3 Aug 2021

BLANKENBERGE CITY AT THE BELGIAN COAST

Blankenberge is a very popular seaside resort at the North Sea. The popularity of Blankenberghe makes it undoubtedly one of the most popular seaside resorts on the coast. It is nicknamed “Bruxelles-sur-Mer”. Different activities are in full swing on the immense beach and on the beach promenade where you find a lot of shops, cafes, restaurants and tea-rooms.There is also a Casino and the biggest Acquarium of the Northern sea. 

On each Monday there is a huge market just in front of the station, where you find nearly everything

Despite  the not so nice weather in the morning the market was fully packed !

I found some nice summer trousers for me and Bermuda shortss for Mr. G

A real funny bin !
A lot of apartments for rent
As everywhere along the Belgian coast the beautiful old houses have been demolished and replaced by high glass boxes with a lot of holiday apartments for rent ! Business before beauty. Fortunately some of them have resisted to the promoters and instead of taking money kept their houses, mostly in the city center. Along the beaches there are only modern ugly hight buildings.


Excellent chocolate and seafood
This must be the main church, because it's in the city center. There were so many !




Old houses in the center

steps to the beach


Different beaches, they are all owned by different people and you have to rent your beach bed and umbrella

The pier



Pink and yellow, why not ...


another bin

here you think you are in a Southern country with (fake) Palm trees

One of the two lions sitting on a column on both sides of the stairs

We took this little train and made a tour around Blankenberge

and then we had shrimp croquets with fries

All new buildings
The market place, now empty except the carroussel


City center
New private houses away from the center

The aquarium


a big old building with nice decorations

The pier


Lots of restaurants or snack stands



I saw this house with the giant babies climbing up on the roof !




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4 comments:

  1. That is an interesting town and Beach. The markets look great and the old buildings but I agree with you the new apartment blocks are not as nice as old buildings. We don't have any old buildings all concrete and glass towers near popular beaches. I found it strange when visiting the French Riviera how the beaches are privately owned. None of ours are they are maintained by the local council and they are free for everyone to enjoy. But at the moment the police will move you on if you dare to sit on the beach because we are in lockdown again.

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  2. A great tour of somewhere I have never been. I liked the colourful bins and the yellow building. Makes a difference to all the grey buildings we see so much of. I am sure I have seen sculptures of babies climbing buildings when I visited Prague a few years ago.

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  3. The babies are funny. It is rather a mixed bag of buildings at the coast but overall, rather a good place.

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  4. A nice place, combining old and new, but somehow I love the old quaint
    'low country' (Flemish/Gothic), architecture much better!
    It it strange how progress wants to do away with the old...and then later they bemoan the loss of heritage. Sheesh. I would have thought all those old buildings would be somehow under protection?

    You made a nice tour for us who had to stay at home:) Thanks!

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