Ghent - Amigos Day Trip from Antwerp - Boat tour, bites & pub crawl

# Amigos Day Trip: Ghent by Boat & by Bar 🚆⛵🍻
Ghent is only an hour from Antwerp, and on Saturday we're going together. We'll see the city from the water, grab dinner and then do a small pub crawl through some of Ghent's most legendary bars. Come alone, leave with amigos.
NOTE: Some of us will make a night out of it - but if you feel going home earlier or with the last train - I am sure some other amigos are in for it.

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## 📍 Meeting point
**Saturday 7 November, 14:50**
Antwerpen-Centraal, main hall under the big clock
We take the **IC train at 15:06** (towards Oostende, usually from platform 4; check the board) and get off at Gent-Dampoort at 15:58.
From there it's a short walk into the old town.
Please buy your own train ticket in the SNCB app or at the station before we leave.

## 🗺️ The plan
**⛵ Boat tour (if still sailing).**
About 40 minutes on the canals, past the Graslei, Korenlei, the Castle of the Counts and the three towers. Around €11 per person, paid on the spot. Boats run on winter hours in November, so if we miss the last one we'll do the same route on foot instead.

**🍽️ Dinner.** We'll grab something to eat together in the centre. Nothing fancy: good food and a good table.

**🍻 Pub crawl:**
1. **Dulle Griet:** a Ghent institution with hundreds of beers and a famous ritual: order the "Max" and you trade one of your shoes for it. Yes, really.
2. **Café Folklore:** a cosy old brown café, one of the oldest in town.
3. **Irish pub:** pints and karaoke. Bring your best song (or just cheer for everyone else).
4. **Publika:** our last stop, right by the Belfry. Later in the night it turns into a lively dancefloor.

## 🌙 End
Open end. Some of us will make a long night of it, but you can head home whenever it suits you. Trains back to Antwerp run until late; check the SNCB app for the last one.

## 💡 Good to know
- The event is free. Everyone pays their own train ticket, boat ticket, food and drinks.
- Wear comfy shoes (and clean socks, because of Dulle Griet 😉) and bring a warm jacket for the boat.
- Respect "no", drinks included. Everyone decides for themselves what they drink and how long they stay.
**Explore and learn together, have nice drinks and just good fun.** See you on Saturday, amigos!