Frites Atelier is a Dutch chain made for tourists, not even 30m from there is an authentic Ghent Friet shop, Frituur bij Filip which even has a better rating on Google Maps. I don't understand why UA-cam content makers do their homework so badly. The waffle you ate is a Liège waffle, you eat it without anything. The Brussels waffle on the other hand you can eat with strawberries and whipped cream.
Frites Atelier is a Dutch chain made for tourists, not even 30m from there is an authentic Ghent chip shop, Frituur bij Filip which even has a better rating on Google Maps. I don't understand why UA-cam content makers do their homework so badly. The waffle you ate is a Liège waffle, you eat it without anything. The Brussels waffle on the other hand you can eat with strawberries and whipped cream.
Thanks for sharing! I just said it was popular 🤷🏼♀️ we didn’t eat there so I can’t comment much else on it. Appreciate the recommendations though. We went with some friends who had been before and they liked the place we went to so that’s where we went. Again I’m not claiming to be an expert just sharing what we did and how we liked it. I didn’t know I had to be an expert to share my experience…
i'm living in Bruges, only 30min from ghent. i often visit ghent but have never heared it being called "medieval manhattan". what does the name actually mean? 😅is it because of its vibrant life?
Haha it’s probably just a tourist thing. I think because of the many preserved towers. With Manhattan you think of tall buildings and Ghent has quite a few tall medieval towers.
Hi there! Thanks for the video -- was curious if you had three nights to base in one city, would it be Ghent or Bruges? We are doing 3 nights in one of those cities (with the understanding of taking trains each day to other the other one we don't stay in + other parts of Belgium), and I know Bruges is the "fairytale city" but I heard it closes much earlier than most. We are going to both cities either way, but I kind of figured Ghent made a lot of sense, for its "central" location in Belgium, and because it was a University town. We are going over Thanksgiving, so I understand everything will be dark early, but we will be going to the Christmas markets, of course. What do you think?
From Ghent you can reach Bruges in half an hour by train, but also Brussels in half an hour. That is why I would choose Ghent. The Ghent Christmas market starts on December 5th.
The Christmas market in Bruges starts earlier (we went at Thanksgiving last year as well) and it was fun but the market was smaller and underwhelming in my opinion but the entire town is so cute. I liked it more than Ghent (I know our local friend may have thoughts on that 😅), but I think Ghent needed more time to grow on me. If you want central and nightlight then I’d say Ghent but if you want romantic and slow then I’d say Bruges. It’s nice to be able to beat the day trippers in the morning in Bruges too and have some quiet before everyone arrives.
@@AnyoneCanTravel Tu parles, avant les années 1960, on y parlait couramment le français et puis les flamingeants s'y sont mis pour chasser toute trace de culture en imposant leur patois flamand. Vous, anglo-saxons vous n'y comprenez rien, ni à la Belgique ni à la Flandre. Il y a aujourd'hui plus 450.000 flamands francophones qui n'ont plus le droit de s'exprimer et auxquels ont dénie tout droit constitutionnel et politique ! L'anglais parlé par les flamands n'est rien d'autre que l'expression compléxé de leur haine du français ! Gand, par exemple, avait son théâtre français, recevant les meilleurs acteurs français, aujourd'hui, il ne reste plus que leur "Gentse Fiesten" d'une vulgarité mi-british, mi-flamand sans nom ...
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Excelent video with great and practical tips. Thank you. About to visit Gent.
Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful trip 😊
Frites Atelier is a Dutch chain made for tourists, not even 30m from there is an authentic Ghent Friet shop, Frituur bij Filip which even has a better rating on Google Maps. I don't understand why UA-cam content makers do their homework so badly. The waffle you ate is a Liège waffle, you eat it without anything. The Brussels waffle on the other hand you can eat with strawberries and whipped cream.
Frites Atelier is a Dutch chain made for tourists, not even 30m from there is an authentic Ghent chip shop, Frituur bij Filip which even has a better rating on Google Maps. I don't understand why UA-cam content makers do their homework so badly. The waffle you ate is a Liège waffle, you eat it without anything. The Brussels waffle on the other hand you can eat with strawberries and whipped cream.
Thanks for sharing!
I just said it was popular 🤷🏼♀️ we didn’t eat there so I can’t comment much else on it. Appreciate the recommendations though. We went with some friends who had been before and they liked the place we went to so that’s where we went.
Again I’m not claiming to be an expert just sharing what we did and how we liked it. I didn’t know I had to be an expert to share my experience…
i'm living in Bruges, only 30min from ghent. i often visit ghent but have never heared it being called "medieval manhattan". what does the name actually mean? 😅is it because of its vibrant life?
Haha it’s probably just a tourist thing. I think because of the many preserved towers. With Manhattan you think of tall buildings and Ghent has quite a few tall medieval towers.
Hi there! Thanks for the video -- was curious if you had three nights to base in one city, would it be Ghent or Bruges? We are doing 3 nights in one of those cities (with the understanding of taking trains each day to other the other one we don't stay in + other parts of Belgium), and I know Bruges is the "fairytale city" but I heard it closes much earlier than most. We are going to both cities either way, but I kind of figured Ghent made a lot of sense, for its "central" location in Belgium, and because it was a University town. We are going over Thanksgiving, so I understand everything will be dark early, but we will be going to the Christmas markets, of course. What do you think?
From Ghent you can reach Bruges in half an hour by train, but also Brussels in half an hour. That is why I would choose Ghent. The Ghent Christmas market starts on December 5th.
@@Vuchel Amazing, thanks for the info!
The Christmas market in Bruges starts earlier (we went at Thanksgiving last year as well) and it was fun but the market was smaller and underwhelming in my opinion but the entire town is so cute. I liked it more than Ghent (I know our local friend may have thoughts on that 😅), but I think Ghent needed more time to grow on me. If you want central and nightlight then I’d say Ghent but if you want romantic and slow then I’d say Bruges. It’s nice to be able to beat the day trippers in the morning in Bruges too and have some quiet before everyone arrives.
@@AnyoneCanTravel That makes sense! Thank you!
I love the architecture! Looks like a nice chill town! What was the primary language in that area?
They primarily speak Dutch but English is widely spoken too! It was a really nice chill city for sure.
@@AnyoneCanTravel Tu parles, avant les années 1960, on y parlait couramment le français et puis les flamingeants s'y sont mis pour chasser toute trace de culture en imposant leur patois flamand. Vous, anglo-saxons vous n'y comprenez rien, ni à la Belgique ni à la Flandre. Il y a aujourd'hui plus 450.000 flamands francophones qui n'ont plus le droit de s'exprimer et auxquels ont dénie tout droit constitutionnel et politique ! L'anglais parlé par les flamands n'est rien d'autre que l'expression compléxé de leur haine du français ! Gand, par exemple, avait son théâtre français, recevant les meilleurs acteurs français, aujourd'hui, il ne reste plus que leur "Gentse Fiesten" d'une vulgarité mi-british, mi-flamand sans nom ...
Thanks for sharing!