Ostend

Ostend ( ; ; ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast.

airport

trade company

1604 three-year siege during the Eighty Years' War

400px|right|The Flemish Coast in the middle ages with Testerep island

Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk (Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul) is a Roman Catholic church in Ostend, Belgium. The neo-Gothic building was constructed on the ashes of a previous church that occupied the site. King Leopold II enthusiastically supported a plan to build a new and more magnificent church. Construction started in 1899 and was completed and consecrated by Bishop Waffelaert on 31 August 1908. Its stained glass windows were destroyed during the two World Wars and were replaced by Michiel Martens. The church is long and wide. Its spires are high.

organization

Royal Navy operation to block Ostend Harbour

Belgian offshore wind farm in the North Sea

1928 business agreement creating a regional oil cartel

railway station in Belgium

lighthouse in Oostende, Belgium

right|thumb|275px|The Belgian Coast Tram at Domein Raversijde right|thumb|275px|On the beach from the "Westlaan" (Raversijde, the pier 15a) until "Middelkerke" (between piers 19 and 20), dogs are allowed there all year. Raversijde () is a neighborhood and former parish of the West Flemish town of Ostend. It is adjacent to Middelkerke, another neighborhood, which is located on the North Sea coast. Raversijde is located on the Kusttram, which is the coastal tramway.

port in Belgium

1937 aviation accident in Belgium

military museum in West Flanders, Belgium

The Mu.ZEE is a museum in Ostend, Belgium, specializing in Belgian art from 1830 onwards. It was created in 2008 by the fusion of the former Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK, the museum for modern art of the Province of West-Flanders) and the Museum voor Schone Kunsten Oostende (Museum of Fine Arts Ostend), both located in Ostend. The museum has two dependencies, the Ensorhuis (house of James Ensor) in Ostend, and the Permekemuseum in Jabbeke. Mu.ZEE is an abbreviation of "Kunstmuseum aan Zee" ("Art Museum at the Sea"). thumb|"Bathing women" (ca. 1920) by Théo van Rysselberghe

ship built in 1977

survey ship built in 2012

thumb|300px|right|Reconstructed fifteenth century fishermen cottages at the archeological site of Walraversijde; ca. 1465