Heist-aan-Zee
Heist-aan-Zee, or Heist, is a town in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium.
Georges Lemmen, Beach at Heist, 1892
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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