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- Soak up the harbourside vibes. Fact: a human-size whelk (by sculptor Stief Desmet) lurks at the end of the harbour arm. Make the pilgrimage to pose for a selfie, not forgetting to gaze back at the seaport city afterwards.
- Sample some famous local brews. For live Flemish music with your Belgian beer, make a beeline for ancient watering hole the Spanish Inn, rebuilt in 1729 but which dates back even further.
- Board the fabulously arty Crystal Ship. Check out Belgium’s best open-air art gallery, the Crystal Ship, a permanent street art trail featuring dozens of international artists.
- Take in the city from above, then gorge on local art. Gulp down views over bucolic Leopold Park by whizzing six floors up the austere old post office building, now an ad-hoc Cultural Centre.
- St-Petrus-&-Pauluskerk. Ostend’s most striking historical building features beautifully ornate twin spires, a rose window and a gloomy neo-Gothic interior.
- Fort Napoleon. The impenetrable, pentagon-shaped Fort Napoleon is an unusually intact fortress dating from 1812, though there’s comparatively little to see inside.
- Atlantikwall Raversyde. The gripping Atlantikwall is a remarkably extensive complex of WWI and WWII bunkers, gun emplacements and linking brick tunnels created by occupying…
- Belle Epoque-weg. This lesser-known residential part of Ostend was once in ill repute, but savvy homebuyers have recently snapped up its wealth of utterly charming art…
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Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, meaning "East End") is a seaside city of 70,000 inhabitants in West Flanders in Belgium. Its North Sea beaches have drawn in tourists since the 19th century when it was a fashionable outing for royalty and aristocracy.
- Visit the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, also known as Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, is a Roman Catholic church located in Ostend, Belgium.
- Explore Fort Napoleon. Fort Napoleon is a star-shaped fortress located in the east of the Belgian city of Ostend. Fort Napoleon was originally called Fort Impérial when it was built between 1811 and 1814 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte to defend the port of Ostend against attack from Britain.
- See the Atlantikwall. Atlantikwall, known as the Atlantic Wall Open Air Museum, is an open-air museum located in the Provincial Domain of Raversyde near Ostend, Belgium.
- Wander through Petit Paris. Petit Paris is a neighborhood in the Belgian city of Ostend located on the North Sea coast. It is part of the city's western expansion that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries during Belgium's belle époque period under King Leopold II.
24,211. Explore Ostend. As Belgium’s largest coastal outpost, Ostend offers a rare taste of Flemish beach culture. Inland visitors flock to sandy beaches and the seaside promenade, while reminders of the city’s military and maritime history run deep in the old harbor town. Read more. Essential Ostend. Do.
