Ghent: Food & Drink Walking Tour with Tastings
Join an entertaining local guide on a culinary and historical journey through the charming streets of Ghent. A culinary adventure through Ghent you will never forget!
Kouter Sunday Flower and Food Market is a food market in Kouter, Ghent.
Editorially verified May 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The market spills into nearby streets on the largest spring market days; arrive early for the best parking and produce.
Join an entertaining local guide on a culinary and historical journey through the charming streets of Ghent. A culinary adventure through Ghent you will never forget!
Join this workshop in Ghent to taste 3 Belgian beers, prepare waffle dough and bake Belgian waffles. Then enjoy your creations with toppings of your choice and eat as ...
Discover the art of pairing tea, chocolate, and drinks in Ghent. Savor 4 distinctive tea chocolates, each paired with a tea, mocktail or cocktail.
Address: Kouter, 9000 Gent, Ghent
Hal 16 is a converted metal workshop at Dok Noord housing Officina Raffaelli Italian kitchen, ROK BBQ and Dok Brewing Company under one industrial roof.
Tip: The hall opens Thursdays through Sundays; Thursday evening is the quietest and most atmospheric time to visit.
Ghent's Vismarkt is the weekly fish and seafood market near the Graslei canal, selling fresh North Sea catch twice a week in the historic fish market square.
Tip: Stalls selling whole fresh fish also carry smoked eel and pickled herrings not easily found elsewhere in Ghent's shops.
The Dok Noord warehouse complex hosts a seasonal Saturday market with local artisan food producers, craft goods and food trucks along the revived waterfront.
Tip: Combine with Dok Brewing Company beer tasting and WAY Coffee Roasters, both open Saturday mornings at the same Dok Noord address.
The competing cuberdon vendors near the Groentenmarkt are a Ghent institution: the pointed purple sugar-and-gum cones are the city's most identifiable sweet.
Tip: The rival stalls have been on the square for generations; both are genuine and the competition keeps the quality high.
Ghent's Christmas market spreads across Korenmarkt and Sint-Baafsplein from late November, with food stalls, warm drinks, waffles and winter snacks.
Tip: The Ghent Christmas market is smaller and less crowded than Brussels; the cathedral backdrop makes it one of Belgium's most scenic.
Ghent's oldest market square hosts a weekly Friday morning market with fresh produce, flowers, street food and local traders in a medieval square setting.
Tip: Arrive before 09:00 for the widest selection; Frituur Jozef nearby opens with the market for a proper frites breakfast.