Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Four days is our 3-day itinerary (core city, Ghent) with a fourth day added for Ypres and Flanders Fields, given its own undivided day rather than squeezed in beside anything lighter. WWI history and a canal-side pub...

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