Nieuwpoort Pier – Nieuwpoort Lighthouse loop from Nieuwpoort
Nieuwpoort Pier – Nieuwpoort Lighthouse loop from Nieuwpoort
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Nieuwpoort Pier – Nieuwpoort Lighthouse loop from Nieuwpoort
04:02
15.9km
40m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 6, 2026
This route includes a ferry crossing
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Temporary access restrictions
Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.
After 5.75 km for 179 m
Open: • Public holidays & Saturday & Sunday: 9:30 AM-12:40 PM & 1:30 PM-7:40 PM • March-September, School holidays: 9:30 AM-12:40 PM & 1:30 PM-7:40 PM (otherwise closed)
After 13.1 km for 179 m
Open: • Public holidays & Saturday & Sunday: 9:30 AM-12:40 PM & 1:30 PM-7:40 PM • March-September, School holidays: 9:30 AM-12:40 PM & 1:30 PM-7:40 PM (otherwise closed)
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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891 m
Saint Bernardus Church, Nieuwpoort-Bad
Highlight • Religious Site
Source: dekust.be/nl/doen/sint-bernarduskerk
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4.66 km
Nieuwpoort Pier
Highlight • Structure
A picket fence is the entrance to a port. This breaks the force of the waves and prevents silting up, making access safer. The first western tower with a length of 490 meters was driven at the mouth of the harbor channel in 1865. The pile head was much wider than it is today. It was crowned with a typical light beacon and a lovely drinking house was also operated on the pile head. The western tower had a 2 meter wide walkway and two stairs to the beach, one approximately in the middle and the second at head level. The eastern stake was driven in 1872 with a length of 543 meters.
Before the First World War, a pile of 400 meters in length ran from the western tower as an extension along the left bank of the harbor channel to the place where the former yacht club K.Y.C.N. There was a small harbor for the shrimp boats, which offered their catch for sale to the people passing by. The western head was torn loose from the walkway during the heavy storm of September 30, 1911 and was blown about two hundred meters westward.
The picket fence was destroyed during the 1914-18 war. The repairs only started in 1925 and were completed in 1931. The heads on both palings became smaller. There was no room left for a drinking house on the western tower. Both heads were fitted with a guiding light.
During the Second World War no public was allowed on the fence. In 1941 the Germans dynamited the eastern tower. When the Germans withdrew from Nieuwpoort in September 1944, the Germans set the fortress on fire.
Renewal of the picket fences on February 1, 1994.
An information stand in a container placed in front of the warehouse building gives an idea of the planned renovation. During this renovation, the walking path has been widened to 5 meters. The head of the western structure was doubled in surface area (40x15 meters). On the light towers, the fog bells with outer hammer made of bronze were replaced by an electronic fog horn. The stairs to the beach at the pile head disappeared.
The renovated palings were officially inaugurated at the beginning of 1999.
The picket fence quickly became one of the main attractions for those on holiday, who enjoyed the pleasures of fishing with a casting line or hauling net.
Pickets are accessible to the disabled.
Source: zone-nieuwpoort.be/historie%20staketsel.html
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6.57 km
VNR De IJzermonding
Nature Reserve
10.0 km
Beach
Beach
12.0 km
Viewing Platform Nieuwpoort Beach and Pier
Highlight • Viewpoint
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12.1 km
Nieuwpoort Lighthouse
Highlight • Monument
The first dated from 1883 and was irreparably damaged during the First World War.
A new tower was built in 1923-1926.
This in turn was destroyed during the Second World War.
The current one was built after the war based on the model of the tower from 1923-1926.
Put into operation in 1949.
Cylindrical concrete tower painted in red and white stripes.
Height: 28m
two red flashes every 14 seconds
Range: 15 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1852m)
The light installation made according to the Fresnel principle dates from 1923-1926. This equipment was brought to Paris in 1940 and thus survived the destruction in 1944. It originally worked on gas and was later converted to electricity.
With its red and white paint and its typical silhouette, the tower is a unique beacon in the Nieuwpoort dunes. Its silhouette also serves as a logo for the city of Nieuwpoort.
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13.3 km
IJzer Estuary Nature Reserve
Highlight • Natural
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15.8 km
Simliduinen
Highlight • Natural
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15.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
8.27 km
3.00 km
2.31 km
1.72 km
377 m
117 m
Surfaces
8.50 km
5.19 km
1.30 km
419 m
383 m
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