ODILE JACOBS “We Give Colour to Life Ourselves” Number 45 Op Zoek Naar Een Investering Waarmee U De Bal Niet Kán Misslaan?
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JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2021 MAGAZINE OF KNOKKE-HEIST MAGAZINE Knokke-Heist HOORAY FOR HOSPITALITY: Living the good life ON GAULT & MILLAU’S RADAR 45 / July – August – September 2021 July – August – September Cocktails, beach flowers, Special and our lifeguards beach bars THE LOST ZWIN PORTS Back in time with a VR experience COULEURE LOCALE Local cafés with DIVA OF WAX AND strong stories ETHNIC FASHION ODILE JACOBS “We give colour to life ourselves” Number 45 Op zoek naar een investering waarmee u de bal niet kán misslaan? Sla dan met een gerust hart uw slag door te investeren in vastgoed. De waarde van vastgoed in België stijgt jaarlijks gemiddeld met 5,3%, de rentevoeten zijn historisch laag en het is fiscaal interessant en volledig onbelast. real estate investments Maar er is meer: indien u voor een investering bij Syus kiest, geniet u bovendien van 3 unieke garanties, waarmee u écht zorgeloos investeert. U investeert, Syus beheert en… u werkt in volle gemoedsrust aan een lagere handicap. Deal? Plan vrijblijvend een adviesgesprek op syus.be 21KNO14455_KH45_BENL_AD_SYUS_3.indd All Pages 28/05/2021 09:56 Op zoek naar een investering waarmee u de bal niet kán misslaan? Sla dan met een gerust hart uw slag door te investeren in vastgoed. De waarde van vastgoed in België stijgt jaarlijks gemiddeld met 5,3%, de rentevoeten zijn historisch laag en het is fiscaal interessant en volledig onbelast. real estate investments Maar er is meer: indien u voor een investering bij Syus kiest, geniet u bovendien van 3 unieke garanties, waarmee u écht zorgeloos investeert. U investeert, Syus beheert en… u werkt in volle gemoedsrust aan een lagere handicap. Deal? Plan vrijblijvend een adviesgesprek op syus.be 21KNO14455_KH45_BENL_AD_SYUS_3.indd All Pages 28/05/2021 09:56 Ontmoet Polestar 2 — 100% elektrisch Polestar Knokke, Wielingen 6 Milieu-informatie (KB 19.03.2004): polestar.com Ontmoet Polestar 2 — 100% elektrisch Polestar Knokke, Wielingen 6 Milieu-informatie (KB 19.03.2004): polestar.com TE KOOP Statige villa in Knokke-Heist Luxueuze nieuwbouwvilla in Meerlaan, Knokke-Heist. Tijdloze architectuur, sublieme afwerking. Bewoonbare opp.: 436m² Opp. Terrein: 587m² Architect: Hans-Christian Demyttenaere Immo: 050 61 25 71 - [email protected] Emiel Clauslaan 66, 9800 Astene 0493 19 58 45 - bouw-id.eu Bouw-ID-KH-april-2021-4.indd 1 27/04/2021 17:03 TE KOOP Statige villa in Knokke-Heist Luxueuze nieuwbouwvilla in Meerlaan, Knokke-Heist. Tijdloze architectuur, sublieme afwerking. Bewoonbare opp.: 436m² Opp. Terrein: 587m² Architect: Hans-Christian Demyttenaere Immo: 050 61 25 71 - [email protected] Emiel Clauslaan 66, 9800 Astene 0493 19 58 45 - bouw-id.eu Bouw-ID-KH-april-2021-4.indd 1 27/04/2021 17:03 P. Parmentierlaan, Knokke-Heist sales: www.heldentoren.eu I www.salt-projects.be Kursaalstraat 6, Knokke-Heist T 050 53 93 96 insta: saltprojects.be EDITORIAL /9 DEAR RESIDENTS, SECOND-HOME OWNERS, AND VISITORS, For my first ‘real’ word of welcome in our to venture to single out any one in particular trusty KH Magazine, I’ll come straight to the because, for me, every entrepreneur who tries point: I’m looking forward to the summer with something new in these times deserves all the great enthusiasm and positivity. I hear people support we can give them. Our familiar lists THE SUMMER talking about a ‘summer of love’ or a ‘summer are supplemented with new additions, so that IN KH IS FILLED of freedom’ but I am especially looking forward KH always remains at the top of the shopping to a summer of small things. radar. WITH CULINARY EXPLOSIONS, Enjoying a refreshing beer at a sidewalk If you take a look at the end of this magazine, café, going out for a nice meal, meeting up you will notice that the familiar calendar is NUMEROUS NEW with friends, or even running into each other missing. We are still experiencing too many SHOPS, AND A unexpectedly. last-minute changes to be able to provide UNIQUE EXHIBITION. you with a reliable calendar. For up-to-date Summer in Knokke-Heist is something information, please visit mykh.be. we all look forward to. It seems as However, we do have a unique if the world has been on hold for overview of all our beach bars more than a year. And now we and water sports clubs for you. are ready – perhaps with some We sent a reporter to find out caution – to start enjoying where you can really find the ourselves again. And then