Oostende Car Hire
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Guide to Oostende car hire in Belgium
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The strategic position on the North Sea coast had major advantages for Oostende as a harbour but also proved to be a source of trouble. The city was frequently taken, destroyed and rampaged by conquering armies. After their independence from the Spanish Empire, the Dutch had preserved some strongholds in the Southern Netherlands, such as the cities of Nieuwpoort and Oostende.
Between 1601 and 1604 the Spanish army succeeded in taking Oostende from the Geuzen. In 1722 the Dutch closed off the entrance to the harbour of Antwerp. Therefore, Oostende rose in importance because the city provided an alternative entrance to the sea. The Southern Netherlands (now Belgium) had became part of the Austrian Empire. The Austrian Emperor Charles VI granted the city the trade monopoly with Africa and the Far-East. In 1727 the Oostendse Compagnie was forced to stop its activities because of Dutch and British pressure.
Holland and Britain would not allow competitors on the international trade level. But nations regarded international trade as their privilege. In 1838 a railway connection with Brussels was constructed. Oostende became a transit harbour to England in 1846 when the first Ferryboat sailed to Dover.
Very important for the image of the city was the attention it started to receive from the Belgian Kings Leopold I and Leopold II. Both liked to spent their vacations in Oostende. Important monuments and villas were built to please the Royal Family. The rest of aristocratic Belgium followed and soon Oostende became known as "The Queen of the Belgian sea-side resorts".
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