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The smartest sights in Westende
Planning to go sightseeing during your holiday? We collected a lot of attractions in Westende for you. This way, you can decide in advance which beautiful scenes you want to admire and better plan your day(s).
Shipping company Seastar
Shipping company Seastar offers numerous (educational) excursions for young and old, both in Nieuwpoort and along the ‘Flanders Fields’ in ‘de Westhoek’.
Westfront Nieuwpoort
Visit the equestrian statue of Albert I and discover the story of the flooding of the polder plain during World War I.
The Rotunda
Whether you’re crazy about architecture or not, you cannot leave Westende without visiting the Grand Hôtel Belle Vue, AKA The Rotunda; thé city’s icon!
Fort Napoleon
Visit the fort that Napoleon had made in 1811, for fear of a British attack on the port of Ostend. But it never got that far...
Shrimp angler on horseback
Catching shrimp on horseback, that can't be anything but a special sight. In Oostduinkerke you can be there and experience this spectacle!
Warandetoren Middelkerke
The Warande Tower offers a 360-degree view of the sculpture park, the coastline, the Warande Dunes and the hinterland of Middelkerke.
Searching for Utopia
With this work of art, the artist Jan Fabre emphasised that human beings continue to search for Utopia throughout their lives.
De Poolreiziger
Exactly 110 years after Adrien de Gerlache's legendary Antarctic expedition, Nieuwpoort-born polar explorer Dirk 'Dixie' Dansercoer repeated this journey in 2007.
Jeanne Panne
Nieuwpoort, 17th century. Jeanne Panne, a working-class woman living and working in the city, is wrongly accused of witchcraft and sentenced to burn at the stake.