Ghent’s beautiful secret The courtyard gardens at The Verhaegen in Ghent About 15 years in the past, whereas dwelling within the Netherlands, I spent an extended weekend in Ghent, Bruges’ bigger however, to my thoughts, extra interesting sister. The style-hunting issue on this canal metropolis is excessive, from brocante and vintage-jewellery sellers to under-the-radar milliners. However I’d come to see a tiny visitor home I’d heard about, referred to as The Verhaegen. It’s tiny solely within the sense that its rooms quantity simply 4; and to name them “rooms” does the huge, pied-à-terre-style suites on this 1760 palace with its personal enclosed courtyard gardens an injustice (the “Suite années ’40”…