Ostend

Ostend 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. Wikivoyage

Population 71,557 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Belgium

• 100AmbulanceAmbulance
• 100FireFire
• 101PolicePolice
• 102AwelAwel
• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Belgium

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Zeilschip Mercator Museum · 760 m
• Ensorhuis Museum · 40 m
• Nationaal Monument voor de Zeelieden Attraction · 300 m
• Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk Church · 520 m
• Mu.ZEE Museum · 870 m
• Sint-Jozefkerk Church · 950 m
• Stadsmuseum Oostende Museum · 110 m
• James Ensor Memorial · 460 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Pizza 3
• Regional 3
• Burger 2
• Fish 2
• Sandwich 2
• Italian 2
• Seafood 2
• Friture 2

All 73 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Maria Hendrikapark 940 m across 1.5 km
• Leopoldpark 330 m across 570 m
• Special Area of Conservation 2 16.4 km across 6.3 km
• Karel Jonckheereplein 240 m across 1.3 km

Getting around

• Oostende Marie-Joséplein 330 m
• Westeroever 460 m
• Oostende 860 m
• Oosteroever 720 m
• Oostende Station 900 m
• Oostende Koninginnelaan 1.1 km

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