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Anna-Livia Smekens

Anna-Livia Smekens

Everyone out to sea! Biking past vacation colonies on the West Coast

Everyone out to sea! Biking past vacation colonies on the West Coast

'Getting some fresh air by the sea', who doesn't love it? For us 21st-century people, the coast is an almost natural vacation destination, for just about everyone within easy reach. For many of our ancestors from the 19th and early 20th centuries the sea was much further away: they could

Flemish Sign Language & contemporary art in Koksijde: a long-awaited encounter

Flemish Sign Language & contemporary art in Koksijde: a long-awaited encounter

Although West Flanders is frequently brought to Ghent, a reverse movement is currently taking place in Koksijde. The Ten Bogaerde Arts Center, located in an oasis of tranquility where art, nature and heritage flow together, is hosting Dach, a temporary exhibition of works of art from the S.M.A. collection.

Hand in hand: inclusion & nostalgia on the West Coast

Hand in hand: inclusion & nostalgia on the West Coast

The question "Do you remember?" or, as they say in West Flanders, "White jet remember?" is often the beginning of a trip down memory lane that brings a smile and perhaps a tear as well. In De Panne, Koksijde, Nieuwpoort and Veurne you can now with