Belgium - West Flanders

Our first night's stay outside Brugge was simply a starting point for our visit to West Flanders. It's a beautiful old city ringed by canals and a second visit will be made in the next few days.
Damme is a small village a few miles north of Brugge and cycling along the canals you come across all sorts of expressive art, such as the picture below.

Zuid Vaart (canal) near Damme

Knokke is clearly a holiday destination of note for the Belgians and the Dutch. The Dutch border is a few miles away and many cars have Dutch registrations. The beach is dotted with beach clubs, some quite grand with soft furnishings on the sand, bars, snacks and furnished beach huts. Membership of the Beach Club Monroe comes at £1000.00 for the summer months of July and August, which includes hut, two chairs, daily fresh towels, large umbrella and use of facilities. Staff were tanned, wore RayBans and spoke good English.

Beach club at Knokke

Zeebrugge

The port of Zeebrugge is well known for both goods and as a ferry terminal in Europe. We found another very well situated camperstop overlooking a major part of the harbour. Parked right in front of the designated motorhome parking area, we had a grand stand view of all comings and goings, providing many photo opportunities.

View of the port area - Fifi front left

Camperstop at Zeebrugge port

Memorial to Belgian soldiers in the port

Sunset over the docks, seen from Fifi