Ghent

Ghent straddles the confluence of the Leie and Scheldt rivers in Flanders, a waterside position that helped it grow into one of medieval Europe’s leading cloth-trading cities. Canals, quays and former merchants’ houses still shape the historic centre, while the late-12th-century Gravensteen castle recalls the power of the Counts of Flanders. Saint Bavo’s Cathedral holds the Ghent Altarpiece, completed in 1432 by Hubert and Jan van Eyck and celebrated as a landmark of Early Netherlandish art. Ghent also remains an active university city, with a busy port connected to the North Sea by the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Ghent and Flanders relate to the surrounding waterways and North Sea coast.

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