A cycling paradise with restricted traffic

A Flemish Sunday always begins in the saddle of a bicycle. Ghent is a cycling paradise with limited traffic, and getting about on two wheels is the most authentic way to soak up its rhythm. The first ride takes you south, towards the university district, dominated by the famous Boekentoren (the ‘Tower of Books’), a modernist masterpiece in reinforced concrete designed by Henry Van de Velde. A few pedal strokes further on, you come across the MSK Gent (Museum of Fine Arts), home to centuries of European painting and ready to celebrate great figures of the avant-garde such as Jenny Montigny – a testament to how the city has always been a haven for international artistic experimentation.