Local guidebook for Ostend

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Local guidebook for Ostend

Places to visit

Most interesting modern art museum in Ostend. Contemporary artists are represented alongside big names from Belgian art history.
70 locals recommend
Mu.ZEE
11 Romestraat
70 locals recommend
Most interesting modern art museum in Ostend. Contemporary artists are represented alongside big names from Belgian art history.
Old fortress in the dunes of Ostend
79 locals recommend
Fort Napoleon
13 Vuurtorenweg
79 locals recommend
Old fortress in the dunes of Ostend
Interesting museum ship
47 locals recommend
Mercator
2 Vindictivelaan
47 locals recommend
Interesting museum ship
House where the famous painter James Ensor used to live.
34 locals recommend
Ensor Museum
27 Vlaanderenstraat
34 locals recommend
House where the famous painter James Ensor used to live.
100 meters from the apartment. You can rent surfer's gear for a good price. Nice place to have a drink on the beach.
17 locals recommend
Surfclub Inside Outside
214 Koning Boudewijnpromenade
17 locals recommend
100 meters from the apartment. You can rent surfer's gear for a good price. Nice place to have a drink on the beach.
Really nice big park to hang out and have a walk. There a children's playground, you can even rent a water bike in the summer months. There is a bar/restaurant in the middle of the park where you can have a drink and/or eat.
52 locals recommend
Maria Hendrikapark
1-2 Platanendreef
52 locals recommend
Really nice big park to hang out and have a walk. There a children's playground, you can even rent a water bike in the summer months. There is a bar/restaurant in the middle of the park where you can have a drink and/or eat.

Foreign food

Recommended sushi place
Delight Sushi and bar
54 Christinastraat
Recommended sushi place
If you fancy some Filippino food.
Filipijns Restaurant Pot Mami
1 Achturenplein
If you fancy some Filippino food.
Best pizza's for a small price.
12 locals recommend
Picobello
94 Alfons Pieterslaan
12 locals recommend
Best pizza's for a small price.
Scandinavian-inspired kitchen and interior for breakfast and lunch.
11 locals recommend
MOOSE-Ostend
86 Wellingtonstraat
11 locals recommend
Scandinavian-inspired kitchen and interior for breakfast and lunch.
Good Mexican food and cocktails
15 locals recommend
La Siesta Oostende
23 Wittenonnenstraat
15 locals recommend
Good Mexican food and cocktails
For a healthy and budget-friendly lunch.
7 locals recommend
Ohana Pokébowls
3 Groentemarkt
7 locals recommend
For a healthy and budget-friendly lunch.

Gastronomic

If you are looking for gastronomic cuisine, Storm is a good address. The slots only open up until 3 months and you need to book well ahead of time.
10 locals recommend
Restaurant STORM
21 Hendrik Baelskaai
10 locals recommend
If you are looking for gastronomic cuisine, Storm is a good address. The slots only open up until 3 months and you need to book well ahead of time.
Refined Italian cuisine
9 locals recommend
Resto Marina
7 Hendrik Baelskaai
9 locals recommend
Refined Italian cuisine

Brunch and coffee spots

A former postal office turned into a cultural center for art, theatre, and other cultural activities. A nice place to have lunch here.
59 locals recommend
Cultural Center De Grote Post
18A Hendrik Serruyslaan
59 locals recommend
A former postal office turned into a cultural center for art, theatre, and other cultural activities. A nice place to have lunch here.
Locals call this one of the best places to buy pastry in town. Patisserie Aelter closer to the apartment also makes delicious pastry.
22 locals recommend
Patisserie Caruso
29 Nieuwstraat
22 locals recommend
Locals call this one of the best places to buy pastry in town. Patisserie Aelter closer to the apartment also makes delicious pastry.
Ideal breakfast lunch place, serving salads and pasta dishes.
14 locals recommend
Passe-Vite
10 Nieuwstraat
14 locals recommend
Ideal breakfast lunch place, serving salads and pasta dishes.
Good place to have a drink and a bite on the promenade. Second-hand design furniture for sale with sea view.
20 locals recommend
GALERIE BEAUSITE
39 Albert I-promenade
20 locals recommend
Good place to have a drink and a bite on the promenade. Second-hand design furniture for sale with sea view.
Cosy coffeeshop with an arty setting. No payment by card here!
ZigZag art-bar Oostende
6 Romestraat
Cosy coffeeshop with an arty setting. No payment by card here!
Great little breakfast and lunch bar just away from the seaside boardwalk.
Expo & Kafie
47 Van Iseghemlaan
Great little breakfast and lunch bar just away from the seaside boardwalk.
Tastefully decorated chill coffee and apero bar with sea view.
Et Alors
45 Vlaanderenstraat
Tastefully decorated chill coffee and apero bar with sea view.

Bars

Authentic cozy bar with soulful music in the heart of Ostend.
45 locals recommend
Bar La Fayette
12 Langestraat
45 locals recommend
Authentic cozy bar with soulful music in the heart of Ostend.
Cozy bar restaurant with lots of local beer.
20 locals recommend
Café Botteltje
19 Louisastraat
20 locals recommend
Cozy bar restaurant with lots of local beer.
One of the many beach bars during the summer months on the beaches of Ostend. The closest beach bar is Buddha Mar which is across the building.
Monroe Beach Bar Ostend
52-53 Albert I-promenade
One of the many beach bars during the summer months on the beaches of Ostend. The closest beach bar is Buddha Mar which is across the building.
Tastefully decorated lounge bar in the Upstairs hotel.
Van Bulck Bar/Brasserie
15 Hertstraat
Tastefully decorated lounge bar in the Upstairs hotel.