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Oostende
Gistel

Ostend Polders – Ostend Creeks loop from Gistel

Hard

30

riders

Ostend Polders – Ostend Creeks loop from Gistel

01:50

27.7km

40m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Great for any fitness level. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 20, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 18.4 km for 131 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

135 m

Moere Station on the Groene 62

Highlight • Historical Site

Remnants of Gistel station with now the option for a snack and/or drink, ice cream.

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2

1.72 km

Ostend Polders

Highlight • Natural

Between 1584 and 1810, under the pressure of Ostend, the historic polders around Ostend acquired a typical character that distinguishes them from the other coastal polders. In that period, those …

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3

3.88 km

Actually a mooring place for pleasure yachts.

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4

11.1 km

Stene Village Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Friendly Stene awaits in the shadow of Ostend. A lovely village in a vast polder landscape. Only the size of a handkerchief, but still good for some Templar history, a …

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5

14.8 km

Ostend Creeks

Highlight • Lake

On a sunny winter day we wanted to escape the hustle and bustle of the beach. We found that peace in this place, so close and at the same time so remote.

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6

23.0 km

Zoutekreek

Highlight • Lake

The area of the Zoutekreek and the Sluiskreek is an important breeding ground for many birds: bluethroat, reed bunting, reed warbler, reed warbler, lapwing, black-tailed godwit, stonechat, etc. The surrounding …

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7

24.5 km

Bicycle bridge over the Plassendale-Nieuwpoort canal.

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8

26.0 km

Groene 62

Highlight • Cycleway

quiet walking/cycling path from Ostend to Torhout. And back ;)

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27.7 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.91 km

8.78 km

3.74 km

3.45 km

2.78 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.81 km

7.48 km

5.67 km

5.09 km

1.67 km

< 100 m

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Sunday 24 May

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