Knokke
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Voor vijf frank kon men twee platen kiezen op de “Seeburg” juke box (noot van de schrijver: die dingen werkten ook met één halve Kongolese frank en hij kan het weten, want hij voer toen voor de CMB op Matadi). Er werden veel “vrijvertjes” gedanst op de meeslepende tonen van “Ma vie” (Alain Barrière), “Mes Mains” (Gilbert Bécaud), “Marina” (Rocco Granata), “Venus” (Gloria Lasso). De meest favoriete song van de Ranch was van Dalida: “Le jour la pluie viendra”. Voor de actievere jongens en meisjes waren Rock’n Roll, twist, Cha,Cha,Cha, enz. nooit ver weg."--"De dancings van Knokke-Heist" (2001) by Erik F. Baeyens, published in CNOC IS IER 38 |
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Knokke is a coastal city in Belgium, traditionally the most up-market seaside resort in Belgium. It hosted the EXPRMNTL film festival at its casino in 1963, 1967 and 1974. It also annually hosts the World Press Photo exhibition.
Artist colony
Originally a simple vacation haven for the humble city folk of Brussels, in the early 1800s a lot of painters, such as James Ensor, Alfred Verwee and others, started to frequent the small hamlet to paint its beautiful vistas. The artists rented a small miller's cottage and founded there the Cercle dArtistes in 1880. It gradually became a resort town with upscale clientele, restaurants and shops.
Casino
Knokke also has one of Belgium's ten casinos. In this casino you can find wall paintings of Keith Haring, Rene Magritte and Paul Delvaux. In the Kroonluchterzaal (Dutch for Chandelier room) you will see a huge chandelier of 6 tons made of Venetian crystal. The chandelier has a diameter of 8.5 m and is 6.5 m high. Some 22,000 pieces of glass were used and 2,700 lamps light up the main hall. It was designed by Antwerp architect Joseph Selis and designer Al. David.
See also
- Swimming Club du Zoute is a former swimming pool facility in Het Zoute.
- Le roman de Knokke-Le Zoute (1964) by Charles d' Ydewalle
- Duinbergen
- Knokke Off
- Seaside resort
- Le Dragon de Knokke