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	Ostend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, French: Ostende) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
		The municipality comprises the city of Ostend proper and the towns of Mariakerke, Stene and Zandvoorde.
		Ostend became a transit harbour to England in 1846 when the first Ferryboat sailed to Dover.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ostend (636 words)

	OSTEND - LoveToKnow Article on OSTEND
		(Flemish and French Ostende), a town of Belgium in the province of West Flanders.
		Apart from these docks Ostend has a very considerable passenger and provision traffic with England, and is the headquarters of the Belgian fishing fleet, estimated to employ 400 boats and 1600 men and boys.
		Ostend is in direct railway communication with Brussels, Cologne and Berlin.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OS/OSTEND.htm (266 words)

	Ostend East India compny, Paulus Swaen Old maps Internet Auction, antique maps, globes, atlases.
		Some private merchants from Antwerp, Ghent and Ostend were granted charters for the East-India-trade by the Austrian govemment that had recently come to power in the Southern Netherlands.
		Between 1728 and 1731 a small number of illegal expeditions was organized under borrowed flags, but the very last ships sailing for the company were the two "permission-vessels" that left in 1732 and were a concession made in the second treaty of Vienna.
		The small Ostend shipyards at first were not able to produce vessels of that size and so the Ostenders were obliged to look for their ships abroad.
	www.swaen.com /ostend.html (1095 words)

	Ostend, Belgium
		Ostend is the only true city on the coast and has 9km of sandy beaches.
		During World war II Ostend suffered an aerial bombardment however it survived and Ostend is now a major Belgian city with a population of around 90,000 people.
		Ostend is often referred to as the Queen of Coast and is home to fine wide sandy beaches.
	www.wessex.ac.uk /conferences/locations/ostend/info (1208 words)

	Ostend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The municipality comprises the city of Ostend proper and the towns of, and.
		On January 1st, 2004 Ostend had a total population of 68,273 (32,782 males and 35,491 females).
		The (= the Ostend trade society) was allowed to found colonies overseas.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Ostend (689 words)

	Ostend Waiheke Island
		Ostend is the 'seat of government' on Waiheke with the local Auckland City Council Council offices, medical centre, Returned Services Association Club, shops, a weekly village market on Saturday mornings and the island's supermarket.
		Based in Ostend is Waiheke Property Management who specialise in arranging holiday accommodation anywhere on the island.
		Also at Ostend is The Rocks Bar and Bistro Fun and entertainment only minutes from Waiheke's spectacular beaches the place to wine and dine, hold functions and listen to great music.
	www.gotowaiheke.co.nz /virtual_tour/ostend.htm (183 words)

	Islands of the Triad -- A visit to Ostend
		Ostend the major city and center of the second island.
		Ostend's dominion controls the major trade with The Crown of Tears, the fishing and farming of the intercoastal area (including regulating and mediating sea troll and fey folk conflicts) and the trade routes with E Nord, A Nord, Sorens Delve, Sorens and Severed Pitch.
		Inside it has a great firestone, somewhat like the one the one-eyed-king has over his realm, and there are traces of thermals still rising in the protected harbor, with the old fish pens still riding on them.
	adrr.com /story/ianthe012.htm (2396 words)

	The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History: Ostend, Battle of@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In World War I, two British attempts to block the entrance of the Ostend harbour 1918 to deny the Germans use of the harbour and bottle up their vessels.
		Ostend, a Belgian town in the province of West Flanders, seaport, and fishing harbour, was occupied by the Germans 14 Oct 1914 and remained in their hands for the rest of the war.
		They developed the port as a U-boat and light destroyer base for the German Navy and it was this that made the port a prime target for the British.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28758179&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (194 words)

	Ostend Airport / Arms' smuggling
		At the end of May 2000 an attempt was made to fly four helicopters by Ilyushin freighter from Ostend to the Congo (ex-Zaïre but hereafter referred to as the Congo).
		According to the UK newspaper The Observer of 14 March 1999, the same aircraft 5B-DAZ, which in 1997 made some 28 flights from Ostend flew, in December 1998, a cargo of weapons and ammunition from Hermes, the former Slovak state-owned arms' manufacturer in Bratislava, to the Sudan, in breach of an EU embargo.
		Two Phoenix Ilyushins were observed in August 1999 in Ostend and the last flight of one of them from Ostend was recorded in the official flight log on 29 January 2000 towards Khartoum in the Sudan.
	www.ruudleeuw.com /ostend.htm (3797 words)

	Ostend - Oostende, Belgium - Page 3
		Ostend's Best Western affiliate is a three-star hotel near the casino and beach.
		Fourteen of the 50 rooms have sea views at the Pacific, which is 50 yards from the beach and has parking on the premises.
		Ostend's De Ploate Youth Hostel has a capacity of 100 in rooms with two to five beds.
	europeforvisitors.com /europe/articles/ostend_hotels_dining.htm (312 words)

