Baai van Heist

Baai van Heist is a nature reserve in Knokke-Heist, Arrondissement of Bruges, Flanders. Access is restricted and requires permission. Baai van Heist is situated nearby to the suburb Heist-aan-Zee, as well as near the neighborhood Zeebrugge-Dorp.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heist railway station and High lighthouse of Heist.

Heist railway station

Railway station

Heist is a railway station in the town of Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. The station opened on 29 June 1920 and is located on line 51B. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium.

High lighthouse of Heist

Lighthouse

Photo: Laaglander, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Low lighthouse of Heist

Lighthouse

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zeebrugge and Heist-aan-Zee.

Zeebrugge

Village

Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zeebrugge is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zeebrugge and a seafront resort with hotels, cafés, a marina and a beach.

Heist-aan-Zee

Suburb

Heist-aan-Zee, Heist or Heyst, is a town in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. It was a prominent summer beach resort in the 1890s. It had a beachfront lined with hotels and a "dike" paved walkway on a storm fender.

Knokke

Suburb

Knokke is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. The town itself has 15,708 inhabitants.

Baai van Heist

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Knokke-Heist, Arrondissement of Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.3438° or 51° 20′ 38″ north

Longitude

3.2303° or 3° 13′ 49″ east

Operator

Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos

Open location code

9F3586VJ+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 238632315

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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