--- title: "Ostend – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Ostend, Belgium: town. Nearby: Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Albertpark, Fort Napoleon. Every way there from the planner, and what we have not yet researched." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/oostende" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/oostende.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Town · Belgium · Flanders # Ostend What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Ostend 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk 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. 1.6 km · church building in Ostend, Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk) 2. Albertpark Batimont Solar Park is a multi-use stadium in Ostend, Belgium. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home ground of K.V. Diksmuide Oostende and the former home of A.S. Oostende then K.V. Oostende. 2.8 km · Multi-use stadium in Ostend, Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batimont_Solar_Park) 3. Fort Napoleon Fort Napoleon in Ostend is a polygonal fort built in the Napoleonic era. It has recently been restored and is open to the public. 2.6 km · military museum in West Flanders, Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Napoleon,_Ostend) 4. Lange Nelle Lighthouse Lange Nelle Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Ostend, Flanders, Belgium. It is located at the Belgian coastline of the North Sea. 2.3 km · lighthouse in Oostende, Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_Nelle_Lighthouse) 5. Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee 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 and the Museum voor Schone Kunsten Oostende, both located in Ostend. 1.4 km · art museum in Ostend, Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu.ZEE) 6. Provinciedomein Raversijde - Atlantikwall - Walraversijde - memoriaal prins Karel The Atlantic Wall Open Air Museum is a military museum near Ostend in Belgium which preserves fortifications of the Atlantic Wall dating to the First and Second World Wars. The section of fortifications owned by the museum - over 60 bunkers and two miles of trenches - is among the best preserved sections of the defensive line in Europe. 5.7 km · military museum · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wall_open-air_museum) 7. monument of Leopold II in Ostend The equestrian statue of Leopold II is a monument erected in Ostend, Belgium, in memory of King Leopold II, second King of the Belgians. It is located on the Royal Galleries by the beach. 2.1 km · sculpture by Alfred Courtens · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Leopold_II,_Ostend) 8. Japanse Tuin The Japanese Garden of Ostend or Shin Kai Tei is a park in the Belgian city of Ostend. The garden was designed by Japanese architect Takashi Sawano. 1.9 km · garden in Ostend, Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Garden_of_Ostend) 9. Royal Galleries of Ostend The Royal Galleries of Ostend are a seaside neoclassical arcade on a dike on the beach of Ostend, Belgium. They extend from the royal villa in the east to the Hippodrome Wellington horse racing track in the west. 2.1 km · historical building in Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Galleries_of_Ostend) 10. COREtec Dôme COREtec Dôme, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Ostend, Belgium. COREtec Dôme has a seating capacity of 5,000 people for basketball games. 2.7 km · indoor arena in Ostend, Belgium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COREtec_D%C3%B4me) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Ostend **Airports:** Ostend-Bruges (OST), 4 km · Lille (LIL), 73 km · Brussels (BRU), 114 km\ **Stations:** Ostend-Bruges International Airport, 4.3 km · Second Ostend Raid, 2.5 km · Port of Ostend, 1.9 km · Oostende railway station, 1.5 km · First Ostend Raid, 1.6 km\ - Zaventem → Ostend 114 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · €12–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zaventem-to-ostend) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zaventem&to=Ostend) - Charleroi → Ostend 139 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · €17–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charleroi-to-ostend) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charleroi&to=Ostend) - Lesquin → Ostend 72 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · €10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lesquin-to-ostend) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lesquin&to=Ostend) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Ostend) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Ostend Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ostend. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Regular scheduled passenger traffic is very limited, but some holiday charter specialists offer open seats to general public. - Go next Bredene is halfway towards De Haan, and you can get there either by coastal tram or by taking the free ferry and walking along the beach (just 3 km). From [Wikivoyage: Ostend](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ostend), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 268 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 302 km 3. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 529 km 4. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 677 km 5. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 721 km If you know how people move in Ostend – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Coostende&title=Ostend&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Foostende), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Ostend - [Bredene](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bredene) municipality in West Flanders, Belgium 3.9 km - [Walraversijde](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/walraversijde) deserted medieval village in Flanders 5.8 km [The place page for Ostend](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/oostende) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Belgium](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-BE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/oostende, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt