Base Information

From the moment you arrive at your Connoisseur base, you can expect a warm welcome from our friendly (often multi-lingual) team on site who will show you to your boat and provide you with detailed maps and information about your cruising area.

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Telephone: 0032 (0) 582 366 23
Fax: 0032 (0) 582 397 99

By Road

GPS Co-ordinates
E2° 46.271`
N51° 8.304`

From England or France
Follow signs to Calais/Dunkerque – E40 direction Belgium/Brugge. Follow exit NR355 Nieuwpoort /Diksmuide direction Nieuwpoort N39. At first traffic lights, turn right, direction Nieuwpoort stad. At second traffic lights, drive straight on. At third traffic lights, turn right, direction Oostende. Follow the sign Binnenhaven up to traffic lights. Turn right, direction Lombardsijde/Westende N318 and turn right again after only 50m direction Oudenburg N358 (keeping monument of King Albert I at your right). About 200 meters further, cross the bridge and turn left, direction Oudenburg N358. Follow this road about 1 km and you will see the base at your left.

From Zeebrugge to base
Leave Zeebrugge direction Brugge (N31) up to the junction A10-E40/A17. Take A10-E40 direction Oostende. Veurne up to the junction A18/A10. Take A18 direction of Veurne. Leave A18 at exit 5 (Gistel/Oostende Airport) and drive direction Oostende on the N33. After about 2 km take direction Nieuwpoort. You are on the N358 along the Canal Plassendale-Nieuwpoort. After about 10 km, you drive over the bridge above the Sint-Joris lock, and after 100 m, turn right to the base.

From Brussels
Following the E40 through Gent – Brugge. After Brugge at Jabbeke following the E40 direction – Veurne/Nieuwpoort. At the exit NR355 direction of Nieuwpoort/Diksmuide direction Nieuwpoort N39 – see above.

Airports

Oostende - 16km
Brussel-Zaventem - 125km
Lille (France) - 130km

By Taxi

Oostende
Taxi Bond NV - 0032 (0) 597 028 88

Nieuwpoort
Taxi Charlie - 0032 (0) 475 586 229
Taxi Merlijn - 0032 (0) 475 680 311
Taxi Pierre - 0033 (0) 582 356 54

Car Rental

Avis
Luchthaven Bureel 66
8400, Oostende
Tel – 0032 (0) 597 015 08

Europcar
Archimedesstraat 7
8400, Oostende
Tel – 0032 (0) 597 001 01

By Rail

Oostende - 120km from the base
Veurne - 10km from the base

Eurostar Waterloo International - Eurostar Waterloo International Brussels Midi: 2 hrs 40 mins. Brussels Midi has rail connections to the rest of Belgium.

By Bus

Diksmuide - 10km from the base