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Belgian coast ​((nl)Belgische Kust)
The dunes in De Panne
Information
Country	Belgium
Region	province of West Flanders
Largest locality	Ostend
Sea	North Sea
Official language	Dutch
Other language	French, West Flemish
Telephone prefix	32 50, 32 58, 32 59
Location
51 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ N 2 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ E (Edit card mask)
Touristic site
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The belgian coast is the coastal region Belgian of the North Sea. The coast is one of the main tourist destinations in Belgium.

Understand

It stretches for about 66 kilometers, from Knokke-Heist at the border dutch To De Panne at the border french. Particularly urbanized, there are many apartment buildings there.

Weather

Ostend Precipitation diagram in mm J F M TO M J J TO S O NOT D Temperature diagram in ° C 6.1 1.1 13d 6.5 0.5 9d 9.2 2.3 11d 11.4 4.1 10 days 15.3 7.9 10 days 17.7 10.7 10 days 20.3 12.8 8d 20.9 12.5 8d 18.3 10.2 11d 14.5 7.1 11d 9.7 4.0 13d 7.1 2.3 13d 63 45 55 46 56 67 59 57 80 78 84 73 Temp. max. annual mean in ° C 13.1 Temp. min. annual mean in ° C 6.3 Annual precipitation in mm 762 Number of days of precipitation 127 Legend: Temp. maxi and mini in ° C • Precipitation in mm Source:http://www.worldweather.org/053/c00944.htm

Schematic drawing of the sunshine in the morning, at noon and in the afternoon on the dike. Average seawater temperature at Knokke-Heist Jan Feb March Apr May June Jul August Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 6.8 ° C 6.8 ° C 6.8 ° C 9.8 ° C 11.7 ° C 14.7 ° C 16.7 ° C 18.2 ° C 18.1 ° C 15.8 ° C 13.3 ° C 9.8 ° C 12.4 ° C Source: Global Sea Temperature Average seawater temperature at De Panne Jan Feb March Apr May June Jul August Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 7.4 ° C 7.3 ° C 7.2 ° C 9 ° C 11.5 ° C 14.4 ° C 16.4 ° C 18 ° C 17.9 ° C 16 ° C 13.7 ° C 10.3 ° C 12.4 ° C Source: Global Sea Temperature Tide  – Time and height of low and high tides at Zeebrugge and to Ostend for the next seven days. (last update June 2020)

Cities

Location of the towns on the coast

The Belgian coast has 19 seaside resorts spread over 10 municipalities which are from north-east to south-west:

• 51.3483.2871 Knokke-Heist  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.3313.2052 Zeebrugge (Zeebrugge)  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.3133.1273 Blankenberge  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.2753.0334 Rooster (De Haan)  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.2442.9595 Bredene  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.2312.9186 Ostend (Ostend)  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.1852.8167 Middelkerke  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.1322.758 Nieuwpoort (Nieuwpoort)  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.1172.6439 Koksijde (Koksijde)  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 51.0962.58710 De Panne (De Panne)  (last update Feb. 2018)

Other destinations

To go

Circulate

By tram

Line layout

• Coastal tram ((nl) Kusttram) runs every day between 8 h 15 and 23 h 25. valid ticket 60 min : 3 € (~ 3.32 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 4.49 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 3.62 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 1 966.82 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) ; ticket valid for 1 day: (presale) 7 € (~ 7.74 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 10.48 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 8.45 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 4,589.24 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021), (in the vehicle) 9 € (~ 9.95 Fr. - course on 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 13.48 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 10.87 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 5,900.45 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) ; bike ticket: 2 € (~ 2.21 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 2.99 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 2.41 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 1 311.21 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021). – (3-car train: central car), (5-car train: all cars). With its 67 km, traveled in 2 h 20 Between Knokke-Heist and De Panne (terminus at Plopsaland), it is the longest tram line in Belgium. Since it rolls on the dike on the vast majority of its route and that it has, apart from the two terminuses, 66 stopping stations, it constitutes a tourist attraction in itself. About 12 million people borrow it every year. (last updated Nov 2016)

Do

• Cuistax  – Typical quadricycle vehicle ideal for group pedaling on the dike. There are many rental companies in each seaside resort offering vehicles of varying sizes. Renters generally ask for an identity card as a guarantee. (last updated Jan 2017)
• Bike  – The Cuistax rental companies also offer bicycles. (last updated Jan 2017)

To buy

Eat

• Babelutte  – A kind of long caramel flavored with honey or vergeoise. (last updated Jan 2017)

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Around

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