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QTH : Oostende - Loc JO11KF  

Oostende has been an important port since the Middle Ages. It became a favourite resort of the International royalty in the 19th century and became a fashionable town with casino, horse races and elegant buildings.  Oostende is still a bustling  town with excellent restaurants, cosy cafés, museums , casino and a Hippodroom with regularly  horse racing.

  The Beach anno 1907

  At that time Oostende was mainly a fisher communnitie

 The Casino anno 1800

 Besides the common people  there was also a high society

 The Harbour now

 Now the harbour has commercial- and recreative activities 

 The Fish market

 Tourists like to visit the fish market