I Welcome best cocktails, where the best cannot help but recommend our playgrounds are, and where you local catering industry in the first can really relax. Let us guide you place. Simply because, with a slight or discover them all yourself! form of chauvinism, I dare say that we have by far the best restaurants, bistros, Lastly, I would like to give you one more bars, etc. here. And Gault&Milau agrees. This golden tip. If there is one activity you should summer, they will publish a guide containing not miss, it’s the Lost Zwin Ports exhibition. only addresses from our municipality. And It’s very impressive to see how the period we also bring you our own dossier with some when KH was the beating maritime heart of KH’s finest local cafés, full of stories and of Europe comes alive again. The exhibition charm. and the cycling tour with VR experience are a must-see. Young and old of all genders will also be able to shop in abundance again this summer. As usual, trendy pop-ups will appear and we will Piet De Groote welcome many new businesses. I’m not going Mayor of Konkke-Heist P. Parmentierlaan, Knokke-Heist sales: www.heldentoren.eu I www.salt-projects.be Kursaalstraat 6, Knokke-Heist T 050 53 93 96 insta: saltprojects.be 10/ Contents YOU CAN ALSO READ KH MAGAZINE ONLINE AT WWW.KHMAGAZINE.BE Looking back First Parade: 10 unique sculptures with a story 12 #myKH, our municipality on social media 14 Out in KH 24 hours of undisturbed me time 32 Unique exhibition: The Lost Zwin Ports 40 Local cafés with local colour 58 An interview 5 questions for architect Lieselot Huyghe 49 David Bombeke 64 Ambassadors discuss their favourite ‘Klassiek Leeft Meesterlijk’ moments 76 Up to date KH in figures 17 Fully stocked 19 Trendspotting Diva of wax and ethnic prints: Odile Jacobs 24 New shopping addresses in a handy overview 34 Shopping women 39 AT A GLANCE /11 PAGE 91 Behind the scenes Discover our dossier: every Philippe Van Ryse brings Lengers Yachts to KH 50 beach bar tested Young start-up for safe cycling 71 especially for you REALISATION & PRODUCTION KH is a joint publication of the municipal council of Knokke-Heist and HeadOffice. KH is published four times a year. HeadOffice, Persilstraat 51 bus 4, 3020 Herent CONTRIBUTORS Marcio Bastos, Ignace Bauwens, Jan Caris, Karel Duerinckx, Michaël Hemstedt, Evi Malcorps, Ruben Nollet, Amandine Philippe, Erwin Rooms, Katrijn Serneels, Justine Six, Jill Van Cauwenbergh, Inne Vanden Bremt, Gelein Van Kampen, Wouter Van Vaerenberg, RotoSmeets, ElaN Languages Trendsetters CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION 60,000 Dutch – 5,500 French. The magazine is distributed free of charge to all residents of Knokke- Gault&Millau guide especially for KH: Heist. It is sent to the registered address of owners the creators tell all 82 of a second home in Knokke-Heist. KH is also available free of charge at a few select locations in the municipality. INFO FOR ADVERTISERS Jan T’Joens – [email protected] + 32(0)474 98 18 84 The magazine is also available in French and online at www.khmagazine.be in Dutch, French, English, and German. 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If you no longer wish to receive this magazine, please notify Toerisme Knokke-Heist vzw, 660 Zeedijk-Knokke, 8300 Knokke-Heist. 12/ THE FIRST PARADE “All sculptures show the power of human ability in their own unique way” Past, present, and future and future present, Past, WIDESCREEN /13 1 10 22 90 ‘The First Parade’ is a You can come and admire Last year, Thomas Lerooy The 90th edition of the First subjective walk through ten unpretentious, modest, placed Tower, a bronze Parade passes in front of the Belgian sculpture art. and cuddly works by ten sculpture of 22 metres, Grand Casino Knokke and Appointment through visual artists: Johan Creten, on the Zeedijk. Valérie forces us to slow down just 11 November on the Eugène Dodeigne, George Mannaerts created a as we stop for a passing Canadasquare near Grard, Thomas Lerooy, Mark new work for the First carnival procession, parade, Grand Casino Knokke for Manders, Valérie Mannaerts, Parade. For this, she drew or marching band. The a very special open-air Nadia Naveau, Constant inspiration from the specific intimate relationship between experience. Permeke, Philip Van Isacker, surroundings of the Casino viewer and image contrasts and Ossip Zadkine. and its Art Deco design sharply with the idea of the language from the 1930s. transience of a parade. 14/ SPRING SPIRIT AND SUNSHINE WITH #myKH The beach bars are set up, sand castles are built, and beach flowers are sold.