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  • 4/5 Tomasz Z. 3 months ago on Google • 248 reviews New
    Nice place, I believe especially for climbing with rope. Bouldering offering is great for kids for sure but there are not that many routes for semiadvanced climbers. There is also canteen where you can buy food and drinks
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ward F. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice climbing gym for advanced climbers. The boulder area is a bit of a children's playground. They should consider turning on some lights. The food served is good. The lead climbing area is never too busy and it is nice to be able to climb outside when the weather permits it.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Matthias V. 2 years ago on Google
    They practically do not accept rope climbers from other regions or countries. As Dutch speaking rope/lead climbers from Brussels with 15+ years of weekly experience with a Club Alpin Belge affiliation, we were arrogantly told we could not rope climb at their gym without their "universal belaying pass" from KBF. The guy at the desk told us quite arrogantly -and wrongly- that you can get a pass like that about anywhere at about any club in any place, even abroad or if you are not from Flanders. But this is just plainly untrue. Outside of Flanders/Netherlands very few gyms participate in this formality. To get it, you have to register and pay for evening courses that are organised every month at their gym (for Ghent). That is for level 1 (top rope climbing). For level 2 (lead climbing, outdoors), you have to follow another 3 of those courses. Can you imagine this kind of burocracy in Europe still happening today? They are witholding a lot of people from rope climbing and are pushing newbees all into bouldering (with much higher risk of injury to feet, arms and fingers). These people just don't seem to realize you can rope/lead climb in almost any European country South and East of Belgium without passing formal training courses. (I don't know about contries North of Belgium and the Netherlands.) Do you have to get this special certificate if you want to climb once in Ghent? I find this quite absurd. At other places they are mostly willing to test your competence on the spot when you are a visitor from further away. Not here. It's like being disallowed acces to the swimming pool because you don't have a swimming certificate.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Thibault M. 4 years ago on Google • 69 reviews
    First time climber review: + Very nice atmosphere and building + Electronic badge for entrance and locker + (not applicable to me, but they have a kids area with a slide and boulders for kids) + 3km from Gent-Sint-Pieters station. (also there is a free shuttle from Gent-centrum to here, at the time of writing) - Food (spaghetti in my case) is 'fine', but would have expected better for the price. (If you're just eating here in between climbing sessions it's fine. But if I was done with climbing, I would probably go to some other place to eat)
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel T. 6 years ago on Google • 38 reviews
    Huge and spacious indoor climbing with some parts on the outside of the building. Bar and store at entrance. Love it!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Felix G. 1 year ago on Google • 19 reviews
    The rope climbing is excellent. Like really really good. The bouldering on the other hand was not enjoyable at all. It was a childrens playground with kids running everywhere. Almost kicked a kid in the head when I cut loose and almost dropped straight onto a little girl. My 80 kilos would have destroyed her. Not okay....
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Jesse S. 2 years ago on Google
    OK climbing gym for sport climbing but extremely dirty. Several people already complained private and publicly but never get any decent attention. Bouldering area is just even worse. Sanitary is really gross and the clothing rooms are just end of life. No investment in decent lockers, benches anymore.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Jill D. 3 years ago on Google
    Very big climbing hall with enough options for almost every level. If the place was clean, it would get much more appreciation. A quick scroll through the reviews over the past years shows that almost every reviewer agrees on the latter. Seems like an easy thing to fix...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bram Van O. 1 year ago on Google
    Since they changed owners, this place is really showing some big promise!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Sam M. 5 months ago on Google • 82 reviews
    Way too many children running around in dirty outside shoes, feels like climbing in a daycare. No surprise the rest of the gym is dirty too.

  • 5/5 Rintani F. 8 months ago on Google • 55 reviews
    a great place to spend your weekend.. for those of you who have a hobby of climbing or you who want to introduce this sport to your children.. don't hesitate to come to this place.. there is also a cafe with a variety of food and drinks.. as well as various climbing attributes

  • 5/5 Stephen A. 6 months ago on Google • 53 reviews
    Great climbing hall, easy to relax while kids burn energy

  • 5/5 Tim K. 5 years ago on Google • 41 reviews
    One of, if not the best bouldering gym in Belgium. I’ve visited a variety of bouldering gyms across the world, and loved climbing here. Routes of all difficulties and levels, and a smaller section for kids. Showers and changing facilities on-site, as well as a cool bar for a proper Belgian beer after a good climb. Could be a little hard to find if you’re coming from the center of Ghent, but easy enough to get to by bike, car, public transit or taxi. If you are new to bouldering, or are flashing V12s, come climb here.

  • 4/5 Claas S. 4 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
    The top rope and lead climb location in Ghent. They also have a nice bar to chill after your climbing session. The boulder hall tends to be quite crowded after office hours.

  • 3/5 arne v. 1 year ago on Google
    Very crowded, kids running all over the place in the boulder, people not watching, which could lead to dangerous situations. Top rope was better. So not an ideal place to boulder, I prefer the top rope here

  • 3/5 MBD 1 year ago on Google
    Not the cleanest climbing gym in Ghent but the most affordable one, lots of routes in a variety of levels.

  • 4/5 Helpfulbandit 1 year ago on Google
    Sweet climbing gym with a cool bar and some food. Prices are what you expect for food in a climbing gym. The bar prices, day ticket, and rentals are very reasonable.

  • 4/5 Jan W. 1 year ago on Google
    Good service, nice routes, a bit low on the grade maybe...

  • 4/5 giacomo i. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice bouldering/belaying in separate sections, super friendly and english fluent staff. Great for kids. For wall climbing/belaying a lucence is needed for at least one person per pair. Nice bar to boot :)

  • 3/5 Jeroen De M. 1 year ago on Google
    Only climbing gym with roped walls and lead possibilities in Ghent. Can be crowded. A lot cleaner since the new owners. Quite expensive. Would be very nice if the subscription would give you access to the other gym of the same owner.

  • 5/5 Johan E. 1 year ago on Google
    Lots of ditterent and fun routes with a lot ov variation. Rope wall is 15 to 18 m. Facilities are grate and includes bar and a small shop.

  • 4/5 Giovani V. 2 years ago on Google
    Overall nice bouldering place, enough variety of difficulty. Unfortunately it often is plagued with little kids running around being rather hectic so I recommend picking the later hours if you want to avoid that.

  • 3/5 Henry W. 2 years ago on Google
    The guy at the register tried to get us to pay full price on a Saturday night. The bouldering and the length climbing are separate and you need a certificate to go into the length area. The ratings in the bouldering area are too easy.....

  • 3/5 Ioanna F. 4 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    A bit dirty and stinky. There was no soap for the hands. Also expensive. The rental shoes were fine!


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