Traditionally, the weekend of August 15 is the last peak weekend, which attracts masses of bathers to the coast. After all, schools will start for part of the country from Monday. The summer vacation of an eventful corona year is behind us for the north of the country. After last weekend's riots in Scheveningen and the lockdown of Knokke and Blankenberge, among others, everyone is welcome again.
the weekend of the fifteenth.
Residents of many seaside resorts are happy when the end of the season is near and the nuisance decreases. This year it took an extreme. We were flooded en masse by German tourists who managed to find the Zeeland beaches and transformed seaside resorts such as Scheveningen and Katwijk into true suffocating locations where the XNUMX meter society was hard to find. However, the Horeca did not do very well. The measures taken by the government have in no way contributed to a warm welcome for bathers in restaurants or eateries. On the contrary, at the moment there is an atmosphere that should be avoided.
Brussels hotheads flocked to the coast to cool off. With disturbances as a result. Young people from Rotterdam thought Scheveningen was a good place to settle things together. Is it boredom of the young people or will we also consider this part of the new 'normal'?
“We should not be faint about it, because of the international corona measures, people with Moroccan roots cannot go there on holiday this year. So they come to the coast. But for the time being that will not lead to problems on the beach, at most a clash of civilizations, ”said Mayor Jean-Marie Dedecker of the seaside resort of Middelkerke.
Everyone is welcome, but seaside resorts simply have a shortage of parking, so we recommend that people come by public transport or take a bicycle. There is enough space on the beach, tourists do not have to worry about that.
