By dboontje on Skatehive
Just a fifteen minute drive from the Dutch border into Belgium is Gent, an amazing city where you can enjoy lots of culture, artitecture and of course what Belgium people do best, drinking special abeer. For this occasion I went to a small bar called the Dulle Griet. Not only is it good looking on the inside, it is also known for its special beer glasses. This is a 1.2 liter beer which contains 7 precent alcohol. To drink this beer you need to follow some ground rules. At first you need to be eighteen years old to be able to buy alcohol at a bar like this. Secondly, you can only buy one person. There's no further explanation for that other then this is their rule. And finally, to make sure you take good care of these special glasses they ask for one shoe of each person that buys that beer. The shoe will go into a basket they lower from the ceiling. This bar only should already be your reason to visit Gent as well. How ever Gent also has one of the biggest festivals in Europe with live