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Ostend


There's a giant devil-fish's head on the roof of two old houses with facades covered with lurid cartoons. Inside it's cramped, filled with bric-a-brac and merrily tatty. Next door there's an art-packed smoking room. Beer and coffee cost €1.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ostend attractions

1. St-Petrus-&-Pauluskerk

0.09 MILES

Ostend’s most striking historical building features beautifully ornate twin spires, a rose window and a gloomy neo-Gothic interior. It was consecrated on…

2. Museumschip Amandine

0.12 MILES

The last Ostend trawler to have fished around Iceland (1970s) is brought to life with waxwork figures, videos and sound effects. Highlights include the…

3. Marien Ecologisch Centrum

0.26 MILES

This educational operation has a little one-room collection of seashells and sand that you can examine under the microscope.

4. Stadsmuseum

0.26 MILES

One might expect this museum, occupying a house that hosted Napoleon in 1798 and Belgian royals from 1834–1850, to be a little more grandiose and exciting…

5. Mercator

0.28 MILES

This fully rigged, three-masted 1932 sailing ship was once used for Belgian Navy training purposes and is now a nautical museum that hosts changing…

6. Statue of Marvin Gaye

0.44 MILES

Soul superstar Marvin Gaye wrote his last hit, 'Sexual Healing', in 1981 while living in Ostend. His residency is marked by a wildly tacky statue of the…

7. Mu.Zee

0.48 MILES

Mu.Zee, Ostend’s foremost gallery, features predominantly local artists. There’s a significant collection by symbolist painter Léon Spilliaert (1881–1946)…

8. De Niewe Oostende Pier

0.59 MILES

Ostend's modern pier isn't as long or grand as many of its counterparts along the coast, but it does make for a nice stroll on a warm day. When the wind…