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About 29 miles away
Trenches and vast cemeteries of the Great War.
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The Belgian Coast
Wide sandy beaches 15 minutes away by train, linked by one of the world's longest tram lines.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid for the tram
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Ostend station, 8400 OstendDirections
- Getting There
- Train to Ostend, about 15 minutes, then the coastal tram from outside the station.
Why Go
The coastal tram runs 67 kilometers along the shore from De Panne to Knokke, stopping at every resort. Ostend, the nearest, has a long seafront promenade, fish stalls by the harbor, and the Atlantic Wall's bunkers at Raversijde.
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