Knokke-Heist Travel Guide
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24km (14 miles) NE of Bruges; 35km (21 miles) NE of Ostend
Knokke is fashionable -- not as exclusive as it once was, but still fashionable. You can tell by the very look of the place; its main shopping street features upscale jewelers, art galleries, and sporting shops adorned with internationally famous designer names (some designer collections have actually been shown here before Paris!). Heist, snuggled up close to the Dutch border, attracts average-income (classy average-income) families.
The winding residential streets of the nearby suburb Het Zoute also fairly shriek "money," and it's big money -- the lovely villas proclaim owners of both wealth and what they at any rate consider exquisite taste. Whether or not you fit easily into this moneyed environment, a drive, cycle, or walk through Het Zoute provides a glimpse of the wealthy lifestyle of its inhabitants -- and if that doesn't grab you as a worthwhile way to spend 15 minutes, you can pass right through and arrive at Het Zwin Nature Reserve, where the birds have worse manners but more grace.
