Zeebrugge Travel Forum

Hi!

Will the Sand Sculpture Festival take place in Zeebrugge again this year? If so, when? And what's the motto?

I'd love to go again!
Thanx :)
Sabs

Hi Sabsi,

Yes, they are organizing it again, this year from the 2nd of August till the 7th of September. You can find all info you need on www.zandsculptuur.com and then click your language.

Thank you for the website. Wow, it sounds amazing that they added ice sculptures!!!

Sabs

This sounds pretty cool! I missed the sand sculptures in Scheveningen this year. Maybe I'll also visit Zeebrugge during the festival. And how do they preserve the ice sculptures? You would think they melt away in the sun in only a few hours! ;-)

Martin

I missed the fun in Scheveningen too. And i have NO excuse whatsoever living in Den Haag.. So maybe i need to go and visit the sculptures in Zeebrugge too

Yeah go there as a sort of punishment for missing it ;-) But a very nice punishment that is!!

VT-meeting anyone?

Sure! Just give me enough time to clear out that day/weekend of 'unnecesary' appointments

OK but which weeekend would you like to go. The festival takes place all month. I'd say 2nd and 3rd or 9th and 10th. The two weekends after that are meetings in Maastricht and Groningen!

Sabsi and Mahieu are you with us too?

Martin

i know but i have to check on dates because i have a nephew over.

okie no probs... it's still over a month away anyway :o)

We must be able to figure out a date .. surely

Hi!

In the beginning of August I'll go to the Black Forest for the summer ski jumping so I'll probably go later that month.

Too bad!
Sabs

Shouln't be a problem normally, except from the 23rd and 30rd August. Let me know what date you decided ok?

Hallo Sabs,

Vielleicht auch interessant ist dem Sandskulpture-festival in das schoene weisse Stadtchen Thorn in Limburg (NL). Dieses Jahr is hier dem jahrliche national-festival der Niederlande dieser Art. Jedenfals ist es naher zu Dusseldorf und gerade dieses Jahr ist den Thema "Kulturhistorische Holland".

Hier ist ein impression auf ein website:
http://community.webshots.com/album/76310783hCrpIo

Viel vergnugen mit die Sandskulpture in Zeebrugge oder Thorn.

Tschuss,

Paul(chen)

Didn't know there where so many sandsculputure events...

Paul, when is that event in Thorn?

This sandsculptures festival started already and is until 10th of August 2003. So still some time to see it.

By the way, there's also another website of this event:

www.zandkasteel.nl (it offers also the German language)!

If you want to know about more sandsculpture events throughout Europe, then go to:
http://www.globalsand.com/cgi-bin/calendar.pl?month=6

and be amazed, that there are so many people still playing with sand (-:
On this site they - by the way - tell that the Belgian variant is in Blankenberge (so near, but not in Zeebrugge).

When I was in Zeebrugge for the sand festival there was a smaller version of it in Blankenberge... so that's two different festivals!

Sabs

I think i could make it in the weekend of the 19th and 20th of july....

Normally so can I!

I don't think there is much to see then. The artists have just started building the sculptures then, since it's the second and third day of construction works....

Didn't know that. The 2 weekends after i have this nephew over. I can do a one-day trip then but probably not a stay-over if you doesn't feel like coming along.

On the other hand, i might be able to persuade someone to come along who knows one of the artists...

Hey sandsculpture lovers, the one in Blankenberge started today, so you can combine the two if you go next weekend...
I saw it on tv last night and remembered your posting !