Living / Keeping in touch
Using the phone
Belgium has an automatic telephone system, allowing quick and easy communication with other countries. Nowadays most phone booths can only be operated if you have a telephone card at hand. These are available at the station or at one of the post offices. You can also use your bank card with PROTON.
Mobile phones
Mobile phone companies in Belgium are:
We’ll give you one address of each provider:
- Proximus: Langemunt 40, tel + 32 (0) 9 266 10 20, open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 9h30-17h30, and on Tuesday and Saturday between 10h00-17h30;
- Mobistar: Langemunt 38, tel + 32 (0) 9 233 22 64, open from Monday to Saturday between 10h00-18h00;
- Base: Langemunt 46, tel + 32 (0) 486 51 22 92, open from Monday to Friday between 9h30-18h00, on Saturday between 10h00-18h00.
Cybercafés
Surfing, mailing, gaming, downloading... All across Ghent you’ll find spots where you can access the World Wide Web. Besides the specialised, fully-equipped cybercafés, you will also find some smaller pubs where you can browse the Internet and make international phone calls.
At the following places you will pay between 1 and 2.5 EUR/hour:
- Coffee Lounge, Botermarkt (next to the Belfry), tel + 32 (0) 9 329 39 11, open every day till 19h00 (closed on Tuesdays);
- GEC, Koning Maria-Hendrikaplein 5, tel + 32 (0) 9 242 87 50, open Tuesday to Sunday between 12h00-21h00;
Globetrotter, Kortrijksepoortstraat 180, tel + 32 (0) 9 269 08 60, open Monday to Saturday between 11h00-22h00, on Sunday between 15h00-22h00; - Public Library, Graaf van Vlaanderenplein 40, tel + 32 (0) 9 266 70 27
(It is best to make reservations, especially on Wednesday afternoon and Saturday), opening hours: Monday to Thursday between 10h00-19h00, Friday and Saturday between 10h00-17h00, closed on Sunday; - Stadium, Coupure Links 625, tel + 32 (0) 9 266 18 93, opening hours:
Monday to Friday, 9h00-24h00, Saturday and Sunday between 9h00-19h00; - The Internetcafe, Overpoort, tel + 32 (0) 9 385 77 56, open every day between 12h00-24h00;
- The Net, Nederkouter 73, tel + 32 (0) 9 269 00 53, open Monday to Thursday between 11h00-23h00, Saturday and Sunday from 12h to 22h, closed on Friday;
- The Rotonde (not really an internet cafe, but you can go on-line if you have something
to eat or to drink), Kortrijksesteenweg 1, tel + 32 (0) 9 222 34 43, open Monday to Saturday between 11h00-24h00; - World Communication, Kortrijksepoortstraat 3, open every day between 11h00-22h30;
- Youth Hostel De Draecke, Sint-Widostraat 11, tel + 32 (0) 9 233 70 50,
open every day between 7h30-23h00.
Post offices
Post offices in Ghent have different opening hours, depending on the post office.
Most of the post offices, however, are open from Monday to Friday between 10h00-12h30 and 14h00-17h00.
The precise opening hours can be found on the website:
- Centre: Lange Kruisstraat 55 - tel + 32 (0) 9 269 27 50 – open Monday to Friday 9h00-18h00, Saturday 9h00-12h30;
- Zuid: Rooseveltplein 2;
- Citadelpark: Leopold-II-laan 32 – tel + 32 (0) 9 222 27 34;
- Heuvelpoort: Zwijnaardsesteenweg 92 – tel + 32 (0) 9 220 13 05;
- Martelaarslaan: Martelaarslaan 21 – tel + 32 (0) 9 225 29 81;
- Gent Rabot: Begijnhoflaan 43 – tel + 32 (0) 9 225 23 14.
A “Postpunt” is a place in a shop or public place where you can buy stamps, for example.
More information on the website.
