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Gone Off the Ostend

Where: Belgium
June 19, 2006 at 9:40 AM | by AVB | 1 Comment



Despite Belgium's reputation for being a screen-door country of Europe--other nations constantly barging through without wiping their feet--the Belgians themselves encouraged the most recent invasion of their coastline. In order to promote tourism at seaside locations, different towns along the North Sea coast, or rather their beaches, are playing host to some crazy sculptures as part of the Beaufort 2006 festival.

The art keeps with Belgium's tradition of surrealist art; Elephants walk along the beach at De Panne while Louise Bourgeois's giant pregnant spider climbs over James Ensor's tomb in Mariakerke. Let's just remain thankful that she chose to exhibit a giant spider. Also connected to the sculptures is the PMKK museum in Ostend, which is hosting a René Magritte exhibition. He's Belgium's go-to surrealist, after all.

A three-day pass, including tram travel along the coast and entry to the PMKK is about $16.

[Image via willy whopper/Flickr]

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  1. siegert

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    Hotels Ostend

    Ostend is the most fascinating and vibrant cities of coastal Belgium. I found out for myself only 6 months ago, when I stayed in a hotel Oostende, a really charming and attractive hotel, at walking distance from the beach. I'm quite sure that of all the hotels Oostende I picked one of the best, although someone told me almost all Ostend hotels are good and will appeal to almost everyone, whether you're on you own or decide to go on a family holiday.
    January 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM
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