	Worldworx Travel - Features - Belgium - Information - Ostend
		Ostend lies on the coast of Belgium, in the north of the country.
		It began life as a sleepy fishing village in the 11th century and quickly grew in size to be Belgium's main port until Zeebrugge in the 19th century.
		During the world wars Ostend fared badly and was constantly under attack from air strikes.
	www.worldworx.tv /belgium/dc/information/ostend.htm (217 words)

	Ostend - TheBestLinks.com - Belgium, Brussels, Dutch language, English language, ...
		Ostend, Belgium, Brussels, Dutch language, English language, England, French...
		In earlier times, it was nothing more than a small village built on an island (called Testerep) between the North Sea and a beach lake.
		After their independence from the Spanish Empire, the Dutch had preserved some strongholds in the Southern Netherlands, such as the cities of Nieuwpoort and Ostend.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Ostend.html (639 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - British Admiralty Statement on the Ostend Raid, 11 May 1918
		The initial raid was originally proposed by British First Sea Lord, Sir John Jellicoe, and formulated by Dover port commander Sir Roger Keyes, after Jellicoe stated to the British cabinet his view that Britain's continuing ability to wage war depended upon blocking the exits from both ports, and thus denying German submarines convenient bases.
		The raid upon Ostend was however a clear failure, which prompted a follow-up attack on 9 May - also regarded as a failure (in spite of Allied propaganda to the contrary).
		A coastal motor-boat had visited her and hung a flare in her slack and rusty rigging; and that eye of unsteady fire, paling in the blaze of the star-shells or reddening through the drift of the smoke, watched the whole great enterprise, from the moment when it hung in doubt to its ultimate triumphant success.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/zeebrugge_admiralty2.htm (1084 words)

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		Officially the activities of the Ostend branch had to remain confined to the representation of the company under Zambian law in Belgium and Europe.
		When this became known in Ostend and leaflets [23] with the names of those involved in illegal operations began appearing in mail boxes, Bout and his company Air Cess disappeared from Belgium, according to the director of IPIS and UN expert on illegal arms trade, Johan Peleman.
		Ostend Airport seems unable or supposedly unwilling to finish with arms transport connected companies nor has efficient action to clean up the mess been undertaken by Belgian authorities, so that one could suspect some complicity of Belgian politics in sustaining arms traffic organizers at the airport.
	users.skynet.be /cleanostend/clos_en.htm (10272 words)

	Ostend - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Ostend is a totally underrated seaside resort that enjoys far better weather than its location suggests: Compared with British towns directly on the North Sea, the conditions are far more conducive to an enjoyable day out at the seaside than you might expect.
		Ostend and the neighbouring towns boast miles of beautifully smooth, golden beaches that are clean and...
		Ostend is easily reached from Dover- on this occasion I took the excellent Hoverspeed Catamaran service which is both efficient...
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/ostend (274 words)

	OSTEND COMPANY - LoveToKnow Article on OSTEND COMPANY
		The success of the Dutch, English and French East India Companies led the merchants and shipowners of Ostend to desire to establish direct commercial relations with the Indies.
		A private company was accordingly formed in 1717 and some ships sent to the East.
		Some success attended these early efforts, but the jealousy of the neighboring nations was shown by the seizure of an Ostend
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OS/OSTEND_COMPANY.htm (394 words)

	"Ostend Manifesto"--Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The three men came together at Ostend in the summer of 1854, and they publicly issued their deliberations in October of the same year.
		The document known as the Ostend Manifesto was sent to Mr.
		Despite the vociferous criticism of the Ostend Manifesto, it represents the forces of Manifest Destiny and Southern imperialism prevalent at the time in the United States.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/HNS/Ostend/vl_ost.html (485 words)

	Ostend Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Maurits was, yet again, to play the leading role and, despite the fact that the outcome was less of a success for the young Republic of the Seven United Netherlands than the battle of Nieuwpoort had been, the result was a Spanish conquest of a city of total devastation and, by then, wholly depopulated.
		There was even talk of 'the University of Ostend', with the implication that, from a military perspective, the siege was a very instructive experience.
		These reports were to leave such a lasting impression in the Republic, that 'Ostend' became one of the most well known feats of arms in the penultimate stages of the struggle for freedom from Spain.
	www.coronetbooks.com /books/oste1598.htm (560 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He entered into negotiations with the Malcontents, and reconciled them with the king's government by redressing their grievances ; then with their support he set about recovering by force of arms the towns that had fallen into the hands of the Protestants.
		Ostend was recaptured from Holland after a three-years' siege which claimed the attention of all Europe, and a truce of twelve years (1609-21) made with the United Provinces was employed to the greatest advantage.
		His cowardly concessions were of no avail, and at his death in 1740 his daughter was obliged to undertake a long and costly war to maintain her inheritance and Belgium, invaded and conquered by France in 1745, was not restored to the empress till the Peace of Aachen in 1748.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10759a.htm (5293 words)

