Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen, Koksijde

Name: Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen
Address: Koninklijke Prinslaan 2, Koksijde, 8670, Belgium
Telephone: +32 58 53 39 50

#1 among attractions in Koksijde

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Ten Duinen Abbey or the Abbey of the Dunes was a Cistercian monastery at Koksijde in what is now Belgium. It was one of the richest and most influential religious institutions in the medieval County of Flanders. It later relocated to the city of Bruges. ()

Local name: Abbaye des Dunes Established: 1107 (917 years ago)Architectural style: Romanesque architecture, Gothic, RenaissanceCoordinates: 51°6'35"N, 2°37'43"E

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Koninklijke Prinslaan 2Koksijde 8670 Belgium

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+32 58 53 39 50

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Day trips

Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Plopsaland De Panne, King Albert I Memorial, Arizona, Ganzepoot.

2.4 miSW
Amusement park
Plopsaland De Panne, De Panne
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5.8 miE
Monuments and statues
King Albert I Memorial, Nieuwpoort
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2 miW
51°6'4"N • 2°35'1"E
Arizona, De Panne
52 min walk • Amusement, Amusement park, Gear rental
5.8 miE
Canal
Ganzepoot, Nieuwpoort
148 min walk • The Ganzepoot is a series of locks and spillways in the inner port of Nieuwpoort, Belgium which connect one river, three water channels and two canals with the mouth of the Yser River and the maritime port.
2.9 miSW
Cemetery
Adinkerke Military Cemetery
75 min walk • Adinkerke Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the Western Front of the First and Second World War.
5.8 miE
Memorial
Nieuport Memorial, Nieuwpoort
149 min walk • The British Nieuport Memorial is a First World War memorial, located in the Belgian port city of Nieuwpoort, which is at the mouth of the River Yser.
3 miSE
51°4'20"N • 2°39'49"E
Sint-Niklaaskerk, Veurne
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2.9 miSE
Church
Sint Walburgakerk, Veurne
74 min walk • The church of Saint Walburga is a catholic religious building in Veurne, West Flanders. Third building on the same site, the current church, in Gothic style, was built several centuries ago and keeps an unfinished aspect.
2.8 miS
Canal
Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal
73 min walk • The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal is a canal which links the Belgian coastal town of Nieuwpoort with the French port Dunkirk. The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal forms an extension of the Plassendale–Nieuwpoort Canal, and runs for 32 kilometres pretty much parallel to the coast line, within two to four kilometers from the sea.
5.4 miNE
Lighthouse
Vuurtoren Nieuwpoort
138 min walk • The Nieuport lighthouse, built in 1284, was the first lighthouse on the European continent.
3.1 miS
Canal
Canal de la Basse Colme, Veurne
80 min walk • The Canal de la Basse Colme is a canal in northern France from Bergues to Hondschoote on the Belgian border. It is the eastern segment of the Canal de la Colme. In Belgium, it continues as the Canal de Bergues. Today, this channel is downgraded.