Ostend Beach and Promenade – Artwork 'Dancing Waves' loop from Oostende
Ostend Beach and Promenade – Artwork 'Dancing Waves' loop from Oostende
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Ostend Beach and Promenade – Artwork 'Dancing Waves' loop from Oostende
02:53
11.4km
30m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 28, 2026
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Includes movable bridges
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After 314 m for 14 m
After 11.0 km for 14 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.28 km
Ostend Beach and Promenade
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1.78 km
Artwork 'Dancing Waves'
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The monumental statue of 5m high was solemnly installed on 20-06-2008 on the Zeedijk at the Kursaal.
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2.17 km
Villa Maritza
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2.44 km
Venetian Galleries (Venetiaanse Gaanderijen) Ostend
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2.57 km
Equestrian Statue of King Leopold II (Ostend)
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The left-wing part in particular raises eyebrows: the "grateful Congolese" who adore their hero.
What Leopold II had carried out in Congo would now undoubtedly be charged in an international court as acts against humanity.
But in the 19th century you could get away with that as a monarch.
The most famous images are those of children and adults with severed hands if they did not want to cooperate in, among other things, the rubber plantations. In order not to lose this black page of our colonial history, a protest action in 2004 saw the hand of one of the 'grateful Congolese' cut off, in reference to the Leopoldian reign of terror.
That reign of terror yielded a lot of profits. And with those profits, Leopold II had this neighborhood built. Knowing this, you might get a slightly sour aftertaste when admiring all this grand architecture.
Source: Routeyou
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2.58 km
Ostend Walk of Fame
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6.28 km
Beach
Beach
6.58 km
Pillage of the Sea by Rosa Barba
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Artist: Rosa Barba
'Cairns' have adorned our landscape since time immemorial. They emerge like heaped stones; turrets as handy anchor points for lost hikers. In different cultures they have a spiritual meaning. Especially in Japan they are seen as ceremonial or sacred places of reflection. Standing at the balancing stones, man acknowledges that he is at the mercy of nature and softly whispers wishes to her. Rosa Barba anchors such an enlarged cairn in Ostend. She imitates the stones by pouring concrete into textiles: a technique that promises flexibility for the architects and designers of tomorrow. The textile is reminiscent of the shape of sandbags, with which Barba creates a kind of imaginary dam against future sea level rise.
Source: dekust.be/nl/inspiratie/artikelenpark-beaufort
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10.2 km
Rock Strangers by Arne Quinze, Zeeheldenplein, Ostend
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Arne Quinze developed a sculpture cluster for the city of Ostend called Rock Strangers.
Strange objects that appear in locations where you would least expect them, such as the renovated Zeeheldenplein, the city's hotspot. It looks like they have washed up.
Their bright orange color contrasts sharply with their natural environment and gives them an alienating effect.
His Rock Strangers form a colorful accent in an otherwise fairly neutral, urban environment. With the immense metal installation, Quinze wants to counterbalance the increasingly strong uniformity in urban planning.
He also wants to penetrate the safe cocoon that people build around them in the city. Strange elements appear and contribute to the multi-society.
Location: Zeedijk near Zeeheldenplein, Ostend beaufortbeeldenpark.be
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11.4 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
7.52 km
3.01 km
691 m
123 m
Surfaces
5.91 km
4.88 km
437 m
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< 100 m
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