Ostend Belgium
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Frequently Asked Questions
In a narrow channel running right along the city centre, next to a Belle Époque railway station. The first shopping street is a few minutes' walk away.
No. The berth is right downtown and everything is walkable: marinas, the fishermen's quay, the seawall promenade and the beach. Only Fort Napoleon and the Raversijde museum need the tram or a taxi.
The three-masted Mercator in the marina, the Albert I promenade along the beach and James Ensor's house. Anyone wanting to see the coast can take the coastal tram near the station.
The former training ship of the Belgian merchant navy, moored in the marina and open to visitors. You walk the deck and examine the navigation instruments.
The painter of masks and carnivals, a son of the city. His house, steps from the seafront, can be visited and preserves his studio and the seashell shop his family ran. The Mu.ZEE extends the visit with Léon Spilliaert.
Yes. The Albert I promenade runs its broad walkway between the buildings and the sand, which stretches out of sight, dotted with pale beach huts and windbreaks. It is a few streets from the quay.
Yes, at Raversijde slightly west, reachable by tram. This open-air museum preserves one of the best-kept sections: bunkers, trenches and observation posts follow one another through the dunes.
The euro. Dutch dominates, since Ostend is in West Flanders, but French is widely understood, more so than in most Flemish cities.
A cone of grey shrimp facing the sea, on the Visserskaai, where fishmongers' stalls line the fishermen's quay. It is the local specialty and it is eaten standing up.
Yes. The beach is minutes from the quay, the Mercator entertains children, and the coastal tram serving the entire Belgian shoreline from border to border becomes an outing in itself.
