Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Knokke-Heist works well as a base: 10 minutes from Westkapelle, 18km from Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Knokke-Heist is in Flanders, Belgium, with about 34,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Westkapelle, about 5 km away.
Knokke-Heist (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌknɔkəˈɦɛist]; French: Knocke-Heist) is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke, Duinbergen, Ramskapelle and Westkapelle. On January 1, 2006, Knokke-Heist had a total population of 34,063. The total areaRead more
is 56.44 km2 which gives a population density of 603 inhabitants per km2. Knokke-Heist is located along the North Sea in a polder area on the Belgian border with the Netherlands. It is Belgium's best-known and most affluent seaside resort.
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Within an hour or so of Knokke-Heist: Café Vlissinghe (15 km), Bruges Markt (16 km), Belfry of Bruges (In Bruges) (16 km), Koninklijke Baan Coast Road (18 km).
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Brouwersdam.
Knokke-Heist is in Flanders, Belgium, about 5 km from Westkapelle.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cafe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
16 km · about 20 min drive
film location
The 83m medieval belfry that Ray climbs and falls from in the climax of In Bruges.
16 km · about 20 min drive
coastal drive
The N34 'Royal Road' hugs nearly the whole Belgian coast, sharing its corridor with the world's longest tram line and passing Belle Epoque De Haan, dunes and beach resorts.
18 km · about 20 min drive
tunnel
At 6.6 km the longest road tunnel in the Netherlands, diving under the busy Western Scheldt shipping lane to link Zeeland with Zeelandic Flanders since 2003.
37 km · about 45 min drive
tunnel
Tolled 6.6-kilometre road tunnel under the Western Scheldt linking Zeelandic Flanders to Zuid-Beveland, replacing two ferries.
37 km · about 45 min drive
bridge
The colossal storm-surge barrier crossing the Oosterschelde, the showpiece of Holland's Delta Works flood defences.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
An artificial Delta Works island where you can walk inside the storm barrier and watch seals on the Zeeland coast.
44 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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