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Exhibition | War in animation

Atlantikwall Raversyde
Sat 11 Mar 2023 to Sun 12 Nov 2023
War is a recurrent theme in (animated) films. In 1939, the American cartoon ‘Peace on earth’, for example, warned of war. That very year, Germany invaded Poland and World War II began. Today, war is raging again in Europe. In the special setting of bunkers you will discover short films by Leonid…

Exhibition 'The prince of Raversijde'

Atlantikwall Raversyde
Thu 1 Jun 2023 to Sat 1 Jun 2024
As of 1 June, you will find the new photo exhibition 'The Prince of Raversijde' in the freely accessible park area of Atlantikwall Raversyde Provincial Domain. Those who want to find out even more about Prince Charles and the royal family in the provincial domain can also visit the open-air museum…

Evening market

Sat 24 Jun 2023 17:00
Evening Market in the Konterdam district.

Dansand! 2023

Fri 30 Jun 2023
Dansand! is a contemporary dance festival in open air. For three days, contemporary dance can be felt everywhere in Ostend. From small interventions on the beach promenade to imposing dance performances on a beach stage.

Dansand! 2023

Sat 1 Jul 2023
Dansand! is a contemporary dance festival in open air. For three days, contemporary dance can be felt everywhere in Ostend. From small interventions on the beach promenade to imposing dance performances on a beach stage.

Dansand! 2023

Sun 2 Jul 2023
Dansand! is a contemporary dance festival in open air. For three days, contemporary dance can be felt everywhere in Ostend. From small interventions on the beach promenade to imposing dance performances on a beach stage.

Evening market

Sun 9 Jul 2023 17:00
Evening Market on the promenade of Mariakerke.

Evening market

Sun 16 Jul 2023 17:00
Evening Market on the promenade of Mariakerke

Evening Market

Sun 23 Jul 2023 17:00
Evening market on the promenade of Mariakerke

"#ikkoopinoostende" Shopping Days

Feest- & Cultuurpaleis
Fri 28 Jul 2023 10:00
During the #ikkoopinoostende-dagen (I buy in Ostend Days) you can benefit from great promotions and bargains at many Ostend shopkeepers. Not just inside the participating shops, but also outside in the shopping streets, there are many fascinating demonstrations and novelties to discover.

"#ikkoopinoostende" Shopping Days

Feest- & Cultuurpaleis
Sat 29 Jul 2023 10:00
During the #ikkoopinoostende-dagen (I buy in Ostend Days) you can benefit from great promotions and bargains at many Ostend shopkeepers. Not just inside the participating shops, but also outside in the shopping streets, there are many fascinating demonstrations and novelties to discover.

"#ikkoopinoostende" Shopping Days

Feest- & Cultuurpaleis
Sun 30 Jul 2023 10:00
During the #ikkoopinoostende-dagen (I buy in Ostend Days) you can benefit from great promotions and bargains at many Ostend shopkeepers. Not just inside the participating shops, but also outside in the shopping streets, there are many fascinating demonstrations and novelties to discover.

Evening Market

Sun 30 Jul 2023 17:00
Evening Market on the promenade of Mariakerke.

Evening market

Sun 6 Aug 2023 17:00
Evening market on the promenade of Mariakerke.

Evening market

Sun 13 Aug 2023 17:00
Evening market on the promenade of Mariakerke.

Evening Market

Sun 20 Aug 2023 17:00
Evening market on the promenade of Mariakerke.

Gailliard visits Ensor

Thu 11 May 2023 to Sun 27 Aug 2023
Jean-Jacques Gailliard (Brussels, 22 November 1890 – Saint-Gilles, 17 April 1976) was a Belgian painter and graphic artist. As the son of the Impressionist painter Franz Gailliard (1861-1932), friend and colleague of James Ensor, the young Jean-Jacques received his first drawing and painting…

Anna Boch, an impressionist journey

Mu.ZEE
Sat 1 Jul 2023 to Sun 5 Nov 2023
Mu.ZEE pays tribute to Anna Boch (1848-1936), painter and maecenas, 175 years after her birth. The exhibition focuses on Anna Boch as an artist and a woman at the end of the nineteenth century in Belgium. Known for being very progressive, she owned a car, travelled frequently, and often alone – not…

Exhibition: The Clear Look by Joseph Willaert

Venetiaanse Gaanderijen
Sat 1 Jul 2023 to Sun 5 Nov 2023
You could call artist Joseph Willaert (1936-2014) one of a kind. Or quirky, hard to pigeon-hole, a little rebellious, but always full of humour and a touch of irony. His works read like coloured stories. They are simple yet full of meaning. There are many levels of understanding and different…

Internationale Photo Biënnale Ostend

Sat 16 Sep 2023 to Sun 12 Nov 2023
After the overwhelming success of the first edition, this autumn you can once again enjoy conceptual photographic work at various indoor and outdoor locations in Ostend. The work of more than 30 Belgian and international top photographers will be on display at locations such as Fort Napoleon, Mu…

The Crystal Ship - Street Art in Ostend

Discover “The Crystal Ship” in Ostend: renowned and world-famous artists make enormous paintings on walls as well as fantastic art installations in open spaces.

Ostend City Museum

The museum tells you Ostend’s fascinating life story and also casts light on its future. A host of objects, posters, documents and multimedia applications reveal the secrets behind the development of the city, its tourism, fishing industry and shipping. Discover the Ostend of former times and the…

North sea cruise offshore windfarm - Captain Blue

"Discover the wind turbine parks at sea Captain Blue gives you a whole new perspective on our 11th province, the North Sea and wind energy. During the 5-hour boat trip, a Dutch speaking guide will immerse you in coastal navigation and port signaling, from various buoys and beacons to the…

O.-L.-Vrouw-ter-Duinenkerk

The Dune church was made a listed monument in 1946. The trapezoidal cemetery with lawns, weeping willows and shrubs followed suit in 1975. Many of the people who are buried here belonged to well-known families of Mariakerke. Leopold Passchyn was Mariakerke’s last mayor (they have even named a…

Herdenkingsmonument HMS Vindictive

In May 2013, the restored bow of the HMS VIndictive was given a prominent place on the east bank of the port of Ostend. During the night of 9 to 10 May 1918, the British attempted to use the HMS Vindictive to block the port of Ostend and thus prevent passage of German submarines to the North Sea…

Railway station Oostende

Eclectic station complex consisting of a central entrance hall flanked by two square "Tower buildings". On the left side adjacent to the station the former "Hotel Terminus Maritime".

Dikke Mathille

The Leopold II-laan curves gracefully around the most famous sculpture of a woman in Oostende: De Zee (The Sea). Although Reclining Nude is another name for this lady the locals always refer to her as ‘Dikke Mathille’ (Fat Mathille). Grard emphasised the volume of the full, round forms. In De Zee…

Venetian Galleries

In 1900, Belgian King Leopold II commissioned architect Henri Maquet to design the first royal gallery: an L-shaped, closed and covered walkway between the royal villa and a large octagonal salon. Nowadays it is known by the name ‘Venetian Galleries’, referring to Venice’s classicist architecture…