uns unsere Bootsführerin an der Korenlei auf ein Gebäude mit zwei goldenen Schwänen an der Fassade aufmerksam. Die Schwäne waren das Zeichen, dass sich in dem Gebäude ein Bordell befand.
Wir passieren wieder die Burg Grafenstein und den Prinzenhof. Diesen Teil der Bootstour sind wir bereits zu Fuß entlang gewandert und haben diesen Abschnitt in unserem Beitrag „Spaziergang zum Prinzenhof in Gent“ beschrieben.
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Another day, another day trip, this time from Bruges to Ghent! It was a toss-up between Ghent and Antwerp, but with Ghent being described as smaller (it’s a city of 250,000), I figured it would be a nice contrast to our Brussels day trip.
The train was 7.80 EUR round-trip, but this fare only applies on the weekends. Otherwise it’s 13.60 EUR. The trip takes about 30min, followed by a 30min walk to the center of town. We could have also disembarked at the St. Pieters station and taken a tram to the city center, but it was a beautiful day, so we decided to walk instead.
Ghent has nearly 100 public toilets, along with a map of where they’re all located! Great for someone like me who drinks a lot and has a small bladder, so it was pretty much a moral obligation to try one out.
The most beautiful part of town consists of Graslei and Korenlei , the two banks on either side of the Leie River. Like Bruges and Amsterdam, you can take a canal tour down the Leie, but we didn’t have too much time and had just done a canal tour of Bruges, so we decided to skip it and get our bearings by wandering aimlessly for a while, soaking in the sights:
--Gravensteen, a massive castle smack dab in the middle of town! A full walk-thru video of the castle, including its torture museum, is the subject of my next video/article.
--Het Groot Vleeshuis (The Great Butchers’ Hall), which was built in the 15th century to house a meat hall and indoor market. Those are still there, but now there’s a restaurant situated under the giant hams hanging from the ceiling of the meat hall. The menu looked good, but as a vegetarian, there was no way I was going to be able to eat there without losing my appetite.
-- Werregarenstraat, a two-block alleyway linking Hoogpoort and Onderstraat that is completely covered with graffiti. It was setup as part of the Ghent Festivities festival in 1995 and is one of the few locations where the city officially allows graffiti. Anyone can paint over anything so it’s constantly changing, but the code is to respect work that’s finer than your own.
After seeing the sights, we figured it was time to get down to the important stuff: eating and boozing. First up was the food, which we found at the small and off-the-beaten path restaurant Soup’r, specializing in… soup. This place was jam-packed and is obviously a local favorite, and one taste of the soup explained why: Best. Soup. Ever! Lots of hearty vegetarian, vegan, and meat-filled soups and sandwiches made the three of us very happy after many miles of walking. Included with the soup were a few weird large violet jelly bean things called cuberdons that were also being sold from carts all over town. None of us liked them – must be a Flemish acquired taste. Be aware that Soup’r only takes Belgian debit cards, so make sure you bring some Euros.
I was actually a bit surprised by our first booze stop, which was ‘t Dreupelkot, a legit jenever bar serving over 200 varieties of this tasty grandfather of gin. I’d only had jenever in The Netherlands and assumed it was local to that area, but it didn’t occur to me that it would also be popular in with Dutch population of Ghent. Turns out that by decree of the EU, only liquor made in Belgium, the Netherlands, and four French and German regions can legally be called jenever. Regardless, the korenwijn (a malty style) I had was lovely.
Finally, we ended our drinking at Waterhuis ann de bierkant (Waterhouse on the beerside) a scenic and historic canal-side bar which serves 165 beers, including 3 house beers that you can only find on draft here. I had a glass of the house Gandavum, a dry-hopped 8% Belgian Ale, which I found refreshingly crisp and dangerously drinkable considering the high alcohol content.
While doing my research for the trip, there seemed to be a lot of “Ghent vs Bruges” discussions, and after visiting them both, I’d say that they’re very different, but that both are definitely worth a visit. Bruges is smaller and prettier and quainter and more “magical”, but also very crowded and touristy on the weekends. Ghent, on the other hand, was lively on the weekend we visited, but didn’t feel too crowded. It has plenty of large open spaces, and apparently when the weather is nice there are musicians performing on every corner, from buskers all the way to large brass bands. And, since they’re only 30 minutes from each other, there’s really no good reason not to visit both!
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