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Heist-aan-Zee, or Heist, is a town in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Till 1971 it was a municipality.
Map of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
It was a prominent summer beach resort in the 1890s.
It had a beach front lined with hotels and a "dike" paved walked way on a storm fender. Fishing boats were mooring on the beach, and one could purchase a ticket to bathe in the sea.
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