Ostend · December
Where to go from Ostend in December
158 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leuven 2h Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Lille 2h 49 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Schiedam 3h 13 Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Amsterdam 3h 52 Netherlands Highs of 7°, and Museumplein.
- Utrecht 4h 10 Netherlands Skate parade.
- Cambridge 6h 11 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
On in December
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 2h
- Christmas Market in Lille 2h 49
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 3h 13
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 3h 52
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 10
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 6h 32
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 06
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 10
- Art | Basel in Basel 7h 28
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 7h 28
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Ostend, December has 7 h 55 of daylight.
- Bruges · Belgium 27 min — 7 h 55
- Ghent · Belgium 54 min — 7 h 57
- Brussels · Belgium 1h 29 · 1 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 1h 29 — 7 h 55
- Kortrijk · Belgium 1h 46 · 1 ch — 7 h 59
- Aalst · Belgium 1h 47 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 47 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Mechelen · Belgium 1h 51 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Kraainem · Belgium 1h 54 · 2 ch 2–6° 79 mm 7 h 58
- Leuven · Belgium 2h · 1 ch — 7 h 58 International Short Film Festival Leuven
- Lier · Belgium 2h 22 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Namur · Belgium 2h 48 · 2 ch — 8 h 02
- Ypres · Belgium 2h 49 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Lille · France 2h 49 · 1 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Charleroi · Belgium 2h 52 · 3 ch — 8 h 03
- Hasselt · Belgium 2h 54 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Ath · Belgium 3h · 3 ch — 8 h 01
- Liège · Belgium 3h 04 — 8 h 01
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 3h 04 · 1 ch 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- Schiedam · Netherlands 3h 13 · 2 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Delft · Netherlands 3h 19 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Breda · Netherlands 3h 21 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Dinant · Belgium 3h 27 · 3 ch — 8 h 04
- The Hague · Netherlands 3h 32 · 2 ch 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Paris · France 3h 37 · 1 ch 4–8° 62 mm 8 h 17
- Maastricht · Netherlands 3h 39 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Tilburg · Netherlands 3h 42 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 3h 46 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
- Leiden · Netherlands 3h 47 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 3h 52 · 1 ch 2–7° 82 mm 7 h 43 Museumplein
- Gouda · Netherlands 3h 58 · 3 ch — 7 h 47
- Saint-Cloud · France 4h 03 · 3 ch — 8 h 17
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 4h 03 · 2 ch — 7 h 50
- Valkenburg aan de Geul · Netherlands 4h 05 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
- Zaandam · Netherlands 4h 06 · 2 ch — 7 h 42
- Haarlem · Netherlands 4h 07 · 3 ch — 7 h 43
- Weesp · Netherlands 4h 07 · 2 ch — 7 h 44
- Hilversum · Netherlands 4h 08 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Utrecht · Netherlands 4h 10 · 2 ch — 7 h 46 Skate parade
- Disneyland Paris · France 4h 11 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
Journeys from Ostend's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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