Throughout history, the coast has spawned various architectural types of public infrastructure which enabled and enhanced the coastal experience. The British invention of the marine pier for instance ...

William Cook writes about travel in continental Europe for The Telegraph, in particular Central Europe, the Benelux and the Baltic states. Previously, he has written extensively for The Independent, ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I grew up in Ostend, a few blocks from the apartment I now run as Paradis – a showroom, gallery and a place to ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Some 90 minutes’ drive from Calais in France, across the flat fields of Flanders, is a beach resort with a difference ...

Ostend tourist board plans tribute to singer who spent 18 months recovering from his addictions in faded fishing town Ostend, the blowy Belgian resort on the North Sea, has international aspirations ...

What’s this boat on the beach for? Photo courtesy Medialaan OSTEND, Belgium — For the 10th consecutive year, Dutch-language commercial radio station Qmusic temporarily moved its studios to the sands ...

The Maginot Line was a defensive disaster in the Second World War, but Germany's Atlantic Wall proved to be even more spectacular. Belgium was key to both and now has the only substantial surviving ...

To raise awareness of the marine litter challenge, the United Nations, European Union and The Smurfs, ambassadors of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, are teaming up to clean beaches across ...

The world’s largest sand sculpture festival is in Ostend, Belgium. 32 artists have transformed the beach into a giant open-air gallery. This year, the festival is celebrating the 25th anniversary of ...

New Town East Ward in Banjul were crowned champions of the Ostend beach football tournament after defeating Jollof Town Ward 1-0 in the final played at the Nefertiti Banjul beach. Isaka Dukureh's lone ...