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As seen on the streets of Ostend: a street art guide (with maps!)

As you might know, back in April I attended The Crystal Ship street art festival in the Belgian coastal city of Ostend.

It was my first time there and I made a point to catch up with all the excellent public art works that have been produced since 2016 in Ostend, a city that is definitely standing out thanks to an enticing programme of contemporary and urban art events.

Art Cemetery Oostende

What to do in Oostende (besides checking out street art)

what to do in oostende Belgium The Royals were bathing in Oostende since the 19th century, but this seaside resort on the Belgian coastline is even older: it was an ancient fishermen village, which rose to the status of town back in 1265.

More recently, Oostende is standing out thanks to an enticing programme of contemporary and urban art events. I was there to attend the street art festival The Crystal Ship and I made the most out of my week in Oostende by also doing some street-art-unrelated things, such as:

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The streets are fields that never die: The Crystal Ship 2018’s logbook

The Crystal Ship 2018 > “The Crystal Ship is being filled”

“It’s nice to see a familiar face,” I said as I hugged Wasp Elder. It was my first time at The Crystal Ship street art festival in Oostende: I didn’t know anyone, I was unfamiliar with the city, and given my notorious social awkwardness, I was feeling a bit lost. All I had with me was a map I got from the Visit Oostende tourist office, which quickly became soaked under the Belgian rain.