Ostend
Ostend is the largest city on the Belgian Coast and its only truly year-round destination. Along its wide white-sand beach is a spacious promenade surveyed by an interesting mix of midrise architecture atop cosy seafront cafes with glassed-in terraces.
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Attraction in OstendAtlantikwall Raversyde - Attraction in OstendSt-Petrus-&-Pauluskerk
- Attraction in OstendFort Napoleon
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- Attraction in OstendLéopold II Statue
- Attraction in OstendBelle Epoque-weg
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- Attraction in OstendMuseumschip Amandine
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