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This corner house (1923), the former property of baron Crombez, is the most beautiful example of Norman style at the Belgian western coast. The sub-structure consists of quarry stone with a framing of hard stone round the segment-arch-shaped cellar windows. The fronts of the ground floor are decorated with draughtboards with alternately "tiles" of brick and sandstone. The second construction layer shows pseudo-framework with wooden balustrade columns. Various dormers and a polygonal corner turret. The lateral and rear gables look similar.
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Formerly known as "Le Grand Hôtel". The monumental and protected gables of natural stone is built in 1924 by a design of architect A. Lagache.
The staketsel is a 500 m long boardwalk into the North Sea. It serves as the entrance to the port, and has small towers serving as fog-horns on the ends. It's a nice place to walk, to view Nieuwpoort-bad from a distance, and the look for ships at sea. The staketsel is also very suited for fishing, either with your own fishing lines or with nets. The western side of the staketsel is easy to reach, the eastern side is a lot more quiet and requires you to take the ferry service over the channel first.
The channel connects the harbour to the ocean. There are many benches on the side of the channel to view the fishing and sailing ships come in, or part. The channel can also be crossed with a ferry-service. This service brings you to one of the quietest beaches in Belgium, partly a nature reserve.
Situated on the right bank of the IJzer estuary, this lighthouse has an eventful history. It was 28 meters high and was combined with a private house for the lighthouse keeper. However, in October 1914 the lighthouse was bombarded and rebuilt in 1923 in brick. In September 1944 it was blown up again and the current lighthouse was put in use in 1949. This time it is a concrete construction painted with white and red rings. It stands 27 m above sea level and the light source reaches 29 m. The red flashing light radiates every 14 seconds a light flash. The last lighthouse keeper did this job till he retired in 1963. Since then the function of the lighthouse is regulated electronically.
Nieuwpoort has some nice sand dunes to walk or play in, not very far away from the dunes in Oostduinkerke (Koksijde) either.
Sunparks is a holiday resort with a tropical swimming pool, on the boundary between Nieuwpoort and Oostduinkerke (Koksijde). Its swimming pool is available to one-day visitors too.