Ghent DOOH · Korenmarkt · Gravensteen · Graslei · June 2026
The East Flanders capital near 270,000 and a city of 80,000 students, from the Korenmarkt and the three towers to the Gravensteen castle and the Graslei quays, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Ghent actually moves.
Ghent billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Korenmarkt, Gravensteen and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Ghent screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.28, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart Ghent play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.
Billboard ranking points
Directional 1–10 scores based on zone type and footfall, not audited measurements. Every zone is bookable by the hour on the platform.
The Korenmarkt below the three medieval towers, Saint Bavo's, the belfry and Saint Nicholas, holds the heaviest tourist dwell in the old town.
The gabled merchant houses of the Graslei and Korenlei facing each other across the canal form the city's signature view and a busy evening scene.
Veldstraat, the main pedestrian shopping street, runs the city's heaviest retail footfall through the car-free centre.
The moated Gravensteen castle of the counts and the Patershol lanes around it draw a steady tourist stream with long dwell.
Ghent University, around 80,000 students, fills the Overpoort, the campuses and the canals with a young crowd and high evening dwell.
The R4 ring, the E40 and the E17 carry the heaviest drive-time flow into Ghent, strong for commuter frequency.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Ghent's media owners, Clear Channel Belgium, JCDecaux Belgium, Belgian Posters among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Ghent's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:
Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.
Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.
Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.
High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.
De Lijn tram and bus screens plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.
Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.
Location insights
Ghent (Gent) lines up its three medieval towers, Saint Bavo's, the belfry and Saint Nicholas, above the old town, with the Korenmarkt at their foot and the gabled merchant houses of the Graslei and Korenlei facing each other across the canal. The Gravensteen castle of the counts stands moated nearby, the Veldstraat runs the main shopping flow, and a huge student body, around 80,000 at Ghent University, fills the bars and the canals. The car-free centre is among the largest in Europe. De Lijn trams move the city. Buy the Veldstraat daytime daypart and the Graslei evening peak.
Graslei and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.
Gravensteen and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.
Korenmarkt shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.
Location intelligence summary
Ghent doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch | Korenmarkt + Graslei | 6–11 PM |
| Commuter frequency | Veldstraat, Graslei | 7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM |
| Retail foot traffic | Gravensteen, Korenmarkt | 12–8 PM |
| B2B / decision-makers | University, Graslei | Weekdays 9 AM–6 PM |
| Tourism & events | Korenmarkt, R4 | 10 AM–8 PM |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Ghent’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
The zones above already draw a specific buyer: biotech and research, since Ghent University and the VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) put lab staff and academics through the University zone on weekdays, and automotive manufacturing, since Volvo Cars runs its Ghent assembly plant, the only car factory left in Flanders, near the port traffic that crosses the R4.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadside & ring-road digital | from ~$0.28 per play | $100 buys hourly bursts on the R4 and the E40 | drive-time commuter reach |
| Korenmarkt heritage digital | from ~$0.44 per play | the three-tower old-town core | tourist and culture dwell |
| Veldstraat retail digital | from ~$0.42 per play | the main shopping street | shopper and footfall crowd |
| Graslei scenic digital | from ~$0.40 per play | the canal quays and evening scene | dining and tourist audiences |
| De Lijn transit screens | from ~$0.30 per play | the tram and bus network | student and commuter reach |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
Four things move the price on any Ghent screen: the format (pricing runs higher on de Lijn transit screens than on roadside & ring-road digital), the zone (Korenmarkt & the three towers carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.
What a campaign costs
Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Commute test
A week of morning and evening bursts on the R4 and the E40 into the centre.
Multi-zone Ghent push
The Korenmarkt, Veldstraat and the Graslei running together across peak dayparts.
City-centre flagship
Full old-town saturation timed to the Gentse Feesten or the start of the student term.
FAQ
No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Clear Channel Belgium, JCDecaux Belgium, Belgian Posters among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.
Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.
Yes. Every Ghent screen on Blindspot is bookable by the hour, with no minimum contract and no retainer. You pick the exact windows, so you can buy the morning commute on Graslei & Korenlei quays, the afternoon retail stretch around Gravensteen & old quarter, or the evening social hours in Korenmarkt & the three towers, and skip everything between. Because you pay per play instead of for a fixed four-week flight, the same budget concentrated into proven peak windows buys more useful frequency than the same money spread across every hour including the overnight ones nobody sees. Availability and the per-play price are visible before you commit, and you can start with one screen and one daypart.
Blindspot puts the bookable digital out-of-home screens across Ghent on a single map: roadside and boulevard LED, street-level panels and citylights, transit and station screens, mall and place-based displays, and landmark placements, all priced per play and bookable by the hour. That spans zones from Korenmarkt & the three towers through to R4 & E40 ring approaches. The underlying screens are owned and run by media operators such as Clear Channel Belgium, JCDecaux Belgium and Belgian Posters, and Blindspot books time on their existing, already-permitted structures rather than reselling a fixed package. You see each screen, its zone, its per-play price and its live availability before committing, so you are choosing specific screens and hours rather than buying an unspecified network bundle.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
More than most people expect, because you are buying plays rather than weeks. A $500 budget in Ghent typically funds a multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic corridor such as Graslei & Korenlei quays, a concentrated burst across the busiest retail and transit screens at peak hours only, or thousands of plays on central urban panels where the per-play price is lowest. At entry prices around $0.28 per play, the arithmetic is straightforward and visible before you commit. What it will not stretch to is 24/7 coverage of a landmark spectacular, and that is the point of hourly buying: concentrate a small budget where and when it is seen instead of thinning it across hours with no audience.
No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Ghent campaign.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
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Open the map, filter Ghent by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
02
Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
03
Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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