Third day in Belguim, homebase of Brussels

Hello again folks.

Will be staying in Brussels for 3 days.

day 1 will be exploring Brussels.

day 2 will be Brugge

That leaves day 3 open. Am considering Ghent.

Can I do Ghent in say, half a day?

as far as what i am looking for, i have no idea, since i%26#39;ve never been. Brugge sounds enchanting, and i just watched the movie In Bruges, so i%26#39;m ready for that.

Just don%26#39;t know if we should venture out of Brussels for day 3 or not.

Perhaps not Ghent, but somewhere else (Antwerp) ? or nothing at all. - or maybe back to Brugge a second day?

thanks for any tips!

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Depends on the weather, depends on what you like to do, depends on what you will have already seen in Brussels, and what you may still have left to see. If on your first day you are taking one of the hop-on, hop-off buses, you may have a better idea of what you want to go back to - e.g. the oriental arts complex of the Japanese Tower, Chinese pavilion and (tiny) oriental art museum.

In the Ghent forum, you can look up %26quot;things to do%26quot; as rated by TA members in the list on the left of the page. Depending on whether you want to do the boat trip and/or visit the castle, it is more likely to take a day than half a day, and the same applies to Antwerp if you want to see Rubens%26#39; House, the Cathedral, etc.

If you were going to go back to Brugge for a second day, I think you would do better to stay there rather than in Brussels.