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Knokke-Heist Travel Guide
Long linked with affluence and sophistication, Knokke-Heist boasts Belgium’s highest concentration of art galleries and second homes per square kilometre, along with some of the country’s greatest numbers of restaurants and luxury cars per capita. Yet beyond the glamour lies striking natural diversity, from broad North Sea beaches and rolling dunes to expansive polder landscapes. A resort in every season, it invites visitors both to mingle in the spotlight and to slip quietly into nature.
STAY
- Hotel Brittania
- Hotel St. Pol
- Hotel Villa Verdi (boutique)
- La Réserve (resort)
- Villa Bonnie (seaside hotel)
EAT
- Bij Sandy (artisanal ice cream)
- Batholomeus (**Michelin)
- Blanco (Belgo-Mexican)
- Brasserie Bristol (seafood)
- Cuines 33 (*Michelin)
- De Kruier (Belgian)
- Patisserie Vereecke (filled waffles)
- Sel Gris (*Michelin)
- Ugly Duckling (Asian "fun dining")
DRINK
- Brazila (coffee roastery)
- Crème Karamel (tea salon)
- La Réserve Bar (indoor-outdoor)
- La Terrasse du Zoute (world wines)
- Rubens (brasserie)
- Sphere (bar and restaurant)
SHOP
- Callebert Design (home)
- Chocolatier M (handmade pralines)
- LABELLOVÂ (pre-owned luxury purses & accessories)
- L’AmuZette (home store/food bar)
- Must Have (home & wellness)
- UNOÂ (clothes & more)
EXPERIENCE
- Heist Viert Carnaval, Feb
- International Firework Festival, Aug
- Knokke Art Fair, Aug
- Shopping Shuttle, Apr-15 Oct
- Winter in Knokke-Heist, Nov-Jan
- Zoute Beach Flower Festival, 15 Aug
- Zoute Grand Prix (old timer cars), Oct
MUST-SEE
- Albertplein (checkered square)
- Art galleries
- Het Zoute (luxury district)
- HEY (Heist museum)
- PeireMuzee (art museum)
- Zeedijk (seaside promenade)
- Zwin Natuur Park













