West-Flanders - Oostende

Biking-on-Seaside (55 km)

Introduction

On this trip you disover the Belgian coast, you will cycle next the North Sea. This trip starts in Ostend. Very important for the image of the city was the attention it started to receive from the Belgian kings Leopold I and Leopold II. Both liked to spend their vacations in Ostend. Important monuments and villas were built to please the Royal Family. The rest of aristocratic Belgium followed and soon Ostend became known as "The Queen of the Belgian sea-side resorts".

Departure

Oudenburg