Ostende

History

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Ostend Airport and Railway station (Airports in Belgium)

Ostende Airport - Airport authority, Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 889. 8400 Oostende. Tel: 0032 59 55 12 11. www.ost.aero

Car Parking; Parking Luchthaven-P.L.O. Tel: 0032 59 80 10 39.

Car Rental; AVIS Rent a car. Tel: 0032 59 55 27 11.

Ostend Events (Events in Belgium)

Ostend Hotels

Hotels-Belgium. www.hotels-belgium.com

Angromeda. Tel: 0032 59 80 66 11.

Pick's. Tel: 0032 59 70 28 97.

The Strand, Visserskaai, Ostend. Tel: 0032 59 70 33 83.

Thermae Palace. Tel: 0032 59 80 66 44.

Hotel SERGE, Brusselstraat 15. 8400. *

Hotel KINGSTON, Koningstraat 59. 8400. *

Hotel La PALOMA, Ijzerstraat 13. 8400. *

Hotel MAYFAIR, Louisastraat 18. 8400. *

Hotel COVENTRY, Louisastraat 8 A. 8400. *

Hotel-VAKANTIEHOEVE'T ZOUTE, Polderdijk 10. 8400. *

Hotel PENSION les DUNES, Raversijdestraat 28. 8400. *

Hotel CARDIFF, Sint Sebastiaanstraat 4. 8400. *

Hotel ORBIT, Torhoutsesteenweg 46. 8400. *

Hotel 'T ZEEGAT, Vindictivelaan 31. 8400. *

Hotel CRITERIUM, Wellingtonstraat 94. 8400. *

Hotel MONOPOLE, Zeedijk 165. 8400. *

Hotel PRIMULA, Raversijdestraat 48. 8400. **. Tel: 0032 59 70 51 91.

Hotel VIKING, Boekarestraat 2. 8400. **

Hotel Thevenet, Koningstraat 61, Ostend. 8400. **. Tel: 0032 59 70 10 35.

HOEVEHOTEL 'T KRUISHOF, Kruishofstraat 1. 8400. **

Hotel ADMIRAL, Langestraat 72. 8400. **

Hotel du PARC, Marie-Jose Plein 3. 8400. **

Hotel NEW ASTORIA, Van Iseghemlaan 38 A. 8400. **

HOSTELLERIE 'T VISTRAPJE, Visserskaai 37. 8400. **

Hotel TER KADE-YACHT, Visserskaai 49. 8400. **

Hotel DIE PRINCE, Albert 1 Promenade 41-42. 8400. ***

Hotel PRINCESS, Boekarestraat 7. 8400. ***

TULIP INN OOSTENDE (ex-Royal Astor), Hertstraat 15. 8400. ***

Hotel BERO, Hofstraat 1 A. 8400. ***

Hotel PACIFIC, Hofstraat 11. 8400. ***. Tel: 0032 59 70 15 07. www.pacifichotel.com

Hotel GLENMORE, Hofstraat 25. 8400. ***

Hotel DANIELLE, Ijzerstraat 5. 8400. ***

Hotel BURLINGTON, Kapellestraat 90. 8400. ***

Av. STUDIOTEL, Koninginnelaan 27-29. 8400. ***

Hotel TER STREEP, Leopold II Laan 14. 8400. ***

HOLIDAY INN GARDEN COURT, Leopold II Laan 20. 8400. ***

Hotel PRADO, Leopold II Laan 22. 8400. ***

Hotel OSTEND, Londenstraat 6. 8400. ***

Hotel MARION, Louisastraat 19. 8400. ***

Hotel LOUISA, Louisastraat 8 B. 8400. ***

Hotel MELINDA, Mercatorlaan 21. 8400. ***

Hotel GROENEVELD, Torhoutsesteenweg 655. 8400. ***

Hotel WESTMINSTER, Van Iseghemlaan 22. 8400. ***

Best Western Hotel - IMPERIAL, Van Iseghemlaan 76. 8400. ***. Tel: 0032 59 80 67 67. www.bestwestern.com

Hotel AMBASSADEUR, Wapenplein 8 A. 8400. ***

Hotel ROYAL ASTRID, Wellingtonstraat 1. 8400. ***

Hotel ROYAL ALBERT, Zeedijk 167. 8400. ***

Hotel EUROPE, Kapucijnenstraat 52. 8400. ****

Hotel OOSTENDSE COMPAGNIE, Koningstraat 79. 8400. ****

Hotel ACCES, Van Iseghemlaan 21-25. 8400. **** Tel:0032 59 80 40 82.

Book a hotel in Belgium

Youth Hostel - De Ploate, Langestraat 82, B-8400 OOSTENDE. Tel: 0032 59 80 52 97.

Camping

Ostend Markets

Central squares on Monday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Quayside for seafood stalls.

Ostend Museums and Places to Visit

Fort Napoleon, Vuurtorenweg. A large and impressive fortress, it now houses a restaurant and museum. Tel: 0032 59 32 00 48.

Mercator Maritime Museum. Mercatordock. Tel: 0032 59 70 56 54.

Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), Romestraat, Ostend.

Nordzeeaquarium, Visserskaai, Ostend.

Property

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Public Transport in Ostend

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Local Bus Company;

Restaurants in Ostend

In town

Art Café, 3 Romestraat. Tel: 0032 59 80 56 86.

Lobster, Van Iseghemlaan, Ostend. Tel: 0032 59 50 02 82.

Savarin, 75 Albert 1 Promenade, Ostend. Tel: 0032 59 51 31 71.

Thermidor Restaurant, Visserskaai 30, Ostend. Tel: 0032 59 70 24 27.

'T Vistrapje, Visserskaai, Ostend. Tel: 0032 59 80 23 82.

Shopping in Ostend

Ostend is a good place to buy luxury goods (designer clothes and accessories). Wapenplein is the main square and the principle shopping streets lead off this. Kapellestraat, Ostend's high street, has the Inno department store as well as various stores selling housewares. The main shopping streets are; Adolf Buylstraat, Alfons Pieterslaan, Christinastraat (designer men's clothes), Kapellestraat and Wapenplein.

Fish Market, Visserskaai - daily from 7.00am - 6.00pm (except Sunday)

An address for those who enjoy Belgian chocolate:

Confiseur Jacques, 6 rue Ad Buyl str., Oostende.

Supermarkets in Ostend

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Tides

Link to French site giving information on tides in Ostende. www.shom.fr

Ostend Tobacco Shops

Tobacco in Ostende

Ostend Tourist Office

Belgium - France

Toerisme Oostende, Monacoplein 2, B-8400 OOSTENDE. Tel: 0032 59 70 11 99. www.toerisme-oostende.be

Website; www.flanders.be

Belgium Tourisme. Tel: 020 7867 0311. www.belgium-tourism.net

Tourisme Flandres. Tel: 020 7458 0044. www.visitflanders.co.uk

Tourisme Wallonie. Tel: 020 7531 0390. www.wallonie.be / www.belgiumtheplaceto.be

Useful Outside links

- Weather in Ostend. www.bbc.co.uk

- Port of Dover. www.doverport.co.uk

- Port of Oostende. www.portofostende.be

Tourist Offices. www.belgium-tourism.net

Belgium Travel Network. www.trabel.com

- News from Flanders. www.vrtnieuws.net