Côte belge

The Art Deco coast — Ostend to De Haan

On the Belgian coast, between Ostend, Blankenberge and De Haan, the interwar years left a spa complex, grand hotels, a pier and a casino. Art Deco interiors behind neoclassical or modernist façades: the seaside repertoire remains varied.

6 stops · Duration full day · Distance 35 km · public transport

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1. Thermae Palace Hotel

   Julien Flegenheimer, Henri Bard, F. Garella & André-Louis Daniëls · 1933

   The Thermae Palace, formerly the "Palais des Thermes", combines a thermal institute and a grand hotel built on and behind Ostend's Royal Galleries; the project was decided in 1929.

2. Hôtel du Parc — Ostende

   Joseph Vanderbanck · 1928

   Corner hotel on the Marie-Joséplein whose Art Deco appearance results from the 1928 remodelling of a neoclassical hotel of around 1879-1880, signed by the architect Joseph Vanderbanck.

3. Villa Parkhouse (Chaletstraat) — Ostende

   André-Louis Daniëls · 1924

   Eclectic town house signed by the Ostend architect André-Louis Daniëls, built around 1924 as a summer residence for a Frenchman, according to the inventory.

4. Belgium Pier de Blankenberge

   Jules Soete, avec Gustave Magnel et A. Bouquet · 1933

   Blankenberge's first pier, of cast iron, dates from 1894; it was set on fire by the German occupier in 1915.

5. Casino de Blankenberge

   Léon Stynen, Raphaël Speybrouck & Gustaaf Van Sluys · 1934

   The casino was built in 1932-1934 by Léon Stynen with the Blankenberge architects Raphaël Speybrouck and Gustaaf Van Sluys.

6. Hôtel Astoria — De Haan

   Léon Ide · 1929

   Imposing Art Deco hotel in De Haan, built to plans of 1929 after the demolition of the casino that stood on the site.

Translated from the French original.