	Ostend or Oostende Travel and Tourist Information - Europe for Visitors
		Ships have shuttled between Dover and Ostend for more than 150 years, and today's high-speed catamarans move hundreds of passengers and vehicles between the two ports in just two hours.
		As a result, many British vacationers make day or weekend trips to Ostend, where they get a taste of the Continent before sampling duty-free wares on the trip home.
		This thousand-year-old city of 70,000 residents is a popular beach resort with Belgians, who flock to Ostend for sun, surfing, sailing, and the Kursaal (Casino).
	europeforvisitors.com /europe/articles/ostend.htm (279 words)

	Port of Ostend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Port of Ostend, once one of the major passenger ferry ports for cross-Channel passenger traffic, is taking on renewed importance as a cruise and general port.
		The Port Of Ostend has a new Ro-Ro dock with two berths for vessels up to 180 meters in length and eight meters in draught have been completed recently to add to Ostend's roll-on/roll-off capacity.
		The Port Of Ostend has a new cargo quay of 500 meters is being completed for general cargo and bulk.
	www.ffio.com /port_ostend.htm (250 words)

	Ostend - Oostende, Belgium - Page 4
		The Ostend historical museum's exhibits include mockups of an old fisherman's home and pub.
		Ostend's most famous artist, James Ensor, is just one of the Belgian and foreign painters whose works are in this museum's extensive collection.
		The museum administers the James Ensor house, which is open to visitors.
	europeforvisitors.com /europe/articles/ostend_museums_misc.htm (202 words)

	Ostend Awards (Game Balls)
		Jealous of Modi for his part in diagnosing the game play (Modi's Doghouse), Ostend is getting in on the act from the more positive perspective!
		He was outstanding again and the rookie of the year candidate is making a steadily better and better case but for today he has Ostend's three bone praise.
		At a crucial moment of the game, he turned a 4th and 1 into a two yard loss as he surged the gap and made the sure tackle even as his linemates dominated the line of scrimmage.
	www.patriotzip.com /Patriots/oawards.htm (3677 words)

	Ostend Marathon - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cross-country Championships in 2001 in Ostend, Belgium, where she finished fourth...
		Cross was in 2001 in Ostend, Belgium after settling for a bronze...
		She was a member of last year's team placing 98th in the World Cross meeting held in Ostend, Belgium.
	marathon.fmqg.com /index.php?k=ostend-marathon (815 words)

	Ferrysavers - Online booking for ferries to Ostend. Best Price Guarantee! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ostend (or Oostend) is one of Belgiums oldest and most important ports with a large fishing industry and it remains a popular passenger destination.
		Ostend has a lot to offer the toursist with sandy beaches, a casino and many fantastic sights throughout the city.
		Hoverspeed operate a regular ferry service from Dover to Ostend with their Seacat ferries service.
	www.ferrysavers.com /ferrywelcome/info/ports/ostend.htm (155 words)

	Ostend : Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A reclining statue of a large and generously endowed nude woman, just outside the town's Léopold Park (which has a floral clock comprised of 20,000 flowering plants), is formally entitled De Zee (The Sea), but she is known locally as Dikke Mathille (Fat Matilda).
		Launched in 1961, she was the last Ostend trawler to work the rich fishing grounds off Iceland, and now sits in a dry basin with a plastic "sea," as a museum of the history and traditions of Belgium's Icelandic fishery.
		The Oostendse Compagnie (Ostend Company) was founded in 1722, but survived the hostility of its two powerful rivals only until 1727.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=3098&catID=3098010029 (964 words)

	Book-hotel-in-Ostend - home - Welcome to Book-Hotel-in-Ostend.com!
		The bustling seaside port of Ostend oozes continental flair and warmly welcomes visitors.
		A medieval harbour and a fascinating history make Ostend an interesting but easy choice for your short break.
		Five excellent sandy beaches along the three-mile Albert 1 Promenade are a key reason for this ancient port's great popularity - its nightlife with bars, casinos, clubs and restaurants are another.
	www.book-hotel-in-ostend.com (111 words)

	TVM 2nd Floor: 19th C. Post-Impressionism -- James Sydney Ensor
		This family is not related to the artistic Rouseaus, but they were prominent in Brussels and provided a way for Ensor to meet the intellectual and anarchist personalities of those early days of Belgian independence.
		When Ensor, age 20, returned to Ostend, he was already a master painter.
		During the first world war Ensor remains in Ostend and is arrested for insulting the Kaiser.
	www.tigtail.org /TIG/L_View/TVM/X2/c.PImpressionism/ensor/ensor.html (685 words)

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