Het verlangen naar zee: Tweehonderd jaar vakantie aan zee en bouwen aan de kust
Jeroen Cornilly
Tijdsbeeld, 2024
€64,90
The Belgian coast, an enchanting strip of beach and dunes, between sea and hinterland, no other region has been shaped so strongly by tourism. The landscape was constantly redrawn with urban expansions and the development of new seaside resorts, built from scratch along a regional tram network. The image of coastal development changed continuously as a reflection of the changing zeitgeist and leisure time. Each generation left its mark on the coast, sometimes radically, sometimes subtly, but always to make the magic of a stay at the seaside as pleasant as possible. The coast version 2024, with its ‘wall’ of apartments – preferably with a view of the sea – with its kursals, villas and apartments, its promenades, its sea wall and pier reflects two centuries of building for tourism. A history of wonder, enterprise and construction, a history in which tourists play a leading role, alongside adventurers and visionary entrepreneurs, kings, governments, investors, engineers, architects and artists.
The longing for the sea brings this story in words and images. All seaside resorts are discussed in detail. IN DUTCH!
ISBN: 9789490880477
