De Haan in West Flanders
Monday, 2 June 2025 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
Reading Time: 2 minutes
© Sandra Rots/cc-by-4.0
🔊 Listen to this Post
De Haan (
French : Le Coq;
West Flemish : D’n Oane; English: The Cock or Cockerel; (USA/Canada) Rooster) is a place and a
municipality located in the
Belgian province of
West Flanders . The municipality comprises the villages of De Haan proper,
Wenduine , Klemskerke, Vlissegem and Harendijk. On January 1, 2020 De Haan had a total population of 12,700. The total area is 46.14 km² (26.2 Miles) which gives a
population density of 275.26 inhabitants per km².
The coastal village of De Haan proper has maintained a low skyline so its many buildings in Belle Époque style are still prominently visible.
Hotel Belle Epoque © Marc Ryckaert/cc-by-sa-3.0
The town has an 18-hole golf course situated in its dunes, founded by
King Leopold II in 1903. Today, it is the only
links course in the country.
Its most famous resident was
Albert Einstein , who lived in the villa “Savoyarde” for six months in 1933 after leaving
Nazi Germany . Belgian TV crime drama series,
Juliet (2024), was filmed and set in De Haan.
Read more on
De Haan and
Wikipedia De Haan (
Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State -
Weather report by weather.com -
Global Passport Power Rank -
Travel Risk Map -
Democracy Index -
GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank -
Global Competitiveness Report -
Corruption Perceptions Index -
Press Freedom Index -
World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index -
UN Human Development Index -
Global Peace Index -
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index ). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at
comment@wingsch.net . Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.
VIDEO
[caption id="attachment_249460" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Andy Li[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Banana bread is a type of sweet bread or cake made from mashed bananas. It is often a moist and sweet quick bread but some recipes a...
[caption id="attachment_171460" align="aligncenter" width="590"] The Breakers in Newport © Elisa.rolle/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island o...
[caption id="attachment_153914" align="aligncenter" width="590"] K-322 Cachalot, a Russian Northern Fleet AKULA class nuclear-powered attack submarine underway on the surface© US Navy[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Murmansk is a port city...
[caption id="attachment_152281" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © www.schiffgiganten.de - Patrick Martini[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Disney Dream is Disney Cruises' newest cruise ship and was launched in January 2011 at a gala in...
[caption id="attachment_250781" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © panoramio.com - Andrew Zorin/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Neos Marmaras (New Marmara) is a town on the Sithonia peninsula, in the Chalkidiki peninsula, Mace...
[caption id="attachment_152583" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Emilia-Romagna Provinces © Rarelibra[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Emilia–Romagna is an administrative Region of Northern Italy, comprising the former regions of Emilia a...
[caption id="attachment_240435" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Beekman Tower © Paul Hermans/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]5 Beekman Street is a building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, United State...
[caption id="attachment_249306" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Bundesministerium der Verteidigung[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]National Veterans Day on June 15 is a day of remembrance in Germany. Starting in 2025, the day will be he...
[caption id="attachment_152892" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Entrance Sign © Richie Diesterheft[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land i...
[caption id="attachment_247745" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Jiuguang Wang/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Sestri Levante (Latin: Segesta Tigullorum/Segesta Tigulliorum) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of G...
[caption id="attachment_25100" align="aligncenter" width="590"] White City sign © Ori~[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The White City refers to a collection of previously over 4,000 Bauhaus or International style buildings built in Tel Avi...
[caption id="attachment_152534" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Hopetoun House © George Gastin[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in...
