The Ghent Altarpiece Heist: A Self-Guided Walking Tour
Ghent's most famous painting survived Napoleon and Hitler's looters - yet one stolen panel remains missing since 1934. This self-guided walking tour retraces the infamous heist of the Van Eyck brothers' Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, uncovering ransom letters, botched investigations, and decades of obsessive theories. Starting at Hotel 1898 The Post, wind through medieval streets past street art, Sint-Baafskathedraal, and the Bishop's Palace, tracing 90 years of clues. Highlights include: -The Mystic Lamb mural of the looted panels -Albrecht Dürer's 1521 lodging house -The Bishop's Palace ransom letterbox -Wintercircus, an 1893 indoor circus -The 14th-century Weavers' Chapel inside a design store -A stolen skull dug up by a paranormal investigator The panel remains missing. Spot the clue everyone missed.
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