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Lighthouse Het Lage Licht (Westkapelle, Veere, Netherlands)

March 7, 2026291 Views Walcheren, Zeeland 1 min read

is a beautifully situated, yet small lighthouse on the banks of the Westerschelde. It is made of cast iron, is about...

10-49K visitors 1400-1600 Renaissance Museum New Viewpoint Observation tower Lighthouse Water

Het Hoge Licht Lighthouse (Westkapelle, Veere, Netherlands)

March 7, 2026295 Views Walcheren, Zeeland 1 min read

is an old lighthouse located in the center of Westkapelle (on the banks of the Westerschelde). Westkapelle is a borough...

New Viewpoint Observation tower Water Science & Technology

Radar tower De Lange Neel (Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland)

March 6, 2026278 Views 1 min read

is the tallest radar tower in Europe! It is no less than 127 meters high and was put into operation in 2016....

1945–1955 Reconstruction 360 Food & Drink Hotel New Viewpoint Observation tower Accommodation Water

Hotel De Zeevaartschool (Vlissingen, Netherlands)

March 5, 2026367 Views Walcheren, Zeeland 5 min read

is a fine example of a successful renovation and repurposing project involving immovable heritage: the former Higher Nautical College / Maritime Institute...

10-49K visitors 1400-1600 Renaissance Belfry New Viewpoint Observation tower UNESCO

Saint-Elooi Belfry (Dunkirk, France)

March 3, 2026362 Views Flandre Maritime, Le Nord 4 min read

is one of two belfries in Dunkirk. It is the oldest of the two. At the bottom is the...

New Viewpoint Observation tower Water Science & Technology

Radar tower Ossenisse (Walsoorden, Hulst, Netherlands)

March 2, 2026343 Views Zeeland, Zeeland Flanders 2 min read

is an important, yet unmanned, radar tower that monitors and controls shipping traffic on the Western Scheldt. The...

360°Horizon 2025 Art Viewpoint Observation tower

Warande Tower (Middelkerke, Belgium)

February 25, 20263908 Views Belgian Coast, West Flanders 2 min read

Westtoer defined the "Horizon 2025" project a few years ago. The aim is to make viewpoints accessible or more attractive again, or to make them more attractive.

1940-1945 World War II Horizon 2025 War & Peace Viewpoint Observation Tower

German Observation Tower Peselhoek (Poperinge, Belgium)

February 11, 20261970 Views Poperinge, West Flanders 2 min read

The German army was active in Poperinge in 1940. Among other things, there was a small airfield with an observation tower. This...

Horizon 2025 Viewpoint Observation tower Water

Knokke Bridge View Tower (Houthulst, Belgium)

February 6, 20261580 Views The Westhoek, West Flanders 3 min read

In mid-2025, the Knokke Bridge viewing tower opened as the new Horizon 2025 attraction point. This structure of steel and wooden wickerwork is...

1000-1300 High Middle Ages Church New Viewpoint Observation tower Work in progress

St. Peter's Church (Lo, Lo-Reninge, Belgium)

January 27, 2026563 Views The Westhoek, West Flanders 4 min read

It used to be part of St. Peter's Abbey. That is why St. Peter's Abbey Church is sometimes referred to when people talk about...

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War & Peace ...

10-49K visitors 1940-1945 World War II 360 Historic site Museum War & Peace

Battery Todt – Museum of the Atlantic Wall (Audinghen, France)

March 3, 2026 3 min read

Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, better known by the popular name "Battery Todt," is a war museum built out in and around...

1914-1918 World War I 360 Trenches Museum War & Peace Park UNESCO

Vimy Ridge – Vimy Trenches (Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France)

March 3, 2026 3 min read

1940-1945 World War II Horizon 2025 War & Peace Viewpoint Observation Tower

About us

Philippe Vercoutter & Kristine De Loose have been living and working in the Flanders region for decades. As such, they know the region quite well: the Opal Coast, northern France, West Flanders and Zeeland Flanders.

Philippe Vercoutter is both a computer science graduate and an engineer in image processing techniques. Kristine also has two higher educations: one as a tax accountant and the other as an assistant architect. Together they have a lot of complementary experience and knowledge in all kinds of local and international, commercial and non-commercial tourism and hospitality projects. For example, they ran together for 12 years the renowned hotel-restaurant Hostellerie Kemmelberg ****. Philippe has been involved in photography since the age of 16 and is Google Local Guide Level 8. He is also one of the initiators and president of AstroLAB IRIS. Currently they also lead, among other things, the renovation project of the castle villa "Castel Mino" in the historic Dumont neighborhood of De Panne.

The intention of this website is certainly not to give a complete list of tourist attractions. They stick to things they have visited themselves and/or are so incontournable that you simply must have visited them. These are all things they stand behind 100%. The beauty and quality of "the experience" are always the focus of their attention. So it is a, sometimes quirky, touristic view of this region with a rich past. Enjoy!

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