Knokke Heist

  • The polarized views on the Belgian Coast

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    My first meeting with the Belgian coast was the Zwin. Many years ago, I was bicycling from the Netherlands, and after a long succession of dikes, polders and sea-walls, the broad tidal marsh of the Zwin announced that I had, at last, entered Belgium. Save grumblings about its unfortunate proximity to Knokke; I have not…