Tower by Thomas Lerooy – Heist-aan-Zee Promenade loop from Knokke-Heist
Tower by Thomas Lerooy – Heist-aan-Zee Promenade loop from Knokke-Heist
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Tower by Thomas Lerooy – Heist-aan-Zee Promenade loop from Knokke-Heist
01:14
11.4km
70m
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Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 22, 2026
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2.55 km
Albert Beach Promenade
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The seaside resort was created after the bank wall that Knokke-Bad connected to Duinbergen in winter 1921-1922, during a storm for an important part. The country, which was owned by the development company Société de Knocke-Duinbergen-Extension (Society for Expansion of Knokke-Duinbergen), which was founded in 1911, lost its value. and was bought by Joseph Nellens, a wealthy Antwerp industrialist and senator. On April 6, 1922 the latter acquired 220 hectares of the area. His Société Immobilière Knocke Balnéaire began allocating the area.
Nellens wanted to build a thriving seaside resort and proposed to the Ministry of Public Works to tear down the undamaged parts of the dike and build a new one 100 meters inland. This is how Albert Beach came into being, named after King Albert I at the time. According to the plans of town planner Hermann-Josef Stübben from May 18, 1900, the construction of a large number of huts began.
The dike was completed in 1925 and then the plan for building a new casino was implemented. This was opened on July 5, 1930.
Joseph's son Gustave Nellens followed his father as director of the casino, and in 1971 his son Jacques Nellens followed. The casino also organized numerous cultural events under the direction of these directors.
Source: translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=nl&u=https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertstrand&prev=search
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Zeedijk Duinbergen Promenade, Knokke-Heist
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3.42 km
Tower by Thomas Lerooy
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Tower is Lerooy's first permanent sculpture in public space and consists of 49 bronze heads that all look straight out to sea. It refers to today's society that is built up from various elements that are more valuable together than separately. A society in which we are dependent on each other, we listen to each other and make compromises. Just as a child stacks blocks to make a tower, Lerooy stacks heads to create something meaningful.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Thomas Lerooy works on a coherent oeuvre of drawings, bronze sculptures and paintings. In 2015, Lerooy was the first living artist to have a solo exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris. Lerooy's works are included in the collections of important international museums and institutions such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Belfius Art Collection in Brussels.
Source: myknokke-heist.be/nl/art-city/tower-thomas-lerooy
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4.75 km
View of Heist Beach
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4.90 km
Statue on the promenade in Heist
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5.40 km
Heist-aan-Zee Promenade
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The beach was lined with hotels and had a paved dike path on a storm fender. Fishing boats were moored on the beach and you could buy a ticket to swim in the sea.
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heist-aan-Zee
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11.4 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
7.56 km
2.66 km
970 m
164 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
8.84 km
2.17 km
237 m
109 m
< 100 m
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